Manager, Marketing Operations

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

Summary:

Roles and Responsibilities:

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Establish and develop positive business relationships with sales and marketing, and other cross functional partners to support the successful management and execution of each conference.
• Direct and lead the day-to-day activities of congresses and meetings.
• Support detailed plans for events that include a mix of Apellis and external personnel as well as booths, meeting rooms, symposia and/or other activities
• Ensure Apellis sponsorships of Congresses properly align with the overall Commercial strategy.
• Manage vendor activities for fulfillment of conference booths, room blocks, symposia execution, etc.
• Oversee & manage the system/ process for requesting congresses for the commercial team including all required documentation.
• Evaluate, develop/update and implement department SOPs and processes as needed
• Deliver events within established budgetary and procedural guidelines; execute all financial tracking and reporting
• Collaborate in conjunction with cross functional teams (Leadership, Marketing, Sales, Legal & Compliance) to identify different tiers of events, rationale, ROI as it relates to future investments for events
• Accountable for National, Regional and Local tradeshow invoices & payments
• Oversee the reconciliation and processing of payments at event conclusion
• Assess business processes as needed, making recommendations, socializing, and facilitating implementation of changes to support the business.
• Provide budget support, negotiate favorable pricing with a wide variety of vendors and ensure timely payment of invoices and billing reconciliation
• Provide cross-functional support to the broader operations team to provide comprehensive team support with special projects to address evolving business needs and foster professional development

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to influence without authority and interact with all levels of internal and external personnel regarding every aspect of Meeting & Congress Management
• Strong organizational and project management skills (multi-tasking is a must)
• Continuous Improvement and/or Change Management skills
• Solid business acumen
• Excellent diplomacy and facilitation skills; ability to influence without authority
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment
• Knowledge of Veeva Systems preferred; not required
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Excellent customer service skills and demonstrated leadership in corporate environments
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to excel in a team-orientated environment
• Ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines
• Ability to problem solve and work independently in a fast-paced environment with numerous deadlines
• Experience planning & executing meetings and events
• Contract negotiation skills preferred (hotel, vendors)
• Experience organizing and managing outlook calendars
• Vendor management skills
• Strong analytical ability to solve problems and make recommendations
• Comfort with ambiguity (e.g., comfortable in the gray)
• Demonstrated a high degree of competence in all elements of the role listed above

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 2+ years relevant experience in Commercial and/or congress, conference, or events management.
• Travel requirement: 10 to 15% a quarter

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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.
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.