Kardigan

Executive Director, Development Business Operations

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Princeton, NJ, USA

In-Office

Senior level

Biotech

The Role

The Executive Director leads development business operations, overseeing budgets, forecasting, analytics, and clinical procurement while ensuring financial discipline and operational transparency.

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About Us

Kardigan is a heart health company working to make cardiovascular disease preventable, curable and no longer the leading cause of death in the world.

It is Kardigan’s mission to develop multiple targeted treatments in parallel that bring people with cardiovascular diseases to the cures they deserve.

Led by Tassos Giannakakos, Jay Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Bob McDowell, Ph.D., Kardigan’s co-founders have reunited after leading MyoKardia to discover and develop mavacamten, the first cardiac myosin inhibitor, resulting in an acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2020.

We have a cutting-edge discovery and translational research platform, a pipeline of late-stage candidates, and an industry-leading team that is driven to improve the lives of patients.

At Kardigan, we are motivated by our values which guide how we work, interact, and achieve our goals. Driven by patients and their families, we are deeply committed to improving the lives of patients and prioritizing their needs above all else. We believe in being authentic—leading with truth to bring out the best in others by creating an environment where every person knows they will be fully accepted. With an eagerness to learn, we encourage the highest levels of curiosity and are open to changing our minds. We are committed to winning as a team with urgency, excellence, and intention, and support each other no matter what role we play or where we sit. Lastly, we strive to enable the impossible because patients are counting on us. We are not afraid to take risks to unlock innovation and advance scientific discoveries.

These values are the foundation of our work, empowering us to make a real difference, every day.

Role Summary

The Executive Director, Development Business Operations establishes and leads development business operations across the clinical portfolio, including budgets and forecasting, metrics and analytics, resource planning, clinical procurement, and site contracts and budgets. This role ensures financial discipline, operational transparency, and data-driven decision-making across development.

Key Responsibilities

Lead development budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across all clinical programs

Establish portfolio-level metrics, dashboards, and analytics to support operational and financial oversight

Oversee clinical procurement processes, including CRO and vendor contracting, in partnership with Legal and Procurement

Lead site contracts, budgets, and payment processes

Partner with Finance to align development spend with corporate financial planning

Support resource planning and capacity modeling across development

Provide operational insights for EC and Board-level discussions

Build scalable systems and processes to support portfolio growth

Ability to assess and transform capabilities through AI and Automation solutions or strategies

Up to 20-30% domestic and international travel as required

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, life sciences, or related field

12+ years of experience in development operations, finance, or business operations Or advanced degree (PhD, MBA, Masters) and 10+ yrs of experience

Strong experience managing clinical budgets, vendors, and site financials

Highly analytical with strong executive communication skills

Top Skills

Analytics

Automation

Budgeting

Clinical Procurement

Forecasting

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The Company

Princeton, , New Jersey

56 Employees

Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

Kardigan is a patient-driven heart health company that is modernizing cardiovascular drug development to deliver medicines that move patients beyond symptom management to functional cures. By matching critical disease drivers with treatment responders identified in clinical trials, Kardigan is developing a portfolio of medicines that modify the underlying cardiovascular disease pathophysiology to get patients closer to the cures they deserve. For more information about Kardigan, please visit kardigan.bio. If you are interested in joining our passionate and driven team with deep cardiovascular, biotechnology and operational expertise, please visit kardigan.bio or the careers tab of this page.