Kyverna Therapeutics is a patient-centered, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing cell therapies for patients suffering from autoimmune diseases. Guided by our core values, Stay True to Why, Collaborate to Accelerate, Lead with Clarity, Boldly Innovative, and Own the Outcome, we are committed to transforming the future of treatment for autoimmune disease. Join us at the forefront of cell therapy innovation and help redefine what’s possible.
Position Overview
Kyverna is seeking a Senior Manager/Associate Director of Site Activation responsible for developing and executing strategic account plans across health systems, IDNs, and treatment centers to drive activation, adoption, and sustained utilization of the company's cell therapy portfolio. This individual serves as the primary commercial and operational partner to key accounts, coordinating cross-functional resources to optimize customer experience, remove barriers to patient access, and expand treatment capacity.
Title: Sr. Manager / Assoc Director Site Activation
Reports To: VP Sales and Site Operations
Location: Remote
Travel: 50–70%Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic account plans across health systems, IDNs, and treatment centers.
- Lead treatment center activation, onboarding, contracting, operational readiness, and site certification.
- Serve as the primary customer contact for CAR-T/cell therapy operations, logistics, and order management.
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Patient Services, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Legal, and Commercial Operations to resolve issues and deliver key performance indicators.
- Support reimbursement strategies, and contracting initiatives.
- Drive expansion initiatives including satellite apheresis, outpatient treatment models, and multi-site frameworks.
- Analyze and monitor account performance, identify operational gaps, and implement continuous improvements.
- Represent customer insights, site performance and launch readiness in senior level meetings
- Build executive relationships and lead strategic business reviews.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, cell therapy experience and proven site onboarding success.
- Additional commercial experience with specialty biologics and neurology products a plus.
- Experience managing health systems, IDNs, or treatment center accounts.
- Knowledge of cell therapy operations, reimbursement, contracting, and GPOs.
- Experience working cross-functionally within commercial and medical organizations.
- Strong communication, analytical, negotiation, and executive relationship management skills.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree
- 8+ years of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or cell therapy experience with proven site onboarding success
- Experience managing health systems, IDNs, or treatment center accounts
- Knowledge of cell therapy operations, reimbursement, contracting, and GPOs
- Experience working cross-functionally within commercial and medical organizations
- Additional commercial experience with specialty biologics and neurology products
- Strong communication, analytical, negotiation, and executive relationship management skills
What We Do
Kyverna is a cell therapy company engineering and developing a new class of curative living medicines for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Using its SmarTcell™ approach which includes synReg-T cell and synNotch CAR-T technology platforms, Kyverna reprograms T cells to target and selectively suppress or eliminate autoreactive immune cells. The company’s goal is to develop therapies that are selective, potent and durable to tame autoimmunity. We build interdisciplinary teams that bring a broad range of experiences and scientific expertise together to develop medicines that will free patients from the siege of autoimmune diseases and bring curiosity for exploring and creating the unknown. Our commitment to our employees is to foster an open, supportive, and inclusive environment where we create opportunities for individuals to learn and grow to their full potential at every level. synNotch is a trademark of Gilead/Kite.
