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# Director, Business Intelligence, PNH

- **Company:** Apellis Pharmaceuticals
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Power BI
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18253795?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18253795%2FDirector-Business-Intelligence-Pnh-Massachusetts-Cambridge

## About the Role

* B.S. degree required (business, biology, or medicine-related degree preferred); advanced Degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD) preferred
 * 10+ years in an insights and analytics function within a biotech or biopharma organization
 * Must-Haves:
 + Hands-on strong analytics and modeling skills in Excel; familiarity with BI tools such as Power BI
 + Experience in rare disease
 + Expertise with claims, EMR, and registry datasets to generate strategic/actionable insights
 + Expertise in qualitative and quantitative market research methodologies
 + Excellent project and vendor management skills; ability to run multiple cross-disciplinary projects simultaneously (e.g., sales analytics, claims analyses, market research) with competing timelines
 + Excellent cross-functional collaboration and leadership skills; ability to influence across several levels of the organization, including executive leadership, without authority
 + Strategic and analytical mindset; strong problem-solving/framing abilities
 + Excellent communication skills; able to integrate insights from multiple sources, create simplicity from complexity, and articulate compelling solution-driven narratives that foster action
 + Managerial courage: ability to challenge and persuade different/cross-functional audiences within the organization, including business and executive leadership

 * Seasoned in commercial assessments, asset evaluation, and prioritization, Bachelor's Degree

## Description

We are seeking a talented and energetic Director, Business Intelligence (BI) - EMPAVELI who will play a key role in the commercialization of EMPAVELI in PNH. The Director will be accountable for partnering closely with U.S. commercial, and cross-functional teams to generate market-specific insights from sales and performance analytics and primary market research, to create integrated, actionable insights for cross-functional stakeholder groups across the organization. The ideal candidate must have significant experience working in a commercial insights and analytics position within a biotech or biopharma company, focusing on rare diseases (hematology a plus). The Director will report to the Senior Director, Business Intelligence & Commercial Operations - EMPAVELI, and is expected to drive market knowledge and insights that foster cross-functional action, shaping strategy and tactical execution for EMPAVELI in PNH in the US., * Own brand performance/sales analytics/reporting, including national and subnational analyses

 * Partner with the brand lead and relevant cross-functional stakeholders to design and execute strategic primary market research to track brand performance/address key business questions
 * BI lead for strategic brand initiatives (e.g., brand planning, tactical planning), providing market outlooks, situation assessments, and SWOT analyses
 * Develop expert knowledge across the therapeutic area, including but not limited to competitive landscape (marketed and pipeline), market dynamics, customer behavior, and sentiment
 * Partner with Forecasting and maintain a strong understanding of the forecast and provide/validate assumptions that inform the brand forecast
 * Proactively scope key business questions, generate hypotheses, independently design studies/analyses, and generate insights for the business with a strong focus on foresight
 * Own the annual insights budget for EMPAVELI in PNH