Manager, Promotional Review & Asset Management - Job ID: PRAM2025

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.

The role of the Manager provides strategic partnership, leadership, and direction to develop implement, and refine processes that contribute to the approval, production, distribution and maintenance of marketing materials.

This individual is responsible for developing and implementing the approval of modular content and reusable content operations within Veeva PromoMats for the commercial organization.

This position coordinates the Promotional Review & Approval process, print and digital Production, and Fulfilment for advertising and promotion in accordance with company policy and standard operating procedures (SOPs) including but not limited to Marketing, Sales Training, IT and Corporate Communications.

This individual will work closely with the US Regulatory, Medical, Legal, Marketing, IT and all other Commercial teams to ensure digital and print promotional and internal material is approved and distributed in a timely manner.

 Key Responsibilities                                                                                                                            

• Facilitate PRC (Medical, Legal, Regulatory) content review meetings, create agendas, update status reports, communicate and facilitate progress to gain approval.
• Manage print vendor, print production of assets and direct to representative program.
• Review printer proofs and issue final approval to proceed to print.
• Manage third party print vendor and warehouse & distribution vendor (field force online ordering system, rework inventory with new components/new labeling, prepare/revise kits, schedule auto shipments to field force)
• Troubleshoot VEEVA PromoMats system and develop processes around continuous improvement in conjunction with EU counterpart. 
• Provide onboarding training for agencies and new hires utilizing Veeva PromoMats. 
• Independently manage all user profiles/permissions within Veeva PromoMats system
• Identify opportunities for improving operational efficiency and filling business gaps and work with commercial stakeholders to tackle.
• In partnership with Regulatory, manage the job flow process from initial internal review of projects through OPDP submission, print production, and final distribution to field force.

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or management preferred.
• Minimum 5-8+ years recent pharmaceutical industry experience required, preferably in promotional review or marketing operations roles and an understanding of best practices across all areas of pharmaceutical industry commercial operations.
• Ability to prioritize high-volume workload based on challenges and business needs, with minimal supervision, working with sense of urgency and efficiency
• Must have demonstrated proficiency of PRC process and of the pharmaceutical environment.
• Expert understanding of legal and regulatory environment in pharmaceutical promotions, pharma industry guidelines, and other compliance-related issues
• Excellent project management and follow-up skills in cross-functional environment with the ability to organize and complete multiple projects efficiently and on time.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical systems such as Veeva (PromoMats), print production, and rep fulfillment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority across diverse teams.
• Sets priorities, creates logical work plans and communicates progress.
• Anticipates and assesses future business needs.
• While being organized and logical, must balance this with a high degree of flexibility to change direction when needed.
• A confident self-starter, who can work independently and creatively but also be a team player.

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.

• 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