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How Ascendis Pharma hires

Truth index
A 93/100
Median time to fill
63 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
8%
Reposted roles
0%

Ascendis Pharma scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 13 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 8% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 63 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Visa sponsorship

  • United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 1 · green card filings: 1

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Overview

Ascendis Pharma is a Danish biopharmaceutical company that applies its TransCon prodrug technology to develop long-acting therapies for rare diseases, chiefly in endocrinology. Its marketed products include Skytrofa for growth hormone deficiency and Yorvipath for hypoparathyroidism, and it is listed on Nasdaq. Founded in 2007, it has research and commercial operations in Germany and the United States. The company is headquartered in Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.

News

News markets.businessinsider.com 1 month ago
Ascendis Pharma to Participate in the Morgan Stanley 24th Annual Global Healthcare Conference
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascendis Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ASND) today announced that company executives will particip...
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Ascendis Pharma over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
18
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python20%
SQL20%
Databases
MS SQL20%
Cloud & platforms
Databricks40%
Power BI30%
Azure30%
Azure DevOps30%
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Full Ascendis Pharma tech stack 18 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$190k
Typical range
$80k – $240k
Open positions
7
3 Jobs
Staff 33.3%
Architect 66.7%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Staff 1 $215k $215k
Architect 2 $215k $190k – $240k
Highest paying role Director, Global Regulatory Affairs Clinical Strategy $240k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Ascendis Pharma By role, level and city, against the market · 7 jobs with pay

People

Anders Fogstrup
Geschäftsführer
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
87/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
26
12 opened / 12 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
59 days
faster than 24% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
17% ▲
Early Careers
14% ▼
Science & Research
11%
Product
9% ▼
Legal
9% ▼
Administrative
6% ▼
Actively hiring for Finance (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Windows to stack Oct 2026
Added DNS to stack Oct 2026
New location: Hellerup Oct 2026
Added Shift-Left Security to stack Oct 2026
Added Shift-Left to stack Oct 2026
Added EU AI Act to stack Oct 2026
Added Copilot to stack Sep 2026
New location: Denmark Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026
Added GCP to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
15
Hiring now
15
Countries
13
Busiest office
Hellerup
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Hellerup Denmark
HQ
14 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 21% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Finance, Science & Research, Data Science
seen since Sep 2024 job postings
Heidelberg Germany
Engineering / R&D
Ascendis Pharma GmbH
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Science & Research, Support, Field & Service
D-69120 Heidelberg
seen since Jan 2020 company site, job postings
Princeton United States
Regional office
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $164k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research, Finance, Field & Service
seen since Oct 2025 job postings
Palo Alto United States
Regional office
Ascendis Pharma, Inc.
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff $212k Avg Salary
hires for Public Policy, Science & Research, Industrial Engineering
1000 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
seen since Dec 2025 company site, job postings
Milan Italy
Sales office
Ascendis Pharma Italia S.R.L
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Early Careers
Via Giuseppe Piazzi, 2-4,, 20159 Milano
seen since Jan 2025 company site, job postings
Munich Germany
Regional office
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology GmbH
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
80809 München
seen since Aug 2026 company site, job postings
Paris France
Regional office
Ascendis Pharma France SAS
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
3, rue de Stockholm, 75008 Paris
seen since Jan 2025 company site, job postings
Zurich Switzerland
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 job postings
London United Kingdom
Regional office
Ascendis Pharma UK Limited
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
81-87 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6DF
seen since Jan 2025 company site, job postings
Amsterdam Netherlands
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 job postings
Madrid Spain
Regional office
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 company site, job postings
Vienna Austria
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 job postings
Lisbon Portugal
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 job postings
Brussels Belgium
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 job postings
Stockholm Sweden
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jan 2025 job postings
Earlier presence
Copenhagen, Denmark 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

Jobs

≈ $48k – $95k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Heidelberg
MS SQL
DevOps
Azure DevOps
Azure
Windows
DNS
Management
ServiceNow
Agile
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≈ $73k – $187k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Hellerup
Python
Databricks
MS SQL
AI/ML
dbt
Analytics
Power BI
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≈ $104k – $252k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Hellerup
Microsoft Office
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