Associate Director, Product Innovation

Are you passionate about finding new drug opportunities? Do you love understanding disease biology to guide the best possible drug design? Are you a seasoned professional and looking for the next step? If so, now is your chance to join Ascendis Pharma as our new Associate Director, Product Innovation. Ascendis Pharma is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives. Guided by our core values of Patients, Science, and Passion, we are applying our innovative TransCon® technology platform to fulfill our mission of developing new therapies that demonstrate best-in-class potential to address unmet medical needs. At our headquarters in Hellerup, Denmark, research facilities in Heidelberg, Germany, and additional offices across Europe and the United States, we are advancing programs in our Endocrinology Rare Disease and expanded portfolio. We also collaborate with partners on the development of TransCon-based products in other therapeutic areas and markets. Ascendis Pharma is expanding our Product Innovation department and searching for an Associate Director to help drive the future pipeline and the company’s growth towards 2030 and beyond. The Product Innovation department ’s primary objective is to conduct analysis and propose new potential products for the company pipeline. With Patients in mind, new lead finding is based on thorough analysis which typically includes disease biology, unmet medical need, market assessment, competitive intelligence, FTO and assessment of path to FiH. With “Science” as a fundamental corporate value, analysis is rooted in a deep biological understanding of the disease, available (pre)clinical data, Mode of Action across modalities/lines of treatment and the impact a given molecular design/TPP will achieve. As a critical function to building Ascendis Pharma’s future, the Product Innovation department has high exposure to executive management and works closely with adjacent functions. The Associate Director Product Innovation will play a critical role in Ascendis' success in Endocrinology Rare Disease as well as novel therapeutic areas. She/He will be the driving force behind providing high-quality analysis and pitch decks which enable value-oriented and informed decision-making by the EMT. By gathering, analyzing, and transforming data into concise, actionable ideas, you will play an important role in shaping the future pipeline. You will be joining the Product Innovation team and report directly to Steffen Nyegaard, Director, Product Innovation who is based in Hellerup . You will also be based in Hellerup. Your key responsibilities will be: Identification of new drug candidates and indications of interest In-depth analysis of diseases, treatment guidelines, competitive environment, how different MoA will affect the disease pathology, market and patents into final reports Act as strategic thought partner across different functions and teams, e.g.…