Senior Director, Corporate Communications

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $240k - $270k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🗣️ Communications

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Kyverna Therapeutics

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🔬 Science

💰 $85M Series B on 2022-01

Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals • Science

Kyverna Therapeutics is a patient-centered, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing cell therapies for patients suffering from autoimmune diseases. The company is pioneering CAR T-cell therapies, leveraging the transformational power of T cells to potentially provide sustained, treatment-free remission for autoimmune conditions. Kyverna's lead CAR T-cell therapy candidate, KYV-101, is advancing through clinical trials targeting various autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, systemic sclerosis, and lupus nephritis. Their pipeline features innovative chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies in both autologous and allogeneic formats aimed at B cell-driven autoimmune diseases.

📋 Description

• Plan and execute strategic external communications activities to support Kyverna’s business goals; this includes priorities such as targeted, proactive media relations. • Develop a pipeline communications strategy and related activities to manage key company data milestones. • Lead stiff person syndrome (SPS) pre-launch communications plan and supported activities, in partnership with Corporate Communications team. • Shape and implement the Company’s social and digital media strategy including managing and updating Kyverna’s corporate digital channels (website, social media feeds, etc.) and driving a social media calendar to maintain stakeholder engagement. • Write press materials (press releases, Q&As, key message documents, etc.) and maintain a corporate news flow calendar. • Support the development of a corporate narrative that can be used to create content for Kyverna’s internal and external corporate channels. • Maintain and update Kyverna’s core corporate communication tools (corporate deck, corporate ads, style guidelines, branding, etc.). • Support crisis communications and issues management when needed. • Build strong working relationships with the Investor Relations team and respective subject matter experts across pipeline programs. • Manage agency partners. • Plan and execute internal communications activities to drive employee education and engagement around the business strategy. • Develop and write internal communications (internal announcements, change management communications, etc.). • Partner with functional leaders to understand their strategies and how best to communicate internally. • Closely partner with the Human Resources team on related employee engagement plans.

🎯 Requirements

• BA degree in public relations (PR), communications, journalism, liberal arts (preferred) • 12+ years’ experience in corporate communications, internal communications, content creation, digital communications, product and/or pipeline communications, with a life-science/pharma company (highly preferred) • Demonstrate strength in writing and storytelling (internally and externally) with track record of successful interpersonal communication • Experience managing digital/social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter) • Media relations and crisis management experience • Knowledge of regulations and principles specific to communications for a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, including partnering with IR • Ability to understand and communicate complex science • Experience engaging with senior executives to provide communications counsel and coaching • Strong collaborator, works effectively in teams • Intellectually curious with a strong ability to learn • Comfortable operating and driving results in a dynamic and highly innovative environment • Detail-oriented, well-organized self-starter; experienced in managing multiple projects (timelines, budgets, priorities) simultaneously; flexibility and results-oriented focus are essential

🏖️ Benefits

• This position is also eligible for bonus • Benefits • Participation in Company’s stock plan