Vice President, Sales

Kyverna Therapeutics

Vice President of Sales at Kyverna Therapeutics leading U.S. commercial sales for CAR-T therapies.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $300,000 - $340,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute the U.S. sales strategy supporting the commercialization of CAR-T for autoimmune diseases.
Build and lead a best-in-class specialty sales organization capable of supporting current and future product launches.
Establish commercial objectives, territory design, targeting strategies, and deployment models aligned with corporate goals.
Drive revenue growth while ensuring compliance with all regulatory, legal, and company requirements.
Partner with executive leadership to shape long-term commercial strategy and portfolio planning.
Lead commercialization efforts across the CAR-T ecosystem, including treatment centers, referring physicians, infusion centers, and hospital systems.
Develop strategies to optimize treatment center activation, patient identification, referral pathways, and patient access.
Collaborate closely with Market Access, Cell Therapy Operations, Patient Services, and Medical Affairs to ensure seamless therapy adoption.
Understand and address the complexities associated with cell collection, manufacturing, logistics, reimbursement, and site readiness.
Monitor evolving CAR-T market dynamics, competitive intelligence, and emerging treatment paradigms.
Establish and expand relationships with key neurology stakeholders, including academic centers, comprehensive neuroscience programs, and community neurologists.
Drive customer engagement strategies supporting therapies for autoimmune neurological disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and other complex neurological conditions.
Develop disease-state education and value-based customer engagement approaches.
Partner with Medical Affairs to ensure effective scientific exchange and customer education initiatives.
Recruit, develop, and retain top-performing regional sales leaders and field sales professionals.
Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and patient impact.
Establish performance expectations, coaching programs, succession planning, and talent development initiatives.
Lead ongoing training efforts focused on disease state expertise, clinical data, reimbursement, and customer engagement excellence.
Partner closely with Market Access, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Commercial Operations, Patient Services, Legal, Compliance, and Finance.
Ensure alignment between field execution and broader commercial strategies.
Support forecasting, business planning, resource allocation, and launch readiness activities.
Provide field insights to inform brand strategy, lifecycle planning, and evidence generation priorities.
Establish and monitor KPIs related to sales performance, account engagement, treatment center activation, patient referrals, and market penetration.
Utilize data analytics to optimize territory performance and resource deployment.
Deliver regular business reviews and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
Identify opportunities to improve commercial effectiveness and customer experience.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA, PharmD, PhD, or other relevant graduate degree) preferred.
Minimum 15 years of biopharmaceutical commercial experience.
Minimum 8 years of progressive sales leadership experience, including leading national specialty sales teams.
Demonstrated success launching and commercializing specialty, rare disease, neurology, oncology, immunology, or cell and gene therapies.
Deep understanding of specialty reimbursement, payer dynamics, treatment center engagement, and patient access.
Experience managing field teams supporting highly complex therapies and specialized provider networks.
Proven ability to build, lead, and scale high-performing commercial organizations.
Direct CAR-T, cell therapy, gene therapy, or oncology commercialization experience preferred.
Neurology commercialization experience, particularly within autoimmune or rare neurological disorders preferred.
Experience launching products through limited distribution networks and specialized treatment centers preferred.
Strong understanding of buy-and-bill reimbursement models, specialty pharmacy, specialty distribution, and site-of-care considerations preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

This position is also eligible for bonus
benefits
participation in Company’s stock plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

Sales Strategy DevelopmentCommercial Objectives EstablishmentKPI MonitoringPatient Access OptimizationMarket Dynamics AnalysisField Team ManagementProduct Launch ExperienceTreatment Center EngagementCustomer Engagement StrategiesRegulatory Compliance

Soft Skills

CollaborationCoachingAccountabilityInnovationLeadership

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeAdvanced Degree (MBA, PharmD, PhD Preferred)