Director, Clinical & Medical Strategic Planning & Management - Job ID: 1911
ascendis pharma
Pharmaceutical Industry
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Manager / Team Leader
Experteer Overview
In this role you will lead the strategic planning and management of the Endocrine & Rare Disease Medical Sciences portfolio, ensuring alignment with Ascendis’ goals and priorities. You will shape clinical development and medical evidence plans, create visible roadmaps, and optimize resource use across programs. You will foster cross-functional collaboration, drive readiness, and provide decision-support to accelerate impactful evidence generation. This position offers a chance to influence how the organization advances its pipeline and lifecycle activities.
Compensation / Benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Pet Insurance and Legal Insurance
- Professional Development
Responsibilities
- Facilitate clinical development and medical evidence generation plans
- Ensure strategic alignment with Ascendis’ goals and priorities
- Provide a comprehensive view of the endocrine portfolio and lifecycle activities
- Create contemporary, visible roadmaps and balance dependencies
- Manage competing resource demands and evaluate portfolio performance
- Facilitate execution of plans to generate impactful evidence
- Clarify priorities for endpoints and cross-functional decision-making
- Support effective collaboration and productive meetings
- Promote organized workflows and time for strategic thinking
- Improve data presentation flow and internal messaging through tools and visuals
- Cultivate proactivity, accountability, and long-term organizational readiness
- Oversee cross-functional collaboration and data interpretation discussions
Key requirements
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement across multiple functions (Innovation & Research, Regulatory, PV, Product Development, etc.)
- Lead through influence with sound judgement and scientific thinking
- Advanced degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD, or MS)
- Significant experience in biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry
- Ability and willingness to travel ~10–15% domestically and internationally
Description
In this role you will lead the strategic planning and management of the Endocrine & Rare Disease Medical Sciences portfolio, ensuring al…
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