Director of US Insights and Commercial Analytics (ICA) - Job ID: 1927

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.

Summary

Ascendis Pharma is seeking an experienced Director of US Insights and Commercial Analytics (ICA) to serve as a senior, strategic, thought partner to U.S. leadership on the rare disease portfolio. Reporting to the US Insights & Commercial Analytics Team Lead, this role will act as the senior member on brand aligned, cross-functional leadership teams, responsible to identify and activate performance opportunities that unlock brand value from data-driven insights and to advise on transformational business drivers.

As a member of the growing ICA team, you will help to frame complex business challenges that enable clear decision making and effective execution to drive impact. You will integrate insights from multiple analytic disciplines, lead day-to-day problem solving, and foster stakeholder engagement. ICA applies deep functional expertise, strong intellectual curiosity, and collaborative problem-solving to deliver high quality, actionable insights while building trusted partnerships.

Success in this role requires the ability to work proactively and independently when needed, and to collaborate effectively to drive change across a growing organization.  Additionally, success requires the ability to lead meetings that drive strategic discussions and collaboration across functions and brands.

This hybrid position will be in Princeton, NJ, with an expectation to be in the office three days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a senior, strategic, thought partner to U.S. Commercial teams by framing and answering high impact business questions related to brand strategy, execution, and investments
• Lead monthly business reviews, executive leadership discussion and standard planning cycle, driven by strategic analytics and insights that are aligned to brand strategy and that identify performance opportunities and optimal levers across commercial functions
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver succinct and actionable insight summaries to drive business decisions for senior leadership, based on multiple sources of information
• Design and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools that provide visibility into sales performance, brand health, and commercial effectiveness.
• Analyze and synthesize complex datasets to generate actionable insights that inform sales, marketing, and customer engagement strategies.
• Synthesize insights from market research into clear, compelling narratives with actionable recommendations for senior leadership

• Diagnose performance gaps and recommend optimal, data-driven actions and enhanced strategies
• Excel at storytelling to translate technical and complex findings into simple and actionable solutions

• Foster strong project management skills with experience structuring projects, directing cross-functional accountability, and driving productive meetings & timely deliverables

The estimated salary range for this position is $220k - $235k.  Actual salary determination is dependent on a variety of factors, some of which include experience, qualifications, and geographic location.  This position may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus or an incentive compensation plan (eligibility varies based on role and position level), discretionary stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

Education:

• BA/BS in a quantitative discipline is required, such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or Economics. MS and/or MBA strongly preferred

Experience:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in healthcare industry; preferred 3+ years of rare disease experience and launch experience
• 8+ years in consulting, finance, or market analytics
• Proven track record in strategic analytics areas in several of the following: secondary data analytics, data science, market research, commercial analytics, market access, patient services, or management consulting
• Experience building analytic plans, leading research, and managing vendors

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex business problems through curiosity, analytical rigor and innovative thinking and to frame the solutions as simple, actionable, commercial insights
• Ability to work independently and proactively while collaborating effectively to influence change across a matrixed, fast-paced organization
• Possesses strong business acumen and the ability to manage multiple priorities, processes, and expectations across stakeholder groups
• Polished executive presence with excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills, both written and verbal
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
• Hands-on experience with SQL or other analytics tools (e.g., Python, R, SAS)
• Strong knowledge of secondary data sources including syndicated sales, promotional & marketing data, longitudinal patient level data, payer data, and specialty pharmacy data

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company-offered Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Company-provided short and long-term disability benefits
• Unique offerings of Pet Insurance and Legal Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts
• Professional Development
• Health Saving Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Various incentive compensation plans
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance  
• Mental Health resources
• Paid leave benefits for new parents

Ascendis Pharma is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

A note to recruiters:

We do not allow external search party solicitation.  Presentation of candidates without written permission from the Ascendis Pharma Inc Human Resources team (specifically from: Talent Acquisition Partner or Human Resources Director) is not allowed.  If this occurs your ownership of these candidates will not be acknowledged.