Director, Marketing Operations

Location: Princeton NJ onsite

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. Summits 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.

Summits team is inspired to touch and help change lives through Summits 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.

Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

• HARMONi-GI3: Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.

Ivonescimab is an investigational therapy not presently approved by any regulatory authority other than Chinas National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Summit is headquartered in Miami Florida and has additional offices in California New Jersey the UK and Ireland.

Overview of Role:

The Director of Marketing Operations is responsible for leading and optimizing end-to-end marketing operations with a strong focus on MedicalLegalRegulatory (MLR) review processes digital marketing operations execution and promotional material lifecycle management. This role serves as a strategic partner to Brand Digital Strategy Medical Affairs Legal Regulatory and external agencies to ensure marketing initiatives are executed efficiently compliantly and on time.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in regulated healthcare environments and excels at balancing operational rigor with marketing agility.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Define and own the marketing operations operating model to support brand portfolio and commercial goals.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior commercial and marketing leadership on operational best practices risk mitigation and scalability.

• Develop and manage the marketing operations framework including processes timelines workflows and governance across brand and digital operations initiatives.

• Serve as the operational conduit between Marketing Digital Strategy Medical Legal Regulatory and external vendors/agencies.

• Collaboratively develop and implement cross-functional standard operating procedures (SOPs) for marketing operations execution and compliance.

• Drive operational excellence by identifying inefficiencies implementing best practices and continuously improving workflows.

• Provide oversight for digital operations execution including but not limited to marketing CRM marketing automation email and omnichannel campaign execution.

• Partner across Commercial Operations IT and Data teams to implement and optimize marketing technology platforms (e.g. Veeva Salesforce DAM CMS).

• Ensure consistent compliant execution of digital assets across channels and brands.

• Champion operational readiness for new digital capabilities and evolving omnichannel strategies and tactics.

• All other duties as assigned

Experience Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in marketing operations within biotech pharmaceutical or regulated healthcare industries.

• Demonstrated leadership of MLR review processes and promotional compliance at an enterprise level.

• Experience managing digital marketing operations and marketing technology ecosystems.

• Proven experience leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders in a matrixed organization.

• Experience with Veeva Vault (PromoMats MedComms) Salesforce and marketing automation platforms.

• Experience supporting multiple therapeutic areas brands or portfolios across different lifecycle stages.

• Change management or operational transformation experience.

The pay range for this role is $190000-$237000 annually. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.

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