Student Assistant for Business Support in Global Support Functions

As a student assistant in Ascendis Pharma you will work for our US colleagues in the business and be their go-to person for all things related to Ascendis Pharma’s Learning Management System (LMS). This system is a global solution for assigning, managing, tracking, and documenting learning activities. You will have a centralized role and you will build up expertise fast.

We will provide the needed training and mentoring to get you started and continuously add more to your skills in the future. You will become part of an international team with a large network, and it will be a great opportunity for you to get your foot in the door to a great biotech company.

You will join Global Support Functions, Global IT in Ascendis Pharma and become part of a very exciting growth journey. You will have good development opportunities in a very flexible environment in Global IT where “the way we do things here” is open for discussion.

Your primary responsibility will be to provide support to our US colleagues in the business with our training management system. You will act as their Learning Administrator and among other things help with uploading training content, creating curricula's, assign training to Users, reporting, solving user issues and answering questions related to the system and the learning process in general.

Furthermore, you will be part of a Product team where you will take part in team tasks based upon availability – and thereby also work on ad hoc tasks not related to the Learning Management System.

Ideally, you are starting your third year of your Bachelor studies and you plan on continuing with Master’s studies in the IT related fields, Project Management or something completely different.

Most importantly, you have a passion for helping users, learning new skills, working structured and optimizing and improving current ways of working. It is important that you are thorough in your work and that you are detail oriented.

It will be an advantage if you see yourself pursuing a career in IT after graduation.

The following qualifications are desirable:

• Service-minded
• Strong flair for IT and administration
• You must be ready to take on different kinds of tasks with increasing complexity
• Ability to keep an overview of many tasks at once
• Curious, open-minded, and eager to learn
• Structured and proactive mindset
• Able to write concisely and persuasively

Also, you are proficient in English at a professional level, both written and spoken.

You work independently and can run with a task with little supervision. You are a self-starter and learn at a quick pace. You are a doer and not afraid to learn from your mistakes. You meet any task with the same energy, regardless of how interesting it is for you personally. You are conscientious about your tasks and can meet deadlines.

We offer you an exciting and challenging position in an entrepreneurial and international company with a short line of command. You will be involved in activities that are central to Ascendis Pharma’s strategy and work with highly skilled and experienced colleagues on advancing an exciting product pipeline.

Place of work: Ascendis Pharma resides in a wonderful office facility in Tuborg Havn in Hellerup with a view of the harbor, the canals, and the sea.

Work hours: 15 hours a week is expected, in peak times up to 20 hours a week. Since your primary customers will be in US time zones your working hours will typically be noon to late afternoon, and evening hours will also occur.

For more details about the job or the company, please contact Senior IT Product Manager Brian Jensen M +45 23 81 81 21 or bje@ascendispharma.com or People Leader Lene Larsen M +45 22 99 54 71 or lrl@ascendispharma.com. All applications must be in English and are treated confidentially.

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