Global Medical Affairs Content Platform Lead

About the role

Ascendis Pharma, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on Endocrinology, Rare Disease and Oncology, is hiring a Global Medical Affairs Planning & Effectiveness, Content Platform Lead (Job 2033). The role leads the global operating model, governance framework and technology strategy for Medical Affairs content management and review within Veeva MedComms, acting as business owner for medical content platforms and capabilities. It requires significant cross-functional leadership across Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Commercial, Legal, Compliance and IT.

Key responsibilities

• Own and evolve the global medical content governance framework, including policies, standards, taxonomy, metadata strategy, content architecture and lifecycle management.
• Establish an integrated operating model across Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Commercial and IT, and set up governance structures, decision rights and steering committees.
• Serve as the senior business owner for MedComms and related platforms, partner with IT on roadmaps and investment strategies, and lead adoption, training and change management.
• Provide strategic oversight of medical and non-promotional content review, setting standards for submission, review, approval, documentation and audit readiness, and improving cycle times.
• Build global performance measurement frameworks, KPIs, executive dashboards and market-level targets.
• Lead global change management, communication plans, training and knowledge resources.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Information Management or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or healthcare industry.
• Significant experience in Medical Affairs operations, content governance, non-promotional review or regulated content management.
• Experience leading global cross-functional initiatives and partnering with IT organizations.

Required skills

• Demonstrated expertise with Veeva MedComms, medical content management systems and electronic document management systems.
• Content governance, taxonomy, metadata and repository architecture.
• Strong knowledge of regulated content review and approval processes.
• Ability to build metrics and performance dashboards.