Chief of Staff

Position Summary:

As a key advisor to the CMO, this position will play an essential role in setting and delivering the overarching Medical Affairs strategic plan and accountable to directly support defined operational and strategic projects. A key deliverable of this role is to provide organizational support to the CMO to enhance the effectiveness of the CMO and act as a valuable resource to the rest of the medical function. Facilitate internal communications and ensure connections are made on behalf of the CMO for both internal and external activities. 

Key Responsibilities Include:

In direct support of the CMO, you will be accountable to:  

• Facilitate and manage a broad range of projects to help ensure attainment of strategic priorities consistent with corporate goals. Work with leadership team members individually and collectively on key business projects.
• Assist CMO and the Medical Leadership team in developing and communicating overarching medical affairs strategy and its components internally and externally.  
• Work with the leadership team to develop goals, monitor and report progress against goals, triaging and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Lead CMO-LT meeting, town halls, and support team structure, development, and engagement discussions.  
• Design and execute upon initiatives for cohesion, ensuring alignment and engagement among teams and departments, integrating information and data across the organization.
• Support the CMO in preparing annual budget planning for the Medical Affairs organization, driving quarterly/monthly business reviews, and managing the annual operating cycle.
• Support the development and preparation of executive-level presentations for internal and external meetings and presentations.
• Support CMO and PV team in safety case management, adjudication and reconciliation.
• Represent CMO and Medical Strategy and Evidence Generation on Portfolio Strategy Leadership Team.
• Identify and prioritize key issues early and expedite resolution by integrating information, analysis, and evaluation to provide an informed perspective and propose solutions.
• Organize and drive the rhythm of decision making and outputs to feed into key meetings and initiatives.
• Influence appropriate stakeholders and ensure appropriate prioritization and project management to support the business in meeting their objectives.
• Optimize external engagements for CMO and ensure transparent communication across relevant teams.
• Project management the CMOs deliverables, commitments, and time. 

Education, Registration & Certification:

• Ph.D., PharmD, or other advanced scientific degree with a minimum of 10+ years of operating experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. 

Experience:

• Extensive background in Medical Affairs or broad knowledge about drug development and commercialization 
  

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience interacting with executive leadership and important external stakeholders. 
• High EQ with ability to earn the respect and trust of the CMO, leadership and cross-functional colleagues.
• Highly skilled at communicating scientific and clinical information within the drug development environment, including expert use of PowerPoint and other presentation tools.
• Significant cross-functional leadership capabilities - ability to lead, collaborate and influence.
• Possesses the judgement, skills and knowledge needed to appropriately represent the CMO in both internal and external meetings. 

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.

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.