Job Description

Kyverna Therapeutics is a clinical-stage cell therapy company with the mission of engineering a new class of therapies for autoimmune diseases. The Kyverna therapeutic platform combines advanced T cell engineering and synthetic biology technologies to suppress and eliminate the autoreactive immune cells at the origin of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Be at the forefront of cell therapy innovation by joining scientists, industry veterans and healthcare visionaries and help transform how autoimmune diseases are treated.

Kyverna is recruiting an Associate Director of Patient Advocacy in its Partnerships & Alliances organization to help advance its mission to free patients from the siege of autoimmune disease. The ideal candidate will contribute to our goals of navigating what’s next in synthetic biology, immunology and cell engineering while living our core values: bring intellectual humility, elevate each other, and stay true to why.

Responsibilities

• Develop a global patient advocacy strategy and work across internal teams to implement effective local partnerships with patient advocacy organizations.
• Collaborates closely with Kyverna Patient Engagement and Communications to ensure appropriate information exchange.
• Link appropriate patient groups with information and resources needed to support patients and their caregivers.
• Supports patient identification and engagement to develop patient insights.
• Supports advancement of Regulatory, Medical, and Market Access initiatives.
• Ensures compliance requirements are well understood and adhered to.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of patient advocacy experience, of which at least two years were at established biopharmaceutical or medical device company
• Understands and adheres to compliant patient engagement requirements
• Established connections within the Neurology and Rheumatology advocacy community is desirable. Experience in rare disease is also desirable.
• Has an ability to initiate, establish, and maintain partnerships with patient organizations.
• Effective oral presentation and written communication skills are necessary
• Demonstrated capacity to think creatively when addressing complex situations
• Ability to communicate effectively with Regulatory, Market Access / HEOR, Clinical Operations, Research, and other internal function
• Self-starter, works effectively in teams

Kyverna is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Kyverna is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other legally protected status. EOE/AA/Vets

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