Vice President, Sales

Kyverna is seeking Vice President, Sales to lead the development and execution of the U.S. commercial sales and go-to-market strategy for a pioneering portfolio of CAR-T therapies. This executive leader will be responsible for building and scaling a high-performing specialty sales organization focused on driving successful launches, maximizing market penetration, and delivering exceptional customer engagement across academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks, community neurology practices, and specialized treatment centers.

The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of commercial leadership in rare disease, neurology, cell and gene therapy, oncology, immunology, or other highly specialized therapeutic areas. This individual will possess deep expertise in launch excellence, account-based selling, treatment center engagement, and navigating complex reimbursement and site-of-care environments.

• 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.

• Direct CAR-T, cell therapy, gene therapy, or oncology commercialization experience.
• Neurology commercialization experience, particularly within autoimmune or rare neurological disorders.
• Experience launching products through limited distribution networks and specialized treatment centers.
• Strong understanding of buy-and-bill reimbursement models, specialty pharmacy, specialty distribution, and site-of-care considerations.

The national salary range for this position is from $300,000 to $340,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate of what we reasonably expect to pay for this posted position, and the actual salary may vary based on various factors, including without limitation individual education, experience, tenure, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.  This position is also eligible for bonus, benefits, and participation in Company’s stock plan.