Associate Director, Global Scientific Training - Job ID: 2023

Ascendis Pharma is a dynamic, fast-growing global biopharmaceutical company with locations in Denmark, Europe, and the United States. Today, we're advancing programs in Endocrinology Rare Disease and Oncology.

Here at Ascendis, we pride ourselves on exceptional science, visionary leadership, and skilled and passionate colleagues.

Guided by our core values of Patients, Science, and Passion, we use our TransCon® drug development platform to fulfill our mission of developing new and potentially best-in-class therapies to address unmet medical needs.

Our culture fosters a place where skilled, adaptable, and highly resourceful professionals can truly make their mark. We offer a dynamic workplace for employees to grow and develop their skills.

Are you passionate about science and eager to make a difference in patient’s lives? We are seeking an experienced trainer who can join our dynamic Global Scientific Training team as an Associate Director! In this pivotal role, you will have the opportunity to shape and enhance the scientific training programs that empower our Medical Affairs teams across the globe. You will collaborate with cross-functional scientific affairs team members to ensure that our scientific standards are aligned across the organization.

As an Associate Director, you will be asked to take charge of developing training content, facilitating engaging learning experiences, and fostering a culture of continuous learning within the Ascendis organization. Your expertise will help drive our mission to create innovative solutions that improve patient outcomes and enhance lives.

If you have a background as a medical science liaison, and pharmaceutical training experience with a knack for teaching complex scientific concepts on a global scale with a twist of fun and innovation, we want to hear from you! Join us in our commitment to advancing our Medical Affair’s teams’ scientific knowledge and skills, while making a significant impact in the lives of our patients.

Key Responsibilities
- Contribute on a regular basis to the content and process updates in several scientific training curriculums that are tailored to diverse medical audiences.
- Collaborate with internal subject matter experts, as needed, to internally develop engaging training materials and curricula with limited vendor support.
- Facilitate training sessions, workshops, and seminars using adult learning principles to enhance scientific understanding around the world, while taking into consideration potential cultural differences
- Evaluate and improve training effectiveness through feedback with formal and informal assessments.
- Stay current with industry trends, our disease state areas and the treatment guidelines that impact our training content.

- Support the onboarding process for new employees to ensure they receive a strong scientific foundation while also looking for new ways to engage those with extensive knowledge within our teams also.
- Foster a positive learning environment that encourages employee participation, a learning journey and knowledge sharing.
- Seek new formats and technologies to enhance audience engagement while also utilizing a learning management system and various existing technologies.
- Participate in the advancement of a Global Medical Affairs fellowship program with the commitment to create a competitive professional educational experience within the Pharma industry