Summit Therapeutics, Inc. · 1 week ago
Director, Alliance Strategy & Management
Menlo Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$184K/yr - $230K/yr
12+ years expSummit Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company dedicated to improving quality of life and addressing unmet medical needs. The Director, Alliance Strategy & Management will lead the performance and strategic evolution of external partnerships, ensuring alliances meet their scientific and commercial potential through effective collaboration and operational excellence.
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Responsibilities
Lead collaboration planning, activation and execution; to include study start-up, joint committees, governance forums, and operational reviews to ensure strategic alignment and execution across partnered programs
Serve as point of contact for alliance partners, building trust, facilitating communication, and resolving issues with speed and diplomacy; a face and voice of the company externally
Monitor progress against contractual milestones, deliverables, and KPIs; ensure timely reporting and actively solving issues
Collaborate with internal teams to integrate alliance activities into broader portfolio and pipeline strategies, ensuring long-term value creation across tumors, indications and regions
Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Legal, and Commercial teams to align on joint program execution, decision-making, and resource planning
Develop and implement alliance management frameworks, dynamic tools, and processes to enhance efficiency, speed to execution, transparency, and partner satisfaction
Prepare updates and strategic insights for the Department Head and Executive leadership on alliance progress, health, risks, and opportunities
All other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in relevant field required
Minimum of 12+ years of experience in biopharma with a primary focus on alliance management and clinical development program leadership; end-to-end indication planning is a plus
Prior oncology drug experience in late-stage development and/or commercial stage required; strong understanding of oncology drug development, scientific platforms, and global commercial dynamics
Hands-on experience leading pharma or biotech drug development clinical trial collaboration start-up & management with external partners required
Understanding or experience in collaboration preparation, kick-off meetings, joint clinical trial or project management to ensure successful contract implementation & relationship management
Proficient user of MS Office suite (e.g., PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project), experience using electronic document management systems, document review tools and can quickly build presentations for leaders/teams
Excellent communicator in public-speaking, meeting facilitation and email communication
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, demanding and diverse environment that includes global virtual meetings outside standard business hours
Ability to travel to collaboration or business meetings, to include semi-frequent travel to hub office locations in Summit territories or collaboration partner sites
Role is primarily office-based
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred (MBA, Masters, etc.)
Dual scientific and business background is a strong plus
Prior experience with technology tools (e.g. Smartsheets, MS Project) in planning, maintenance and communication of information is highly desirable
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 Board Member
Recent News
2025-12-09
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