Office Manager France

Are you passionate about helping others, cross-functional work, and administrative tasks? Do you have experience within office management?

If so, now is your chance to join Ascendis Pharma France as our new Office Manager in Paris.

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 a passionate Office Manager to join our rapidly expanding global commercial organization. As a key member of the French team, you will play a crucial role in supporting the French Leadership Team and lead the office management of our recently founded affiliate in Paris.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced environment, collaborate with cross-functional, global teams working together to achieve extraordinary results.

You will be joining the French 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 Carol Brucker, General Manager France & BeNeLux, who is based in Paris, France. You will be based in the Paris office.

Your key responsibilities will be :

• Proactive support of our rapidly growing and active leadership team concerning all organizational and administrative tasks
• Collaboration in multiple projects
• Central contact person for employees at the Paris office and field teams
• Planning and organization of appointments, meetings, conferences, travel, events, etc. Both in the office and externally.
• Organization of external events with costumers as well as internal events like sales meetings.
• Setting up, maintaining, and optimizing of office workflows and processes
• Day-2-Day support in PO, Invoices etc.
• Interface to the HR, Finance and IT departments
• Helping to make the office a welcoming atmosphere : employees on-boarding, internal communication and creating a welcoming and vibrant working atmosphere

Qualifications and Skills :

You hold a relevant academic degree and 2-5 years of experience within office management.

Furthermore, you have :

• Strong communication and organizational skills
• High level of French and English language skills in speaking and writing
• Excellent user knowledge of common Windows Office applications, especially PowerPoint

Key competencies :

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

You love to help and support others and knows how to make things happen in an entrepreneurial, open environment where innovation and change happens rapidly.

The right candidate is forward-thinking, problem-solving and someone who is able to keep several balls in the air with ease (even in stressful situations).

We also expect you to possess great self-management skills, to be structured and to pay strong attention to detail.

Travel : 5 - 10 days per year.

Office : 3 rue de Stockholm, 75008 Paris.

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 Carol Brucker, General Manager France & BeNeLux, cabr@ascendispharma.

com or visit out website www.ascendispharma.com