Summary:
The Global Medical Affairs Director, GA will be a strategic partner providing expert medical leadership to guide development, launch planning, and support for pegcetacoplan/Syfovre and pipeline assets in ophthalmology to improve meaningful patient outcomes. As a key member of the Global Medical Director office team the Medical Director supports the development and implementation of the Global Medical Strategy for Biogen's Ophthalmology therapeutic area assets.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement the global Ophthalmology medical strategy and tactics in collaboration with regional/country and cross-functional teams.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with retina key medical experts and ophthalmology healthcare providers to incorporate insights into the Global Medical Affairs strategy.
• Lead the planning, development, and execution of high-impact medical activities, such as advisory boards and congresses, to gather clinical insights. Lead development and execution of Global Medical stakeholder engagement plans.
• Represent Global Medical at cross-functional forums. Provide expert medical input to guide clinical development, comprehensive evidence generation, and launch planning in GA.
• Partner with publications to shape and deliver the strategic scientific narrative.
• Review medical content, key manuscripts and publications, acting as primary sign off where needed. Serve as a credible and trusted partner to our alliance colleagues.
• Deliver medical presentations at internal training, external congresses and other key events when needed.
• Create positive team climate in alignment with Biogen's culture.

Who You Are

You are a scientific and/or clinical professional with a passion for science and a deep scientific knowledge of Ophthalmology. You are a strong communicator and collaborator, you keep patients, payers, and physicians top of mind in your daily work and collaborate to solve critical scientific and business challenges. You are willing to travel 25% -30% of your time to engage with external stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Advanced degree required: MD preferred, PhD or PharmD
• Minimum 8+ years' experience in Medical Affairs - Relevant experience in Ophthalmology required
• Experience and expertise in developing, communicating, and executing comprehensive medical affairs strategy
• Demonstrated the ability to build productive collaborations with medical experts, and existing relationships in the Ophthalmology and retina community.
• Strong working knowledge of US and ex-US regulations as relevant to Medical Affairs
• Ability to be agile, a self-starter, and comfortable operating at times in a setting of ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills: verbal (interpersonal and presentations) and written
• Proven track record of delivering results that meet or exceed targeted objectives
• Ability to travel 25 - 30%

Preferred Skills

• Experience with medical launch as well as products at different stages of the lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and collaborate with global, regional and/or affiliate medical to ensure regional activities are executed in alignment with global medical strategy and ensuring the insights and needs from them are known and properly addressed
• Ability to manage projects and take initiative to solve complex and challenging problems

Travel Requirements:
Ability to travel 25 - 30%

Education:

Pay Information:
Base salary for this role will consider multiple factors, including but not limited to, candidate qualifications, relevant expertise, specialized skills, and industry experience in complement-targeted therapies. The targeted base salary range for this position is CHF200,000-CHF300,000. This range represents the base salary only and reflects Apellis' commitment to competitive compensation within the biopharmaceutical industry. The final salary offered may vary based on individual qualifications, business needs, and current market conditions.

Work Arrangement:

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.

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.