Head of Medical Affairs

The role

The Head of Medical Affairs will lead, unify, and scale the Medical Affairs organization. This leader will develop and execute strategy for cardiovascular indications and build capabilities including field medical, evidence generation, and medical operations.

What you will do

• Lead, unify, and scale Kardigan’s Medical Affairs organization.
• Develop and execute the Medical Affairs strategy for prioritized cardiovascular indications.
• Ensure Medical Affairs readiness for potential future launches.
• Own the Medical Affairs budget, headcount plan, and operating model.
• Build out remaining capabilities including field medical, integrated evidence generation, and medical operations and governance.
• Lead, develop, and retain the existing Medical Affairs team and recruit new talent.
• Establish and strengthen relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and scientific advisory groups.
• Build cross-functional partnerships with Clinical Development, Commercial, Regulatory, and Safety.
• Lead an integrated evidence-generation strategy spanning HEOR, real-world evidence, and epidemiology.
• Oversee medical and scientific communications including publication planning and congress strategy.

Required qualifications

• MD or PharmD with substantial expertise in cardiovascular disease.
• For appointment at Vice President: 12+ years of biopharma industry experience, including 5+ years leading Medical Affairs teams or functions.
• For appointment at Senior Vice President: 15+ years of biopharma industry experience, including prior executive-level leadership of a Medical Affairs function.
• Proven Medical Affairs leadership in the U.S. biopharma industry across cardiovascular indications.
• Experience leading core Medical Affairs capabilities including field medical, medical communications and publications, evidence generation, medical information, and medical governance.
• Ability to evaluate and debate detailed scientific and clinical issues.
• Track record of recruiting, developing, and unifying high-performing teams.
• Executive presence with strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Strong patient-centric orientation.

Nice to have

• Product launch leadership in new and competitive markets

About the company

Kardigan is a heart health company working to make cardiovascular disease preventable, curable and no longer the leading cause of death in the world. The company has a discovery and translational research platform and a pipeline of late-stage candidates.