About Us
Kardigan is a heart health company working to make cardiovascular disease preventable, curable and no longer the leading cause of death in the world.
It is Kardigan’s mission to develop multiple targeted treatments in parallel that bring people with cardiovascular diseases to the cures they deserve.
Led by Tassos Gianakakos, Jay Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Bob McDowell, Ph.D., Kardigan’s co-founders have reunited after leading MyoKardia to discover and develop mavacamten, the first cardiac myosin inhibitor, resulting in an acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2020.
We have a cutting-edge discovery and translational research platform, a pipeline of late-stage candidates, and an industry-leading team that is driven to improve the lives of patients.
At Kardigan, we are motivated by our values which guide how we work, interact, and achieve our goals. Driven by patients and their families, we are deeply committed to improving the lives of patients and prioritizing their needs above all else. We believe in being authentic—leading with truth to bring out the best in others by creating an environment where every person knows they will be fully accepted. With an eagerness to learn, we encourage the highest levels of curiosity and are open to changing our minds. We are committed to winning as a team with urgency, excellence, and intention, and support each other no matter what role we play or where we sit. Lastly, we strive to enable the impossible because patients are counting on us. We are not afraid to take risks to unlock innovation and advance scientific discoveries.
These values are the foundation of our work, empowering us to make a real difference, every day.
Position Summary
The Associate Director, Medical Affairs Congress Strategy will lead the development and execution of Kardigan's integrated congress strategy across aortic stenosis, genetic DCM, and acute severe hypertension programs. This highly visible role will be responsible for maximizing the scientific, educational, and strategic value of congress participation through thoughtful planning, evidence dissemination, stakeholder engagement, insight generation, and omnichannel amplification. The role partners closely with Scientific Communications, Medical Directors, Clinical Development, Field Medical, Patient Advocacy, Investor Relations, and Corporate Communications to ensure congress activities support broader Medical Affairs and company objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Congress Strategy Development
- Lead development of annual and multi-year congress strategies across Kardigan's portfolio.
- Identify and prioritize congress opportunities aligned with Medical Affairs objectives, evidence generation milestones, scientific communication priorities, and launch readiness goals.
- Define congress-specific objectives, success metrics, stakeholder engagement plans, and insight-generation priorities.
Congress Execution
Support Medical Affairs activities across the full congress lifecycle:
Pre-Congress
- Congress planning workshops
- Scientific content planning
- MSL preparation and training
- Internal leadership briefings
During Congress
- Medical booth and scientific exchange activities
- Scientific session coverage
- Competitive intelligence gathering
- KOL and investigator engagements
Post-Congress
- Congress summaries and strategic assessments
- Insight synthesis and reporting
- Recommendations for future congress activities
Congress Operations & Excellence
- Lead development and management of integrated congress planning processes, timelines, governance structures, and cross-functional execution plans.
- Develop and maintain congress dashboards, milestone tracking tools, post-congress performance metrics.
- Establish scalable operating procedures and best practices to support increasing congress complexity as Kardigan advances toward commercialization.
Medical Symposia & Scientific Exchange
- Support development of medical symposia strategies.
- Partner on faculty identification and management.
- Partner on content strategy, scientific messaging, and educational objectives.
Omnichannel Congress Communications
- Partner with Scientific Communications to extend congress impact through:
- Disease-state education initiatives
Insight Generation and Sharing
- Build structured congress insight-generation frameworks and methodologies across the medical affairs team. Synthesize findings from congresses, KOL engagements, scientific sessions, and investigator discussions to communicate to internal stakeholders
- Work with cross-functional teams to translate congress intelligence into actionable recommendations that inform evidence generation, clinical development, medical strategy, publication planning and launch readiness activities.
Qualifications
Required
- Experience supporting major medical congresses.
- Strong understanding of scientific communications and evidence dissemination.
- Demonstrated project leadership skills in complex cross-functional environments.
- Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred
- 7+ years of pharmaceutical or biotech Medical Affairs experience preferred
- Advanced life sciences degree (PhD, PharmD)
- Cardiovascular therapeutic area experience.
- Global congress planning experience.
- Experience supporting pre-launch or launch-stage products.
- Familiarity with publication planning and medical education strategy