Director, Sourcing & Procurement

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) 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 China's 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, Sourcing & Procurement – R&D Clinical Operations and Supplies will serve as business partner supporting sourcing strategy, contracting, and governance activities across Summit's Clinical Operations organization and global clinical trial portfolio. This individual will report to the Head of Procurement. The role is responsible for supporting the selection, contracting, and oversight of key clinical service providers, including CROs, central laboratories, imaging vendors, eCOA and other eClinical technology providers, patient recruitment and retention suppliers, investigator payment providers, specialty service vendors, and clinical trial supply partners. The position may also support clinical supply and logistics-related procurement activities, helping ensure the timely and cost-effective delivery of materials and services required to execute global clinical studies. The breadth of this role provides significant exposure across the end-to-end clinical development lifecycle and the opportunity to influence sourcing strategy, supplier performance, and operational execution across the clinical portfolio. Working closely with Clinical Operations, R&D, Clinical Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, and other cross-functional stakeholders, this individual will help drive vendor strategy, optimize study-related spending, improve sourcing and contracting processes, mitigate supplier risks, and establish effective governance models with critical suppliers. As Summit continues to grow and expand its clinical development portfolio, this role will have opportunities to support additional R&D and Commercial procurement categories and contribute to broader procurement transformation, process improvement, and vendor management initiatives across the organization. Role And Responsibilities Serve as a lead/procurement business partner to Clinical Operations, providing strategic sourcing and commercial guidance throughout study planning, startup, execution, and closeout. Develop and execute category a…

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