Vice President, Research - New Technologies
Remote
Job Summary
Lead the research and innovation strategy for the company, focusing on next-generation immune cell therapies. Oversee discovery, preclinical research, and early development; shape CAR-T design, gene engineering, synthetic biology, and immune-tolerance approaches; build an external collaboration network with academia, biotech, and key opinion leaders; drive a pipeline-focused innovation engine and platform evolution; establish governance and decision-making for portfolio opportunities; ensure smooth transition from discovery to IND-enabling development and support regulatory interactions and translational data packages. Represent Kyverna at conferences and industry forums, and partner with Business Development on external opportunities.
Required Qualifications
- PhD, MD, or equivalent in a relevant scientific discipline
- 15+ years of biotech/pharma experience with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success leading discovery and translational research organizations
- Deep expertise in immunology, autoimmune disease, or engineered immune cell therapies
- Track record advancing programs from discovery through IND-enabling stages
- Experience leading cross-functional scientific teams across research and early development
- Strong understanding of end-to-end drug development (discovery through CMC and clinical development)
- Experience in cell therapy, gene engineering, biologics, or related modalities
- Experience advancing novel cellular engineering technologies into preclinical development
- Knowledge of emerging in vivo CAR-T technologies, including advances in delivery, persistence, safety, manufacturing, and scalability
- Experience in autoimmune, neuroimmunology, or immune-mediated diseases
- Exposure to external innovation, platform evaluation, and strategic partnerships
- Prior executive leadership experience in clinical-stage biotech
- Strategic scientific thinker with strong innovation mindset
- Executive presence and ability to influence across levels
- Strong cross-functional collaborator across development, regulatory, and technical teams
- Ability to balance scientific rigor with execution and business priorities
- Clear communicator who translates complex science into strategic decisions
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