Associate Director, Site Alliances, Strategy

🕒 October 20

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $169k - $198k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Summit Therapeutics, Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2003

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $500M Post-IPO Equity - Summit Therapeutics on 2025-10

Healthcare • Consulting • Marketing

Summit Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel medicinal therapies to improve quality and duration of life for patients with serious unmet medical needs. The company is advancing ivonescimab (SMT112), a novel bispecific antibody targeting PD-1 and VEGF, through multiple Phase 3 clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer and other solid tumors under license from Akeso. Summit emphasizes clinical development, regulatory filing strategies, and potential commercialization in its licensed territories while promoting patient- and caregiver-friendly treatment options.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute site alliance strategies and maintain strategic relationships with clinical institutions, investigators, research staff, and site leadership • Lead start-up optimization with internal and external Study Start-Up teams through early engagement, MSAs, standardized budgets and contracts, and streamlined processes • Serve as the primary Clinical Operations interface and escalation point for site alliance matters • Partner with study teams, CROs, vendors, and functional leaders to resolve operational issues, reduce site burden, and improve external partner performance • Align site engagement activities with study and Summit priorities across Clinical Operations, Medical Affairs, Clinical Science, Regulatory, Quality, Data Management, Pharmacovigilance, and external partners • Identify, onboard, educate, and cultivate new sites for current and future portfolio needs • Develop and monitor KPIs, dashboards, and relationship health measures • Contribute site and network insights to portfolio planning, resource forecasting, and operational prioritization • Contribute to Clinical Operations strategy and transformation initiatives • Simplify clinical trial processes and improve site and patient experience • Advance process efficiencies, vendor optimization, and operational standardization initiatives • Develop recommendations and business cases to improve quality, timelines, and cost effectiveness • Champion collaboration, accountability, learning, and continuous improvement; may coach or mentor Clinical Operations colleagues • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in life science, nursing, pharmacy, medical laboratory technology, or other health/medical-related area required; advanced degree preferred • 10+ years of direct or indirect clinical trial operations experience, including clinical trial execution, site management, site engagement, or sponsor oversight responsibilities • 3+ years of experience in a site-facing clinical trial role strongly preferred • Experience hiring, developing, mentoring, or actively managing team members directly or through a matrixed structure preferred • Experience building and managing strategic relationships with clinical trial sites, site networks, investigators, and external research partners • Strong working knowledge of ICH-GCP, health authority expectations, clinical trial conduct, sponsor oversight, and inspection readiness requirements • Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as required; anticipated travel up to 25–30% • Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills • Broad expertise across clinical trial operations, including site start-up, enrollment, site and patient experience, sponsor oversight, and the drug development lifecycle • Ability to influence, build alignment, and support accountability across cross-functional, matrixed, and external stakeholder groups • Demonstrated ability to translate data, KPIs, and site insights into strategic recommendations and measurable operational improvements

🏖️ Benefits

• Potential bonus • Stock • Benefits • Other applicable variable compensation

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