Medical Scientific Liaison

Are you passionate about changing the lives of people living with rare diseases?

Do you have experience as a Medical Scientist Liaison (MSL)?

If so, now is your chance to join Ascendis Pharma Italy as our new MSL.

Ascendis Pharma is a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company with locations in Denmark, Germany, the United States, UK, Italy and Spain.

We are applying our TransCon technology to build a leading, fully integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives. 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. Today, we have a growing pipeline of prodrug therapies in development, each designed to be a best-in-class therapy.

Today, we successfully launched our first innovative product in the United States and Germany, and we are on the verge of rapid expansion in Europe. In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the launch of our endocrinology pipeline and make significantly impact to our commercial expansion.

We are seeking 2 passionate to join our rapidly expanding global commercial organization. As a key member of the Ascendis Pharma Italy team, you will play a crucial role in identifying and developing relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), supporting scientific collaborations with scientific societies and clinical experts, and educating healthcare providers about the disease states and products in the Ascendis Pharma pipeline.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new established Italian affiliate and to become part of a fast-paced environment, collaborate with cross-functional, global teams working together to achieve extraordinary results.

You will be joining the Italian team consisting of a handful passionate and skilled colleagues. The number of colleagues is budgeted to grow significantly in 2024 and 2025.

You will report directly to Paola Stagni, Medical Affairs Director Italy, who is based in Milan, Italy. You will be based in Milan as well.

In Italy we are looking for 2 MSL’s to cover these regions:

1. Lombardia, covering Northen Italy
2. Lazio/Campania, covering Centre-southern Italy

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Serve as the field-based external facing medical representative of Ascendis Pharma of Medical Affairs.
• Create awareness of Ascendis Pharma in the scientific community and communicate the potential of TransCon technology to transform the practice of endocrinology and other relevant therapeutic areas (TAs).
• Maintain high level of medical expertise to support the portfolio/pipeline and relevant disease states (e.g., bone and growth).
• Identify Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and key organizations (e.g. professional associations, patient advocacy groups) for disease states within a geography and develop and maintain a KOL engagement plan that foster collaborative relationships.
• Plan and deliver medical/scientific presentations to both internal and external stakeholders, provide scientific support at medical congresses to include scientific exchange at the medical affairs booth, and internal or external meetings, and internal onboarding and ongoing medical training for commercial and medical colleagues.
• Capture external insights about the disease state, Ascendis portfolio and pipeline, and competitors and communicate to internal stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.
• Build strong relationships and cross-functional collaboration with internal colleagues at local as well as above country level (e.g., Clinical Development, HEOR, Market Access, Marketing, and Sales) by providing medical expertise and support as needed.

Qualifications and Skills:

You hold a relevant academic degree – preferably a PhD, PharmD, M.Sc., DVM, or MD degree from the Health Science Field – and 2+ years of pharmaceutical experience as a MSL or a similar role.

Furthermore, you have:

• Experience within Pediatric endocrinology, endocrinology, or Rare Disease Experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills with a high capability to understand and effectively communicate scientific and clinical information in virtual and live settings is required, in both Italian and English.

Key competencies:

You are a strong team player, empathetic, and have a can-do attitude.

You possess an entrepreneurial mindset and can thrive in an informal, open environment where innovation and change are key.

To succeed in this role, we also expect you to be a passionate and out-going people person who finds excitement in the challenge of being one of the first employees in a new affiliate.

Travel : 60- 80 % days per year.

Office : Via Giuseppe Piazzi, 2-4, 20159 Milano MI, Italy

Apply now.

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 Paola Stagni, Medical Affairs Director Italy, via or visit out website