UX Designer for Clinical Area

Are you passionate about understanding users and finding great solutions to their needs? Do you have experience with user journey mapping, facilitation and the clinical trials?

If so, now is your chance to join Ascendis Pharma as our new IT User Experience Designer for the clinical area.

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 UX Designer to join our growing team. As a key member of the Global IT team, you will play a crucial role in digitalizing our clinical trials. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborate with cross-functional, global teams working together to achieve extraordinary results.

You will be part of the Clinical IT Product team with three colleagues based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The team is known for relentlessly delivering to our clinical internal customers and utilizing the latest trends in technology to enable business strategy. The team is fast paced and collaborative.

You will report to Jakob Monajemzadeh Thrane, People Leader in Global IT, and to Ivanna Rosendal, Global Head of Digitalization, from a functional point of view. Both are based in HQ in Hellerup, Denmark. You will also be based in Hellerup

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Explore user needs both with internal and external users by running facilitated workshops and doing user research.
• Extract user needs and improvement opportunities from the exploration and communicate these in a way so that the technical teams can implement the needed changes.
• Communicate with end users and ensure that they are engaged in the development of our SaaS solutions.
• Contribute to analysis, validation and documentation in the team to support new features being made available to users.

Qualifications and Skills:
You hold a relevant academic degree – minimum a bachelor’s degree – and 5+ years of experience from a related role in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or related environment.

Furthermore, you have:

• Extensive toolbox in user experience, facilitation and design thinking.
• Hands-on knowledge of translating user needs to digital and IT in life sciences.
• Experience in driving the successful delivery of digital products and platforms.
• A broad understanding of clinical trials.
• Knowledge or experience with GAMP 5 and GxP.
• You have been working in an agile team, relentlessly improving your working practices.

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 a self-starter who can see white spaces and opportunities and jump in to move things forward.

Our team needs to scale to support the ever-growing demands, so we need team members who both can act pragmatically, and solution orientated for the short term, and at the same time are able to think long-term to ensure what we do today can grow to support us in the future.

Travel: 10-25 days per year.

Office: Tuborg Boulevard 12, 2900 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 Jakob Monajemzadeh Thrane, [email protected], Ivanna Rosendal, [email protected], or visit our website www.ascendispharma.com

As the holiday season approaches, please be aware that there may be a delay in our response to your application. We will make every effort to review applications once received, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Benefits

• You can expect an attractive remuneration package, short- and long-term incentives, pension scheme and health insurance.
• Laptop, iPhone, paid internet, and home office equipment
• A thorough and structured onboarding program
• To succeed in your job and expand in your role, you and your manager will continuously have Impact conversations about how to propel your development. If a need is identified, we find a way to help you grow.
• Soft drinks, fresh fruit, and lunch every day in our canteen.
• Ascendis Pharma headquarters resides in a modern and bright office facility in Tuborg Havn in Hellerup with a view of the harbor, the canals, and the sea.
• To ensure a balanced approach to the office, all employees have the opportunity to work from home up to two days per week.

Hellerup