Associate Director, Consumer Marketing, GA

Waltham, MA (On-site)

$179K/yr – $269K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end KOL strategy and execution for ophthalmology, coordinating speaker programs, advisory boards, and compliant engagements to unlock key business questions and patient impact.

  • KOL Strategy and Engagement: manage speaker programs, symposia, and training with cross-functional partners.
  • Governance and Insights: oversee content development, sponsorships, review processes, and rapid feedback to drive action.
  • Measurement and Compliance: partner with legal/regulatory, track outcomes against KPIs, and ensure budget discipline.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Manage team of internal and external partners in creation of new professional education content for speaker program and symposia use
  • Oversee operations for speaker programs and symposia including strategic direction, budget management, sunshine reporting, and program analysis
  • Lead development and execution of speaker training for speakers bureau including content and event management team, medical team, and thought leader liaison team
  • Liaise with cross-functional partners on the selection and use of speakers
  • Ensure necessary sponsorships for conference educational events are submitted and approved as needed
  • Work with senior leaders in the planning and development of annual brand plans to leverage the voice of the KOL in promotional activities and ensure alignment with overall strategic objectives
  • Responsible for leading the development and execution of advisory boards or other methods to better understand key business problems facing the Ophthalmic Franchise
  • Partner with internal and external stakeholders to determine key business questions and appropriate format/audience/timing for answering them
  • Oversee content development and approval by review committee
  • Ensure compliant execution and tracking of all KOL engagements including ad boards
Requirements
  • BS/BA degree, MBA preferred
  • 7+ years of pharmaceutical commercial experience
  • Broad marketing background with at least 5 years of experience in HCP marketing including PP, NPP, digital marketing, and agency management
  • US launch experience and ophthalmology experience is strongly preferred
  • Experience in sales or customer-facing roles is a plus
  • Travel Requirements: Willing to travel domestically up to 30% of the time and attend events outside of business hours (e.g., occasional weekends and evenings)
Benefits
  • 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.
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Apellis Pharmaceuticals

At Apellis, we are committed to developing transformative therapies for people living with a broad range of debilitating diseases by controlling complement, part of the body’s immune system. Our work is rooted centrally at C3, which is the only target in the complement cascade that addresses all three pathways that can drive disease. Targeting C3 has broad platform potential to treat many diseases where patients have few or no treatment options available. Our programs across ophthalmology, nephrology, hematology, and neurology are further exploring what is possible by targeting C3. You can view our community guidelines here: Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/476Q8

Founded in 2008
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
796 employees (44 in marketing)