Global Medical Affairs Planning & Effectiveness, Content Platform
US$210,000 / yr base salary
Posted 24 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Global Medical Affairs Planning & Effectiveness, Content Platform Lead -Job 2033”
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- Expected experience
- 7+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$210,000 / yr |
|---|
Study levelBachelor's
Field of studyBusiness Administration, Healthcare Management, Information Management, Life Sciences (or related)
Study levelMaster's
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.
Position Summary
The Global Medical Affairs Planning & Effectiveness, Medical Content Platform Lead is responsible for leading the global operating model, governance framework, and technology strategy for Medical Affairs content management and review processes within Veeva MedComms. This role serves as the business owner for Medical content platforms and capabilities, including Veeva MedComms and related systems, ensuring a scalable, compliant, and efficient framework for content creation, review, approval, distribution, and utilization across global and local markets.
The position requires significant cross-functional leadership and influence across Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Commercial, Legal, Compliance, and Information Technology organizations. The individual will drive strategic alignment, establish governance and decision-making forums, define standards and metrics, lead global change management initiatives, and ensure technology investments support evolving business needs.
In addition, this role provides oversight and strategic direction for medical review processes, driving operational excellence, consistency, compliance, and continuous improvement across content review workflows.
Key Responsibilities
Global Content Governance and Operating Model
- Own and evolve the global Medical content governance framework, including policies, standards, taxonomy, metadata strategy, content architecture, and lifecycle management.
- Establish and maintain an integrated operating model across Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Commercial, and IT to ensure content systems function as a coordinated enterprise capability.
- Define governance structures, decision rights, prioritization frameworks, and cross-functional steering committees to support effective content operations.
- Lead resolution of competing stakeholder priorities and drive decisions that balance compliance, usability, scalability, and business objectives.