Senior Director, International Emerging Markets - Medical
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Be a key member of Apellis’ Medical Affairs leadership team
- Collaborate cross-functionally with commercial, medical, clinical, market access, and regulatory colleagues to foster a culture of collaboration and innovation.
- Represent Apellis in scientific presentations, international conferences, and industry groups. and serve as lead spokesperson with KOLs and various government agencies
- Support pre- & post-launch and life cycle management activities.
- Ensure all regional medical plans are developed in alignment with global medical strategy
- Oversee the compliance of all IEM Medical Affairs activities with Apellis' policies and procedures, local regulatory and legal requirements, and ensure that appropriate systems and SOP/processes are in place.
- Lead, engage, coach and develop the IEM Medical Team (at regional and local level) to foster high performance and strong collaboration amongst team members
- Responsible for line management, professional development, and mentorship of direct report(s) including providing feedback on employee performance and goal setting
- Responsible for driving strategic initiatives for employee development, process, and business improvements
- Fosters and reinforces a culture that aligns with the Apellis Values
- Up to 40% domestic and/or international travel
- Other duties and responsibilities as required
Education, Registration & Certification:
- Must have a PhD, Pharm D or MD level degree or equivalent
Experience:
- 12-15+ years of experience in a Medical Affairs organization
- 5+ years leading teams in Medical Affairs
- Demonstrated success in fostering effective relationships with KOLs and ability to support the development and execution of medical strategies for multiple products across different therapeutic areas
- Pharmaceutical/Biotech launch experience preferred
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:
- Proven ability to lead in a fast-paced environment, enabling the team to prioritize and manage multiple competing tasks and demands while ensuring overall quality and integrity
- Enables creative problem solving, encourages unique solutions, and solves difficult problems with effective solutions
- Creates an environment that enables open, available, and transparent communication
- Strong interpersonal skill set necessary to influence and maintain internal effective and external collaborator relationships
- Facilitates productive dialogue that empowers others to share input/recommendations/perspective, while driving the group to make a decision or take a position.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including ability to effectively articulate highly technical/complex concepts to audiences with differing levels of experience
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, influence, and manage within a matrixed organization
- Exceptional leadership skills and ability to inspire, motivate and mentor teams
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.