Rare Condition Clinical Specialist
Ascendis Pharma
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (Philadelphia, PA)
United States
Medical Affairs
Responsibilities:
- Promote the rare conditions portfolio and build strong product/disease state knowledge to lead appropriate face-to-face clinical discussions with multi-specialty HCPs.
- Use product knowledge and selling skills for customized customer interactions in a compliant, ethical manner.
- Meet or exceed sales forecast performance.
- Execute territory strategies/tactics and manage assigned budget/resources to meet territory expectations for customers and patients.
- Maintain knowledge of local market, practice structures, business models, and key influencers.
- Call on Pediatric Endocrinologists, Genetists, Orthopedics, Endocrinologists, and Pediatricians; gain access to institutions and navigate complex referral networks.
- Demonstrate tenacity in challenging market access scenarios.
- Use analytical tools to evaluate business needs and allocate appropriate resources.
- Develop, communicate, and execute business plans to achieve and surpass goals.
- Collaborate with peers/internal stakeholders to maximize pull-through value within the territory and across the company.
- Sell on approved indications and efficacy/safety profiles to support on-label prescribing.
- Ensure administrative excellence (work hours, accurate sales call data, customer responses, sample/expense reporting).
- Partner with the access team to develop strategies that drive access.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years pharmaceutical sales experience (preferred rare disease and/or specialty therapeutics).
- Proven strong performance.
- Demonstrated high clinical acumen.
- Resilient and flexible in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments.
- Experience with complex distribution systems and HUB services.
- Thrive on accountability-based, collaborative teams.
- Self-starter with hunter mentality, strong judgment, and ethics.
- Experience in multi-specialty environments; compliant customer engagement.
- Ability to develop business plans based on customer/patient needs.
- Ability to analyze data/metrics to track progress and identify opportunities.
- Experience building new customer relationships and communicating technical information effectively.
- Ability to meet credentialing requirements as needed by territory/policy.
- Valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
- Overnight travel required.
- Promote the rare conditions portfolio and build strong product/disease state knowledge to lead appropriate face-to-face clinical discussions with multi-specialty HCPs.
- Use product knowledge and selling skills for customized customer interactions in a compliant, ethical manner.
- Meet or exceed sales forecast performance.
- Execute territory strategies/tactics and manage assigned budget/resources to meet territory expectations for customers and patients.
- Maintain knowledge of local market, practice structures, business models, and key influencers.
- Call on Pediatric Endocrinologists, Genetists, Orthopedics, Endocrinologists, and Pediatricians; gain access to institutions and navigate complex referral networks.
- Demonstrate tenacity in challenging market access scenarios.
- Use analytical tools to evaluate business needs and allocate appropriate resources.
- Develop, communicate, and execute business plans to achieve and surpass goals.
- Collaborate with peers/internal stakeholders to maximize pull-through value within the territory and across the company.
- Sell on approved indications and efficacy/safety profiles to support on-label prescribing.
- Ensure administrative excellence (work hours, accurate sales call data, customer responses, sample/expense reporting).
- Partner with the access team to develop strategies that drive access.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years pharmaceutical sales experience (preferred rare disease and/or specialty therapeutics).
- Proven strong performance.
- Demonstrated high clinical acumen.
- Resilient and flexible in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments.
- Experience with complex distribution systems and HUB services.
- Thrive on accountability-based, collaborative teams.
- Self-starter with hunter mentality, strong judgment, and ethics.
- Experience in multi-specialty environments; compliant customer engagement.
- Ability to develop business plans based on customer/patient needs.
- Ability to analyze data/metrics to track progress and identify opportunities.
- Experience building new customer relationships and communicating technical information effectively.
- Ability to meet credentialing requirements as needed by territory/policy.
- Valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
- Overnight travel required.