Summit Therapeutics, Inc.
Executive Director, Global Medical Affairs, GI
The Executive Director, Medical Affairs, GI leads and executes the medical affairs strategy for GI cancers, focusing on launch excellence, lifecycle management, and scientific engagement. This role collaborates cross-functionally to ensure compliant dissemination of data and education to healthcare professionals and key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- • Develop and lead the US medical affairs strategy for GI cancers, ensuring alignment with global medical, clinical, and commercialization objectives.
- • Oversee the design, execution, and reporting of medical activities supporting the launch and lifecycle management.
- • Foster a culture of high performance, collaboration, skills development, and scientific excellence across the medical affairs team.
- • Lead a high-performance matrixed team grounded in scientific rigor and integrity.
- • Mentor, coach, and develop others, ensuring effective coverage and execution of medical initiatives.
- • Establish and maintain relationships with KOLs, HCPs, and other external stakeholders to support scientific exchange and gather actionable insights.
- • Ensure effective communication of scientific data and information to external stakeholders, representing Summit Therapeutics at scientific conferences, meetings, and other events.
- • Oversee the development and execution of prelaunch medical education programs, strategic publications, and data generation initiatives.
- • Collaborate with Clinical Development, Regulatory, Commercial, and other internal stakeholders to ensure strategic integration and alignment of medical activities.
- • Ensure all medical affairs activities comply with regulatory and company policies.
- • Monitor and report on activities, performance metrics, and outcomes to senior leadership.
- • Participate in the development and adherence to departmental SOPs and ensure all activities are legally compliant and conducted according to company standards.
- • All other duties as assigned
Required
- • Advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD) required.
- • Minimum of 12+ years progressive Medical Affairs or related experience, with at least 5+ years in a leadership role.
- • Significant recent experience in GI cancers, either in clinical practice or within pharmaceutical/biotech companies, is required.
- • Proven track record of supporting product launches, building and optimizing medical affairs teams, and managing through leaders.
- • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- • Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
- • Demonstrates resilience, composure, and effective decision-making in a dynamic and challenging environment.
- • Ability to thrive in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
- • Demonstrated ability to motivate, develop, and retain high-performing teams.
- • Willingness to travel up to 40% as needed.
- • Proficient user of standard MS Office suite (Word, Excel), experience using electronic document management systems, and document review tools.
- • Must be able to effectively multi-task and manage time-sensitive and highly confidential documents.
- • Work in a fast-paced, demanding, and collaborative environment.
Preferred
- • Experience in a fast-paced, evolving environment preferred.
Company Overview
Industry: Healthcare Technology
Company Size: 500-1,000 employees
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
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About the Company
Leading healthcare technology company focused on improving patient outcomes through innovative digital solutions. We're transforming the way healthcare is delivered with cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights. Our platform serves over 10,000 healthcare professionals and has processed millions of patient interactions.
Recent News & Updates
Series B
Raised $50M Series B funding - Jan 2024
Award
Named "Best Healthcare Startup" by TechCrunch - Dec 2023
Growth
Expanded to 5 new states - Nov 2023
About Summit
Summit Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company with a mission focused on improving quality of life, increasing potential duration of life, and resolving serious unmet medical needs. At Summit, we believe in building a team of world class professionals who are passionate about this mission, and it is our people who drive this mission to reality. Summit’s core values include integrity, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, collaboration, and our commitment to people. Our employees are truly the heart and soul of our culture, and they are invaluable in shaping our journey toward excellence.
Summit’s Team Is Inspired To Touch And Help Change Lives Through Summit’s Clinical Studies In The Field Of Oncology. Summit Has Multiple Global Phase 3 Clinical Studies, Including
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Overview Of Role
The Executive Director, Medical Affairs, GI is a key leader and a subject matter expert responsible for shaping and executing the medical affairs strategy in GI cancers. This role oversees the development and implementation of medical affairs plans for lung-related indications, including launch excellence for multiple indications, lifecycle management, and scientific engagement. The Executive Director will collaborate within the medical affairs department and cross-functionally with Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Commercial, and Market Access teams to ensure effective, compliant, and impactful disseminations of data, education on disease and therapeutic information and interactions with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders, and decision makers. Recent, hands-on experience in GI cancers, either in clinical practice or within pharmaceutical companies, is essential.
Role And Responsibilities
Education
Summit does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summit’s Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.
Summit Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company with a mission focused on improving quality of life, increasing potential duration of life, and resolving serious unmet medical needs. At Summit, we believe in building a team of world class professionals who are passionate about this mission, and it is our people who drive this mission to reality. Summit’s core values include integrity, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, collaboration, and our commitment to people. Our employees are truly the heart and soul of our culture, and they are invaluable in shaping our journey toward excellence.
Summit’s Team Is Inspired To Touch And Help Change Lives Through Summit’s Clinical Studies In The Field Of Oncology. Summit Has Multiple Global Phase 3 Clinical Studies, Including
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
- HARMONi: Phase 3 clinical study which was intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated, locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC who were previously treated with a 3rd generation EGFR TKI.
- HARMONi-3: Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.
- HARMONi-7: Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab monotherapy compared to pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.
- HARMONi-GI3: Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.
Overview Of Role
The Executive Director, Medical Affairs, GI is a key leader and a subject matter expert responsible for shaping and executing the medical affairs strategy in GI cancers. This role oversees the development and implementation of medical affairs plans for lung-related indications, including launch excellence for multiple indications, lifecycle management, and scientific engagement. The Executive Director will collaborate within the medical affairs department and cross-functionally with Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Commercial, and Market Access teams to ensure effective, compliant, and impactful disseminations of data, education on disease and therapeutic information and interactions with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders, and decision makers. Recent, hands-on experience in GI cancers, either in clinical practice or within pharmaceutical companies, is essential.
Role And Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership
- Develop and lead the US medical affairs strategy for GI cancers, ensuring alignment with global medical, clinical, and commercialization objectives.
- Oversee the design, execution, and reporting of medical activities supporting the launch and lifecycle management
- Foster a culture of high performance, collaboration, skills development, and scientific excellence across the medical affairs team.
- Team Leadership
- Lead a high-performance matrixed team grounded in scientific rigor and integrity.
- Mentor, coach, and develop others, ensuring effective coverage and execution of medical initiatives.
- Scientific Engagement & Insight Generation
- Establish and maintain relationships with KOLs, HCPs, and other external stakeholders to support scientific exchange and gather actionable insights.
- Ensure effective communication of scientific data and information to external stakeholders, representing Summit Therapeutics at scientific conferences, meetings, and other events.
- Oversee the development and execution of prelaunch medical education programs, strategic publications, and data generation initiatives.
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Clinical Development, Regulatory, Commercial, and other internal stakeholders to ensure strategic integration and alignment of medical activities.
- Compliance & Reporting
- Ensure all medical affairs activities comply with regulatory and company policies.
- Monitor and report on activities, performance metrics, and outcomes to senior leadership.
- Participate in the development and adherence to departmental SOPs and ensure all activities are legally compliant and conducted according to company standards.
- All other duties as assigned
Education
- Advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD) required.
- Minimum of 12+ years progressive Medical Affairs or related experience, with at least 5+ years in a leadership role.
- Significant recent experience in GI cancers, either in clinical practice or within pharmaceutical/biotech companies, is required.
- Proven track record of supporting product launches, building and optimizing medical affairs teams, and managing through leaders.
- Experience in a fast-paced, evolving environment preferred.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
- Demonstrates resilience, composure, and effective decision-making in a dynamic and challenging environment.
- Ability to thrive in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate, develop, and retain high-performing teams.
- Willingness to travel up to 40% as needed.
- Proficient user of standard MS Office suite (Word, Excel), experience using electronic document management systems, and document review tools.
- Must be able to effectively multi-task and manage time-sensitive and highly confidential documents.
- Work in a fast-paced, demanding, and collaborative environment.
Summit does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summit’s Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.
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