Associate Director, Corporate Affairs

ABOUT THE ROLE

Kal Vista is seeking a highly motivated and versatile Associate Director, Corporate Affairs, to support and help build our corporate communications platform during a period of significant growth and evolution. This role is ideal for a strong communicator who combines excellent execution skills with sound judgment and a desire to grow alongside a company entering its next chapter.

Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Affairs, the Associate Director will play a hands-on role across press releases, social media, internal communications, patient advocacy initiatives, executive presentations, and key message development. You will work closely with senior leaders, cross-functional partners, and external agencies to ensure communications are clear, consistent, and aligned as Kal Vista continues to scale as a commercial-stage, multi-asset rare-disease company.

This role offers meaningful exposure, ownership, and the opportunity to help shape how Kal Vista tells its story—internally and externally.

• Support the execution of corporate communications initiatives that enhance Kal Vista’s visibility and reputation with employees, media, partners, investors, and the rare disease community
• Draft, edit, and coordinate external communications materials including press releases, corporate statements, fact sheets, Q&A documents, and corporate presentations
• Collaborate closely with external communications agencies; edit agency-developed communications content and manage internal review and approval processes
• Maintain and manage the external communications calendar, ensuring alignment across Corporate Affairs, Investor Relations, Patient Advocacy, and functional teams
• Monitor media coverage, industry news, and competitive activity; prepare summaries and insights for internal stakeholders
• Support media relations activities, including coordinating interviews, preparing briefing materials, and responding to inbound media inquiries in partnership with leadership and agencies

• Support execution of Kal Vista’s corporate social media strategy, including content planning, drafting, reviewing, posting, and monitoring
• Serve as the internal owner of social media content approvals, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and compliance
• Partner with internal teams to develop content supporting corporate milestones, culture, recruitment, and thought leadership
• Assist with web and digital content updates, working with internal stakeholders and external vendors as needed

• Partner with People & Culture and senior leaders to support internal communications, including All Hands meetings, leadership updates, and organizational change communications
• Draft internal announcements and presentations that translate complex information into clear, engaging, employee-focused messages
• Collaborate with external agency to develop Kal Vista’s internal quarterly newsletter and maintain the company Intranet
• Help ensure consistency and alignment between internal and external messaging

• Collaborate on communications materials that span Internal and External Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, and Patient Advocacy, ensuring a cohesive narrative across audiences
• Support patient advocacy initiatives, company-sponsored activities, and events by developing communications materials, messaging, and supporting content
• Organize and track patient advocacy sponsor ships in partnership with Commercial, maintaining centralized records, monitoring deliverables and compliance oversight
• Assist in preparing materials for conferences, external engagements, and community-facing initiatives involving patient groups and partners

• Support development of executive presentations, talking points, and key messages for Town Halls, investor interactions, conferences, and external engagements
• Help maintain and evolve core corporate narratives and messaging frameworks as the company grows

• Support conference and event logistics, including…