Director of Training, Global Medical Affairs

Position Overview

Kyverna is seeking a Director of Training, Global Medical Affairs, responsible for designing and leading a comprehensive, phase-appropriate training strategy to support highly specialized Medical and Commercial field teams responsible for commercializing miv-cel and other pipeline assets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a global training strategy tailored to cell therapy programs across clinical and commercial stages.
• Build role-specific onboarding, certification, and continuous learning pathways for Medical and Commercial teams and other teams as appropriate.
• Independently design and develop training content while overseeing and leveraging support from external vendors.
• Deliver comprehensive training—including disease state education, unmet medical needs, CAR T product design and manufacturing, clinical data, safety monitoring and management.
• Plan and lead virtual and onsite onboarding and refresher programs for Medical and Commercial field teams and other teams within the organization as appropriate
• Partner cross-functionally with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, CMC, Regulatory, Quality, Commercial, and Patient Services to align training with launch readiness and lifecycle strategy.
• Ensure all training materials and certification processes meet FDA, EMA, and global compliance standards.
• Implement structured field excellence programs focused on high quality and impactful scientific exchange, KOL engagement, and insight generation.
• Develop and implement learning systems and training analytics, establishing KPIs to measure competency, certification, and launch preparedness.
• Partner with HR on establishing company-wide onboarding programs for new employee orientation on Kyverna’s products and programs

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required (APN, PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent).
• 10+ years in biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum 5 years in Medical Affairs leadership or Medical Training roles.
• Direct experience in cell therapy and/or gene therapy strongly preferred.
• Neuroscience, neurology, and/or immunology experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting launch of advanced therapies strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks in advanced modalities.
• Demonstrated ability to build infrastructure in clinical-stage or scaling biotech environments.
• Excellent communication skills, cross-functional partnership, and the ability to manage complexity in fast-paced, resource-conscious environments.