Associate Director, Discovery Program & Alliance Management

<p>Opportunity awaits those up to the challenge of developing transformative therapies across a broad range of debilitating diseases. </p><p></p><p><b>Summary:</b></p>The Associate Director, Discovery Program &amp; Alliance Management Program Management will support the Discovery Early Asset team, clinical development team and related alliances. They will also serve as a cross‑functional program manager for early‑ and late‑stage business development initiatives - coordinating diligence activities, managing timelines and risks, facilitating decision‑making, and ensuring cross-functional alignment.<p></p><p><b>Roles and Responsibilities:</b></p><p>Key Responsibilities Include:</p><ul><li><p>Drive Discovery Early Asset Team meetings including agenda creation, meeting management and minutes</p></li><li><p>Drive alliance management with partners in Discovery including contract updates and conflict resolution</p></li><li><p>Monitor individual Key Initiative progress, identifying potential issues, and coordinating necessary adjustments across projects within the program</p></li><li><p>Manage budget and timelines effectively across different projects within the program</p></li><li><p>Identify potential risks, developing mitigation strategies, and proactively addressing issues that could impact program success</p></li><li><p>Maintain clear communication with key stakeholders, including manager, program and project teams, senior leadership, clients, and internal departments, ensuring alignment and buy-in</p></li><li><p>Regularly monitor progress against program goals, generate reports, and identify areas for improvement</p></li><li><p>Ensure program deliverables meet quality standards and adhere to established processes</p></li><li><p>Lead cross-functional program management for BD diligence efforts, ensuring structured planning, timeline management, risk mitigation, and coordination across scientific, clinical, regulatory, finance, and commercial stakeholders</p></li><li><p>Drive conference planning and contract flow of ongoing negotiations</p></li><li><p>Support evaluation of external opportunities by partnering with BD and Corporate Strategy to develop analytics and business cases that inform partnership, licensing, and acquisition decisions</p></li><li><p>Drive governance and communication for BD programs, preparing executive-level updates, coordinating decision points, and ensuring alignment across leadership teams and functions</p></li><li><p>Manage other ad hoc ongoing and new projects as bandwidth allows</p></li></ul><p></p><p><span>Education &amp; Experience: </span></p><ul><li><p>Minimum of 8 years industry experience in finance, forecasting or analytics, with a valuation/DCF</p><p>skillset</p></li><li><p>Program management experience is preferred</p></li><li><p><span>Prior experience in small Biotech or large Pharma environments is preferred </span></p></li><li><p><span>Bachelor’s degree required</span></p></li></ul><p></p><p>Skills, Knowledge &amp; Abilities:</p><ul><li><p>Track record of having managed successful programs or projects</p></li><li><p>Understanding of the drug development process and working knowledge of the essential activities for all key functional areas</p></li><li><p>Ability to work cross-functionally and facilitate decision-making between different departments</p></li><li><p>Strong communicator with the ability to work with scientific and commercial team members at all levels</p></li><li><p>Collegiate team player that has a customer service approach and is solution-oriented</p></li><li><p>Solid presentation and excellent interpersonal skills</p></li><li><p>Innovative and flexible to adapt to the dynamic needs of a fast-growing biotech company</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Travel Requirements:</b></p><p></p><p><b>Education:</b></p>Bachelor's Degree <p></p><p><b>Pay Information:</b></p>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 $174,400-$261,500. 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.<p></p><p><b>Work Arrangement:</b></p><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size:14px">Benefits and Perks:</span></b><span style="font-size:14px"><br /><br />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 </span><a target="_blank" href="https://apellis.com/careers/benefits/"><span style="color:#0000ff"><u><span style="font-size:14px">https://apellis.com/careers/benefits/</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:14px"> to learn more.<br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size:14px">Company Background:</span></b><span style="font-size:14px"><br /><br />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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px">For more information, please visit </span><a target="_blank" href="https://apellis.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff"><u><span style="font-size:14px">http://apellis.com</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:14px"> or follow us on </span><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/apellis"><span style="color:#0000ff"><u><span style="font-size:14px">LinkedIn</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:14px"> and </span><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/apellispharma?lang&#61;en"><span style="color:#0000ff"><u><span style="font-size:14px">X</span></u></span></a><span style="font-size:14px">.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px"><br /></span><b><span style="font-size:14px">EEO Statement:</span></b><span style="font-size:14px"><br /><br />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.<br /></span><b><span style="font-size:14px"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size:14px">For San Francisco postings: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  <br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size:14px">Other Duties:</span></b><span style="font-size:14px"><br /><br />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.</span><br /> </p>