Associate Director Medical Operations

Summary

Join Ascendis Pharma as Associate Director Medical Operations and play a key role in launching innovative treatments internationally. You will support the consistent scientific messaging and field approach across partners, collaborating with global medical training and building an external medical education platform. This position requires strong internal and partner liaison skills, developing yearly training calendars, delivering training, and supporting the build of a medical education program. You will also oversee sourcing and logistical management of external vendors. The role is based in a European Ascendis office (preferably UK or Denmark) and is expected to be remote with approximately 20% travel. Flexibility in work hours is needed to accommodate global time zones.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in life sciences with 5+ years of experience in medical affairs
• Experience in training or learning and development, and understanding of adult learning principles
• The ideal candidate must demonstrate the ability to coordinate and implement multiple
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail
• Excellent presentation, facilitation and meeting management skills

Responsibilities

• Build direct relationships with partners and internal cross-functional stakeholders
• Serve as an active member of the medical affairs team and contribute as subject matter expert on the international region needs with all stakeholders
• Support the gathering of insights and embed those to ensure customer focus is at our core
• Develop a yearly training calendar for each partner which closely aligns with their focus and launch planning as well as considering the needs of our 3 innovative brands
• Deliver and support onboarding and on-going training for partner medical teams as well as supporting a transition to a train the trainer model
• Lead device training across the region for all brands
• Support the build of a medical education program across the international region
• Deliver external events where appropriates and with support as needed (advisory boards, webinars, face to face events)
• Support finance processes where appropriate with the project coordinator
• Oversee sourcing and logistical management of external vendors / HCPs / trainers as needed

Benefits

• Flexibility in work hours will be necessary to accommodate global time zones
• This is expected to be a remote role that may require some travel (~20%)