Director, Clinical & Medical Strategic Planning & Management - Job ID: 1911
Ascendis Pharma
July 01, 2026
Remote friendly (Palo Alto, CA)
United States
$220,000 - $240,000 USD yearly
Clinical Research and Development
Director, Clinical & Medical Strategic Planning & Management
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate the formulation of clinical development and medical evidence generation plans (including strategic alignment, endocrine portfolio view, contemporary visible roadmaps, balancing dependencies, managing competing resource demands, and evaluating portfolio/program performance).
- Facilitate execution of plans to generate impactful evidence (support ERDMS teams with endpoint and cross-functional priority decisions; enable effective collaboration).
- Promote ways of working that keep teams organized and enable subject matter experts to strategize.
- Promote communication and information-sharing (oversee collaboration within/across functions; schedule data interpretation discussions; plan data presentation flow; create internal tools/visuals for key clinical/medical messages).
- Cultivate proactivity and accountability; lay foundations for short- and long-term success.
Requirements
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement (e.g., Innovation & Research, Non-Clinical & Bioanalysis, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Patient Safety/Pharmacovigilance, Investor Relations, Business/Commercial, Compliance).
- Lead through influence; excellent judgment; scientific thinking.
- Advanced degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD, or MS).
- Significant experience in biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry.
- Travel ~10–15% domestically and internationally.
Benefits / Compensation (as stated)
- Estimated salary range: $220–230K DOE; may include discretionary annual bonus/incentive and stock-based long-term incentives; paid time off and comprehensive benefits (401(k) match, medical/dental/vision, disability, EAP, HSA/FSA, and additional insurance/leave offerings).
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate the formulation of clinical development and medical evidence generation plans (including strategic alignment, endocrine portfolio view, contemporary visible roadmaps, balancing dependencies, managing competing resource demands, and evaluating portfolio/program performance).
- Facilitate execution of plans to generate impactful evidence (support ERDMS teams with endpoint and cross-functional priority decisions; enable effective collaboration).
- Promote ways of working that keep teams organized and enable subject matter experts to strategize.
- Promote communication and information-sharing (oversee collaboration within/across functions; schedule data interpretation discussions; plan data presentation flow; create internal tools/visuals for key clinical/medical messages).
- Cultivate proactivity and accountability; lay foundations for short- and long-term success.
Requirements
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement (e.g., Innovation & Research, Non-Clinical & Bioanalysis, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Patient Safety/Pharmacovigilance, Investor Relations, Business/Commercial, Compliance).
- Lead through influence; excellent judgment; scientific thinking.
- Advanced degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD, or MS).
- Significant experience in biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry.
- Travel ~10–15% domestically and internationally.
Benefits / Compensation (as stated)
- Estimated salary range: $220–230K DOE; may include discretionary annual bonus/incentive and stock-based long-term incentives; paid time off and comprehensive benefits (401(k) match, medical/dental/vision, disability, EAP, HSA/FSA, and additional insurance/leave offerings).