Project Manager CONTRACT
Princeton, NJ - USA
Job Summary
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 ProjectManager rolewillbe critical in ensuring operational excellence cross-functional coordination and launch readiness.
Thispositionserves asa partnerto thelaunchteamwhileactingas the primary cross-functional operational contact and liaison for effective alignment communication flow and serve asa central pointof contact foroperationalplanning delivery and governance of criticallaunch planningprojectsspanning scientific communications congress strategylaunch planning building project management practicesand post-marketing data generationsupporting launch preparation.
This rolewill focuson day-to-day project execution ensuring defined scope timelines budgets and qualityobjectivesare met across the commercial product lifecycle.
Role and Responsibilities:
Strategic Project Leadershipand governance
- Leadandsupportcross-functional planning and execution for launch readinesssub-team/s
- Manageworkstreams for new product launchesindicationexpansions and lifecycle management.
- Establish andmaintaindashboards KPIs and governance frameworks tomonitorprogressidentifyrisksand develop mitigation solutions and drive accountability.
Cross-functional Collaboration & Process Excellence
- Partner closely with leaders in various launch functions and workstreams to ensure unified execution and prioritization. Support alignment with other launch project management team members to enhance project management effectiveness through collaboration
- Champion developandmanageplanning toolsfor various business processes
VendorManagement:
- Manage relationships with key vendors and external partners to ensure high-quality on-time and on-budget delivery.
Projectmanagement:
- Contributetodeveloping robust project management tools processes for launch and day-to-dayoperations.
- Partner with other project managers to developsupport and manageperiodic launch managementdashboards meeting materialsand actively manage functional sub-teams and work-streams meetings for effective launch management
- All other duties as assigned.
Experience Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
- Bachelors (BS) degreerequired; advanced degree (MS MBA PharmD PhD) or PMP certification preferred.
- Minimum of5 years of experience in project management operational excellence reporting and performance management within biopharmaceutical or life sciences organizations.
- Minimum of5 years of direct project management experience supportingcommercial ormedical affairs
- Prior experience in pre-commercial or early commercial biotech/pharmastronglypreferred.
- Proven ability to translate complex data into executive-ready insights.
- Expertisein project management and process improvement methodologies (PMP Lean Six Sigma Agile).
- Strong analytical mindset
- Budget and vendor managementexperience
- Change leadership in fast-paced evolving environments
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive accountability without direct authority.
- Willingness to travel 30-50% of the time.
This is the pay for this position
Pay Transparency
$150000 - $170000 USD
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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Summit Therapeutics an Equal Opportunity Employer and takes pride in creating and maintaining diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training or promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.
Required Experience:
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