Director, Medical Advisor - Nephrology

Position Summary

The Nephrology Global Medical Advisor, Medical Affairs, is a key member of the Medical Affairs team who will work closely with medical affairs, commercial, regulatory, clinical development, legal, pharmacovigilance, and research to develop, inform, and execute key initiatives aligned with overall strategy. Additionally, the Nephrology Global Medical Advisor, Medical Affairs, will represent Apellis at prioritized external facing meetings including engagement with external stakeholders. The successful candidate will provide critical medical and scientific insights, training, and perspectives to facilitate life cycle management, ongoing commercialization, and R&D activities collaborating closely with medical affairs and other cross functional partners.  

Role Responsibilities

• Serve as key clinical expert in systemic complement mediated diseases, while partnering with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Pharmacovigilance and Research teams on key initiatives including life cycle management, research programs and ongoing commercialization of EMPAVELI
• Provide strategic and medical input into execution of medical strategy plans, including communication, congress and publication plans, as needed
• Partner with cross functional colleagues on professional society and advocacy initiatives including projects such as registries
• Support field medical and commercial teams with KOL engagements
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs and HEOR on the development and execution of specific evidence generation and life cycle management initiatives to fill data and/or communication gaps in alignment with overall strategic objectives
• Provide key clinical input into cross-functional strategy for pegcetacoplan in systemic complement mediated diseases
• Provide insights into pipeline systemic complement programs and partner with appropriate stakeholders to integrate into the strategies for the systemic complement programs
• Represent Apellis at key external facing clinical and scientific meetings, KOL engagements, advisory boards, and steering committees, partnering closely with field medical, medical directors, and other cross functional stakeholders as appropriate
• Up to 50% domestic (US) and/or international travel

Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies – Advise and Oversee

• Proven ability to be effective in a fast-paced environment
• Enables creative problem solving, encourages unique solutions, and solves difficult problems with effective solutions
• Facilitates an environment that enables open, available, and transparent communication
• Strong interpersonal skill set necessary to influence and maintain effective internal and external collaborator relationships
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including ability to effectively articulate highly technical/complex concepts to audiences with differing levels of experience

Education and Experience

• Must have an Medical Degree or equivalent; clinical experience in nephrology required
• 5-10 years experience in clinical practice
• 2 – 5 years experience in medical affairs organization
• Experience in drug development and commercialization preferred

Benefits and Perks:

Apellis offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company match, inclusive family building benefits, flexible time off, summer and winter shutdowns, paid family leave, disability and 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.

For San Francisco postings: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

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.