Associate Director, Business Intelligence, Systemic Franchise

Position Summary

We are looking for a talented and energetic Associate Director of Business Intelligence who will play a key role in the commercialization of Empaveli. The Associate Director of Business Intelligence will be accountable for partnering closely U.S. commercial teams to generate market-specific insights gathered from primary market research, secondary data analysis, and competitive intelligence to create integrated and actionable insights for key customer/stakeholder groups. The ideal candidate should have experience working in a commercial insights position within a biotech or pharmaceutical company. The Associate Director will report into the Senior Director of BI & Commercial Ops for the systemic franchise and will serve as a key member of the systemic team to drive insights and market knowledge that will be the foundation for commercialization of Empaveli across indications.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Partner with the brand lead and relevant cross-functional stakeholders to design plans and generate insights to inform and support Empaveli strategy.
• Execute foundational research to support the launch of Empaveli in C3G/IC-MPGN and ongoing insights plan to support Empaveli in PNH.
• Lead Business Intelligence support for the brand planning process, including market outlook and situation assessments.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the LRP model and provide assumptions that inform the brand forecast.
• Proactively scope key business questions, generate hypotheses, independently design studies/analyses, and generate insights for the business.
• Own the annual insights budget for the systemic franchise.
  
  

Education, Registration & Certification

• B.S. degree required (business, biology, or medicine-related degree preferred). Advanced Degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD) preferred
  
  

Experience

• At least 5-7 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech/medtech industry (client-side experience preferred)
  
  

Must Haves

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Expertise in qualitative and quantitative market research methodologies
• Working knowledge of secondary data sources and experience leveraging secondary data to generate insights
• Demonstrated project and vendor management skills
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to influence without authority
• Strategic and Analytical Mindset
• Strong problem solving/framing abilities
• Excellent communication skills; able to create simplicity from complexity, expert narrative development/storytelling
• Managerial courage: ability to challenge and persuade
• Proven ability to engage with business unit and executive leadership
  
  

Preferred

• Hematology / Nephrology experience
• Experience in Competitive Intelligence, Commercial Assessments and/or Consulting
  
  

Travel Requirements

• Domestic and international travel will be required in this role (up to 25%)
  
  

Benefits And Perks

Apellis offers a great benefit package which includes: health insurance with full premium coverage, 401K with company match, paid time off (PTO), long- term disability insurance, life insurance and more! Visit https://apellis.com/careers/ to learn more.

Company Background

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company that combines courageous science and compassion to develop life-changing therapies for some of the most challenging diseases patients face. We ushered in the first new class of complement medicine in 15 years and now have two approved medicines targeting C3. These include the first and only therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness around the world. With nearly a dozen clinical and pre-clinical programs underway, we believe we have only begun to unlock the potential of targeting C3 across many serious diseases.

For more information, please visit http://apellis.com or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn

EEO Statement

Apellis is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. Apellis strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy), gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, marital status, AIDS/HIV status, smoker/nonsmoker, and occupational pneumoconiosis or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

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Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.