About the role

Director of Marketing Growth Disorders at Ascendis Pharma leading US marketing strategy for rare conditions. Collaborating with teams to enhance patient and provider engagement in biopharmaceuticals.

Responsibilities

Develop and drive the rare conditions marketing strategy aligned to brand objectives and customer insights
Implement initiatives that maintain a detailed understanding of key patient and provider needs with a long-range approach to brand planning
Lead, mentor, and develop direct reports
Lead the deep insight generation and analytical understanding of business drivers and performance
Effectively partner with all key stakeholders in the US and globally to ensure successful design and execution of brand plans and disease education
Lead strategic development, execution, and implementation of promotional materials and programs – both branded and unbranded.
Manage agency partners to ensure strategic alignment, quality, and on-time delivery.
Cultivate and appropriately leverage strong external relationships such as thought leaders, key customers, and patient advocacy organizations within the rare growth disorder communities
Closely monitor competitive activities and develop and implement strategies to proactively overcome competitive threats
Establish key commercial objectives and utilize KPIs to drive decision-making and measure success of marketing initiatives
Develop and maintain strong relationships with Medical, Regulatory, and Legal to coordinate commercial strategy
Effectively lead in an environment of strict compliance to all appropriate company and regulatory guidelines to successfully design and execute tactics, programs and tools that achieve business objectives

Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or other advanced degree preferred
Rare disease experience strongly preferred
10+ years pharmaceutical and/or bio-technology marketing experience with demonstrated experience leading teams
Experience coaching and mentoring direct reports
Proven track record of building and scaling marketing initiatives from the ground up in fast‑moving biotech environments
Demonstrated entrepreneurial drive, with the capacity to experiment, iterate, and deliver results without established playbooks
Strong strategic planning skills with demonstrated experience generating deep customer insights in rare disease.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without authority.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with high levels of ambiguity
Knowledge of current legal, regulatory and compliance climate
Ability to travel up to 25% both domestically and internationally