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People Leader

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Are you passionate about people? Do you have experience with leading, coaching and helping people to achieve their full potential?If so, now is your chance to join Ascendis Pharma as our new People Leader for part of the team members in Global IT that are based out of Hellerup.Ascendis Pharma is a fast-growing global biopharmaceutical company committed to making a meaningful difference in patient’s lives. We have locations in Denmark, Germany, the United States, the UK, Italy, Spain, and France.

Guided by our core values of Patients, Science, and Passion, we use our TransCon® drug development platform to fulfill our mission of developing new therapies, selecting only those that demonstrate best-in-class potential to address unmet medical needs. Today, we are advancing programs in Endocrinology Rare Disease and Oncology. In addition, we collaborate with partners around the world on the development of TransCon-based products for other therapeutic areas and markets. We are seeking a passionate People Leader to join our growing function. As a key member of the Product setup in Global IT, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our people continuously enhance their professional growth and career path, so our organization has the capabilities needed to support the company.

Global IT has great cultural values and has embarked on an agile transformation journey, but we are not there yet. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with cross-functional, global teams working together to achieve extraordinary results.You will be part of our People Leader community with three People Leaders based in Hellerup and Princeton, US. You will be responsible for the well-being and personal development of team members in Denmark and furthermore, you will work closely with Lene Rhein Larsen, People Leader, to continuously improve governance and people processes. You will report to Lars Tranberg Pettersson, CIO and work out of our Hellerup office.

Your key responsibilities will be:


  • People leadership
  • Individual development, coaching and mentoring of the people reporting to you
  • Drive continuous development of People related processes and governance structures in Global IT together with People Leader colleagues – and take ownership of related operational tasks
  • Hire and onboard talent
  • Facilitate team collaboration sessions

Qualifications and Skills:


Your educational background is less important than your experience and people-mindset. We’re looking for someone with at least 3 years of experience within leadership, ideally from an IT organization with a Product setup.Furthermore,

you have:


  • Experience in people leadership and people development
  • Experience with governance and optimization of people processes
  • Worked with agile transformations

Key competencies:


To succeed in this role, we expect you to be agile at heart and more concerned about the result of your people than your individual success. With your strong team player mindset and empathy, you can form relations with the people reporting to you and with internal IT stakeholders.You work in a pragmatic and inclusive fashion, listening to your stakeholders and adjusting the approach to fit their needs.We expect the right candidate to be structured, but yet flexible. Furthermore, you have an appetite of optimizing ways of working to support growth and scaling of our organization.

Travel: 5-10 days per year.

Office:

Tuborg Blvd. 12, 2900 Hellerup

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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 Lene Rhein Larsen, People Leader, LRL@ascendispharma.com or visit our website www.ascendispharma.com

Life at Ascendis Pharma

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