Executive Assistant for Chief Commercial Officer

Are you passionate about supporting top leaders?

Do you have experience within administrative tasks and like to execute a variety of activities both within a team and across the organization?

If so, now is your chance to join Ascendis Pharma in a maternity cover for our Executive Assistant to the Global Chief Commercial Officer.

Ascendis Pharma is a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company with locations in Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France and the United States.

Guided by our core values of Patients, Science, and Passion, we are applying our innovative TransCon technology platform to build a leading, fully integrated biopharmaceutical company. We have a diverse pipeline designed to make a meaningful difference for patients.

We have started to launch our Endocrinology Rare Disease portfolio globally, in the US, Germany, Austria and Central Eastern Europe, with plans for further rapid expansion.

As our Executive Assistant, you will be serving the Global Commercial Leadership team called GCLT. This is a relatively newly formed team of 12 global commercial leaders, ranging from head of strategic functions to regional P&L owners. This team is responsible for developing a commercial organization to drive worldwide success in the rare disease endocrinology field.

The global commercial leadership team members are currently located with most members in Denmark and the US, but also in UK, Germany and Spain.

You will report directly to Camilla Harder Hartvig, EVP, Global Chief Commercial Officer who is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. You will be based in Denmark as well.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Provide administrative support to the EVP, Global Chief Commercial Officer.
• Provide administrative support and project management support to the Global Commercial Leadership team.
• Keep track of goals and metrics and ensure timely deliveries.
• Create professional presentations, agendas, and project plans.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings, taking meeting minutes.
• Assist with planning of f2f meetings, employee meetings, and other larger events.

Your key stakeholders will be:

• EVP Camilla Harder Hartvig
• Global Commercial Leadership Team
• Senior Management in Ascendis Pharma

Your Profile
For this specific role, we are looking for an experienced profile who has succeeded in Personal or Executive Assistant positions many times before.

Regardless of background, we invite anyone with the right attitude and skill set to apply for this position.

We expect you to be:

• Highly organized with attention to detail
• Outstanding in managing stakeholders
• Service-minded
• Strong at coordinating and planning
• Excellent at keeping the overview even with many active tasks at the same time
• Superuser in PowerPoint and Excel
• Proficient in English at a professional level, both written and spoken

As a person, you are a strong team player, proactive in nature and have a can-do attitude.

As we are taking new steps towards developing best-in-class therapeutics for patients with serious diseases, we are looking for a person who can thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, who can create clarity when things are ambiguous and is passionate about making the life of the EVP easier.

The person we are looking for wishes to become part of a dynamic organization with short lines of communication and an open and informal working atmosphere.

Duration: 15 months

Travel: Approximately 10-15 days per year.

Place of work: Ascendis Pharma HQ resides in a modern and wonderful office facility in Tuborg Havn in Hellerup with a view of the harbor, the canals, and the sea.

For more details about the job or the company, please contact Maria Ejskjær Nørfelt, Executive Assistant, at [email protected] or visit our website www.ascendispharma.com for more information.

All applications must be submitted in English and are treated confidentially.

Applications will be evaluated when received, so please apply as soon as possible.

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