Associate Director, Strategic Pricing - Job ID: ADSP

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.

Ascendis Pharma is looking to hire an Associate Director, Strategic Pricing to join our team. This individual will play a key role in developing and executing pricing strategies across all relevant payer segments for products in our Endocrinology Rare Disease portfolio. The role will focus on pricing analytics, scenario modeling, and contract performance assessment to inform strategic pricing decisions that optimize patient access, profitability, and long-term growth.

The Associate Director will work closely with internal stakeholders across Market Access, Finance, Commercial, Legal, Forecasting, and Brand teams to evaluate the financial impact of pricing and contracting strategies, assess return on investment, and monitor the commercial implications of market dynamics, competitor actions, and policy changes. The individual is expected to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships across internal teams to ensure alignment of pricing strategy with broader market access and commercial objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with key stakeholders to support the development of pricing models and scenario analyses to inform pricing strategy, including simulations of government pricing policies and state Medicaid supplemental rebate structures, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and market dynamics.
• Prepare pricing scenarios and impact analyses related to statutory rebate changes, policy shifts, and contract terms.
• Coordinate with Finance to incorporate GP-related analytics into pricing frameworks, business cases, accruals, and GTN forecasts.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking and analog analysis to identify trends in pricing strategies, rebate structures, and contract terms across therapeutic categories.
• Develop and maintain tools to track payer and PBM behavior, formulary decisions, and contract performance to assess return on investment and the effectiveness of pricing and contracting strategies.
• Oversee tracking and documentation of bids, payer feedback, and outcomes to support pricing strategy and planning.
• Analyze competitor pricing, market trends, and regulatory changes (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, 340B, Tricare, state transparency laws) to assess implications for pricing and contracting decisions.
• Collaborate with Market Access, Finance, and Legal teams to assess the impact of pricing and contracting decisions on statutory GP pricing (AMP, BP, NFAMP, URA, etc.).
• Support continuous improvement of pricing models, analytics tools, and processes to enhance forecasting accuracy and strategic decision support.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Health Economics, Healthcare Mangement or related field
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech pricing strategy, analytics, or market access. Branded/specialty product experience preferred
• Strong understanding of U.S. payer landscape, including commercial payers, PBMs, Medicare, Medicaid, IDNs, and VA/DOD
• Demonstrated knowledge of payer decision-making for formulary processes, coverage, and patient access to branded drugs or biologics
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of FSS and CMS statutory price calculations (NFAMP, IFF, AMP, BP, URA), State Price Reporting, 340B, Tricare and the programs and calculations to support evaluations and analytics of pricing and product scenario planning
• Demonstrated ability to assess ROI of contracts and pricing strategies and translate complex analytics into actionable business insights
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks at one time
• Ability to skillfully negotiate in tough situations with both internal and external groups.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Understanding of organizational behavior, corporate culture and be able to flourish in a complex and rapidly evolving workplace.
• Ability to be flexible and energetic in a dynamic work environment and in a highly-matrixed organization with non-co-located teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively, problem solve, negotiate and collaborate with stakeholders to implement long-term solutions and positively influence business.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and negotiate business solutions in a complex and fast-paced matrix environment.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint required

Salary: $175,000 - $195,000/year DOE

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