Associate Director, Congresses & HCP Education Lead

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

Summary:

Roles and Responsibilities:

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as a strategic integrator across Marketing, Medical, Field, Operations, Comms/IR, and Compliance.
• Influence without authority to align stakeholders around clear congress and education strategies.
• Provide clear communication, structure, and leadership across multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Communicate updates and strategies in various EC leadership forums to build confidence in plans.

Congress Strategy & Leadership

• Own the US congress strategy across nephrology and hematology, aligning congress presence, sponsorships, and programming to brand strategy and objectives and lifecycle needs.
• Evaluate and prioritize congresses and sponsorship opportunities to maximize scientific impact, brand visibility, and return on investment.
• Lead cross-functional planning and execution for major US meetings (e.g., ASN, GlomCon, ATC/WTC, PAS, NKF, ASH, etc.).
• Serve as the primary US relationship lead with key congress organizations and societies.
• Drive booth strategy and execution, sponsorship activation, and on-site experience planning.
• Lead KOL engagement planning, inclusive of executive meetings and calendars.
• Translate congress learnings into actionable insights and recommendations for brand and senior leadership.
• Manage budget and vendor partners.
• Manage assets through our Promotional Review Committee (PRC) process

Strategic Partnerships & Sponsorships

• Build and manage US partnerships with key professional organizations and foundations.
• Evaluate and execute corporate sponsorships that support congress and peer-to-peer education objectives.
• Partner with Medical Affairs to ensure appropriate use of sponsorship benefits and alignment with enterprise priorities.

Peer-to-Peer Education & Speakers Bureau

• Lead the strategy, evolution, and performance of US peer-to-peer education programs.
• Own the Speakers Bureau as a core commercial capability, including:
  • Branded and unbranded content strategy
  • Speaker recruitment, training, and onboarding
  • Program rollout, optimization, and continuous improvement
• Partner with US Field leadership to align on program targets, executional excellence, and performance monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with Compliance, Legal, Marketing Operations, and external partners to ensure high-quality, compliant, and scalable programs.
• Manage pieces through our Promotional Review Committee (PRC) process

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7-10+ years of US biopharma marketing experience with strong depth in congress strategy and peer-to-peer education.
• Rare disease, specialty, nephrology, or hematology experience strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to think strategically, execute with excellence, and lead cross-functionally in a lean organization.
• Strong communication skills and executive presence.

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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/benefits/ to learn 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.comor follow us on LinkedIn andX.

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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