IT Procurement Manager

Are you passionate about connecting your knowledge about IT with your stakeholder management skills? Do you have an IT business mindset and continuously wants to develop?

If so, now is your chance to join Ascendis Pharma as our new IT Procurement Manager.

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

We are applying our TransCon® technology to build a leading, fully integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives. 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. Today, we have a growing pipeline of prodrug therapies in development, each designed to be a best-in-class therapy.

We are seeking a passionate IT Procurement Manager to join our growing team. As a key member of the Ascendis Pharma team, you will play a crucial role supporting our product teams with purchasing, negotiating and maintaining the right agreements with our vendors. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborate with cross-functional, global teams working together to achieve extraordinary results. In Ascendis Pharma we are a cloud-first, zero legacy systems environment. You will have excellent development opportunities in a very flexible environment where “the way we do things here” is open for discussion.

You will be joining the Global IT Services & Procurement Organization and work closely with devoted colleagues within the organization, who all share the overall goal of developing and bringing new innovative medicines to patients.

You will be based in our headquarters in Hellerup, reporting directly to Christian Veggerby Wittrup, Associate Director, who is also based in our headquarters in Hellerup.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Day-to-day responsible for the operations of our IT procurement process including managing the incoming tasks for the team
• Work closely with the IT Product teams and your legal counterparties when designing and negotiating our IT agreements
• Support the continued enablement and setup of our IT contract framework
• Secure that vendors deliver value throughout their entire contract lifecycle
• Maintain a continued overview of our application licenses
• Secure that we have the right setup for external resources to enable scaling while securing fair prices
• Contribute to the overall portfolio of activities in GIT Services & Procurement

Qualifications and Skills:
Your drive and willingness to learn and develop is more important than your experience as you will have plenty of support and opportunity to grow in this role.

Ideally you have worked in a biotech, pharmaceutical company or consultancy catering to the pharmaceutical industry. Perhaps you have worked for a software vendor where you have been part of the tender process. We imagine that you hold an academic degree – preferably a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Commercial law, Information Technology or similar.

Furthermore, you have:

• A couple of years’ experience from a similar position.
• Some experience with partnering with IT and business stakeholders within different product areas
• Experience with IT contracts and able to quickly interpret complex material
• A structured business mindset, able to see the big picture and determine the benefits or disadvantages of different scenarios

Key competencies:
You are a strong team player, analytical, and have a can-do attitude.

You possess an entrepreneurial mindset and can thrive in an informal, open environment where innovation and change are key.

To succeed in this role, we also expect you to be

• Self-driven and wants to take on responsibility
• Agile at heart and value the results of your team more than your individual success
• You think on your feet and keep your composure when things move quickly
• A proactive mindset looking for ways to optimize the work

Travel: 10-20 days per year.

Office: Ascendis Pharma A/S, Tuborg Boulevard 12, Hellerup, Denmark

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

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

For more details about the position or the company, please contact Christian Wittrup on +45 30 62 62 61 or [email protected]. You can also read more about Ascendis Pharma by visiting our website www.ascendispharma.com

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