Associate Director, Market Intelligence & Business Insights

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

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%.