Associate Director, Business Intelligence, SYFOVRE

Apellis Pharmaceuticals; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible time off

Summer and winter shutdowns

Paid family leave

Job summary

Apellis Pharmaceuticals is seeking an Associate Director of Business Intelligence to lead market insights for SYFOVRE. You will partner with U.S. commercial teams, design and oversee primary and secondary research, and translate findings into actionable strategies across the product lifecycle.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in pharma/biotech, strong quantitative and qualitative methods, and excellent stakeholder communication. Hybrid work arrangement with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree required (business, biology, or medicine-related degree preferred). Advanced Degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD) preferred
• At least 7+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech/medtech industry (client-side experience preferred)
• 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
• Experience in retina
• Experience with buy-and-bill product
• Experience in Competitive Intelligence, Commercial Assessments and/or Consulting

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the commercial and brand teams to generate market-specific insights gathered from primary market research, secondary data analysis and competitive intelligence to create integrated and actional insights for key customer / stakeholder groups
• Execute foundational research to generate insights in support of current and future business objectives for SYFOVRE
• Develop and deliver analyses that connect data findings to brand strategies informing both tactical decisions as well as long-term planning
• Partner with brand and commercial teams on strategy development and tactical execution across the product lifecycle including market outlook and situational assessments
• Proactively scope key business questions, generate hypotheses, independently design studies/analyses, and generate insights for the business
• Own the annual insights budget for SYFOVRE
• Manage third party vendors, as required, to support market research engagements and competitive intelligence gathering

Skills

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Secondary data analysis

Vendor management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Data storytelling

Executive stakeholder engagement

Budget ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA / PhD / PharmD preferred

Job description

Opportunity awaits those up to the challenge of developing transformative therapies across a broad range of debilitating diseases.

Summary

We are looking for a talented and energetic Associate Director of Business Intelligence to join our team and drive the advancement of our business intelligence strategies and capabilities in support of SYFOVRE. 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 Business Intelligence for SYFOVRE and will serve as a key member of the SYFOVRE team to drive insights and market knowledge that will be critical to continue driving the success of the brand.

Roles and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the commercial and brand teams to generate market-specific insights gathered from primary market research, secondary data analysis and competitive intelligence to create integrated and actional insights for key customer / stakeholder groups
• Execute foundational research to generate insights in support of current and future business objectives for SYFOVRE
• Develop and deliver analyses that connect data findings to brand strategies informing both tactical decisions as well as long-term planning
• Partner with brand and commercial teams on strategy development and tactical execution across the product lifecycle including market outlook and situational assessments
• Proactively scope key business questions, generate hypotheses, independently design studies/analyses, and generate insights for the business
• Own the annual insights budget for SYFOVRE
• Manage third party vendors, as required, to support market research engagements and competitive intelligence gathering

Qualifications

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

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

• Must Haves:

  • 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

• Experience in retina

• Experience with buy-and-bill product

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

Employment

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

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Travel Requirements

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

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Benefits and Perks

Apellis offers a comprehensive benefits package, inclusive flexible time off, summer and winter shutdowns, paid family leave and more!

Company Background

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company leading the way in complement science 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 C3-targeting medicines approved to treat four serious diseases. Breakthroughs for patients include the first-ever therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness, and the first treatment for patients 12 and older with C3G or primary IC-MPGN, two severe, rare kidney diseases. 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 LinkedIn and X.

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.