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Shape patient‑centric strategy through data‑driven storytelling
Ascendis Pharma is a growth‑stage biopharmaceutical company guided by the core values Patients · Science · Passion. To accelerate data‑informed decision‑making across our commercial organisation, we are hiring a Business Analyst who blends deep data analysis expertise with first‑class facilitation, stakeholder management, and communication skills. You will join a cross‑functional product team that works in an agile, product‑discovery setting, so collaboration and a genuine team‑player mindset are essential.
Your four focus areas1. Data Analysis
- Consolidate and patient Support Program, Specialty Pharmacy, claims and financial data to uncover trends in patient access and market dynamics
- Build transparent metrics and statistical models that feed forecasting, pricing and contracting decisions
2. Facilitation
- Run collaborative workshops to define business questions, align on goals and co‑create dashboards
- Translate technical concepts into plain language, ensuring cross‑functional teams share a common data vocabulary
3. Stakeholder Management
- Serve as the analytics partner for Market Access, Finance, Sales, Patient Services and Executive Leadership
- Balance competing priorities, manage expectations and drive consensus on data‑led actions
4. Communication
- Turn complex, multi‑source findings into clear narratives, visualised in Power BI dashboards and executive briefs
- Present insights that inspire confident, timely decisions at VP level
Key responsibilities
- Facilitate requirements sessions and quarterly reviews, ensuring all voices are heard and business value is explicit
- Develop interactive dashboards and storyboards that reveal real‑time performance against targets
- Drive adoption by coaching end‑users, documenting data definitions and championing a culture of data literacy
- Collaborate with the team in designing and maintaining data models that map the end‑to‑end patient journey and payer coverage dynamics
- Purpose with impact - Your insights directly expand access to life‑changing therapies
- Modern data stack - Green‑field cloud platform, strong executive sponsorship and budget to innovate
- Global reach - Collaborate with colleagues in Copenhagen and Princeton
- Flexibility & growth - Hybrid work, generous benefits and clear paths to leadership or specialist roles
What you bring
- Experience - 5 years as Business/Data Analyst (ideally in either pharma, biotech, specialty pharmacy or similarly regulated, data‑rich setting)
- Solid teamworking skills - You'll be part of a product team that together achieve great results
- Technical toolkit - Knowledge about SQL, with experience in Power BI
- Facilitation chops - Proven track record running workshops and story‑mapping sessions with cross‑functional teams
- Stakeholder savvy - Ability to influence without authority, negotiate priorities and present to senior leadership
- Communication excellence - Fluent English speaker/writer who can simplify the complex and craft compelling data stories
- Mindset - Curious, structured and proactive; committed to improving patient outcomes through evidence‑based decisions
Salary range: $120-125k/year DOE
- 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
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.
Salary : $120,000 - $125,000