Summit Therapeutics, Inc. · 4 months ago
Director, Portfolio Strategy & Market Research
Menlo Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$198K/yr - $230K/yr
12+ years expSummit Therapeutics, Inc. is focused on developing innovative therapies, particularly ivonescimab, a bispecific antibody in clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer. The Director, Portfolio Strategy & Market Research will support strategic planning by providing insights based on market and competitor assessments, and will collaborate with various internal teams to enhance strategic analysis and market intelligence. This role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate findings effectively to inform business strategy.
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Responsibilities
Deliver strategic market and competitive intelligence insights, scenario planning and impact assessment based on in-depth research through presentations and reports to the Executive Director of Portfolio Strategy and various internal management teams to allow effective strategic and tactical decision-making and implementation
Conduct in-depth research and analysis on market participants’ products and positioning
Supply the market and competitive intelligence component of strategic planning and proactively makes recommendations to Executive Director of Portfolio Strategy concerning key intelligence items that require further consideration. Responsible for understanding real-time changes to the competitive and market landscape and communicating the impacts of these changes to the organization
Partner with internal business stakeholders to enhance their use of strategic analysis, market insights, and competitor intelligence
Maintain a strong working knowledge of which factors, data points, and other inputs meaningfully impact commercial results in solid tumor oncology markets
Contribute to development of product revenue for early forecasting modelling of new indications through 18 months prior to a potential commercial product launch
Develop market research plan to inform business strategy, including qualitative, quantitative research and competitive intelligence projects, and executing market research to drive high quality insights and recommendations to inform strategy
Communicate and align key internal stakeholders around market research objectives and outputs
Determine appropriate research methodology to address business objectives
Lead market research projects, including vendor selection, design, execution, interpretation, and dissemination of market research results to deliver insights
Manage vendor partnerships including negotiating costs, on-boarding, ensuring accountability, and timely project execution
Contribute to strategic planning including situation analysis, market access plans, brand plans, market assessments and present strategic plan to internal teams
Gather and synthesize data on consumers, competitors and marketplace and consolidate information into actionable items, reports and presentations
Conduct in depth assessment on new indications, including market viability, competitive landscape, drivers and barriers, and financial projections
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of data sources, evaluating their credibility and potential utility, and leverages them across the company where appropriate
Maintain an in-depth knowledge of designated markets and trends through synthesis of reports, market research, data manipulation and financial modeling and analysis. Create and maintain a Knowledge Repository to maintain all insights and data information for internal stakeholders to access
Leverage best in class methodologies to analyze market, epidemiology and statistical data using modern and traditional methods. Drive survey design and analysis for ad hoc projects and implement new surveys or changes
Track and interpret customer trends and share the implications throughout the company
Deliver strategic analytical support to R&D, Commercial, Corporate Strategy, Regulatory and BD on an ad hoc basis to solve problems and inform strategy
Cultivate strong relationships with key internal stakeholders to proactively identify emerging needs and business challenges
Partner with Commercial, Operations, Regulatory, Biostatistics, Corporate Strategy, IT, and Legal to ensure that the needs of the business is addressed
All other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree in Biotech or related field
Minimum of 12+ years of pharmaceuticals/biotech industry experience working with both qualitative and quantitative research in oncology/pharma market with emphasis on Non-Small Cell Lung cancer and other Solid Tumors is required
Candidate should have strong knowledge in the Solid Tumor Oncology field, Market Planning, Competitive intelligence, forecasting, and Lung cancer, with the ability to identify and collect appropriate customer, competitor, market, economic, financial and/or operational data, perform financial and qualitative data analysis of markets and competitors, and interpret large amounts of data and translate that data into executable and effective market and intelligence reports
Good communication and presentation skills
Skilled at Powerpoint, Excel and similar data tools
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, depending on business needs
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Experience with developing and executing primary and secondary market research is a plus
Experience in Global market research is preferred
Proven experience leading and managing end-to-end research: designing research plans, synthesizing findings/insights, presenting, etc
Experience with advanced spreadsheets, patient-based forecast modeling including dynamic patient models
Experience in facilitating competitive workshops, well-versed in TPP development with program and study teams is a plus
Use online market research and catalogue findings to databases
Benefits
Bonus
Stock
Benefits
Other applicable variable compensation
Company
Summit Therapeutics, Inc.
Summit Mission Statement: To build a viable, long-lasting health care organization that assumes full responsibility for designing, developing, trial execution and enrollment, regulatory submission and approval, as well as successful commercialization of patient, physician, caregiver, and societal-friendly medicinal therapy intended to: improve quality of life, increase potential duration of life, and resolve serious medical healthcare needs.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (3)
2024 (6)
2023 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.79BKey Investors
CARB-XEurofarmaBiomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
2025-10-21Post Ipo Equity· $500M
2024-09-11Post Ipo Equity· $235M
2024-06-03Post Ipo Equity· $200M
Leadership Team
Manmeet Soni
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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