Associate Director, Medical Affairs Congress Strategy

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

Medical booth strategy

KOL engagement planning

MSL preparation and training

Internal leadership briefings

During Congress

Medical booth and scientific exchange activities

Scientific session coverage

Competitive intelligence gathering

Insight capture

Executive briefings

KOL and investigator engagements

Post-Congress

Congress summaries and strategic assessments

Insight synthesis and reporting

Leadership presentations

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:

Podcasts

Digital content

Educational assets

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

Exact Compensation may vary based on skills, experience and location.

Pay range

$187,000—$244,000 USD