Associate Director, Business Development

The role

The Associate Director, Business Development advances the company's external innovation strategy by identifying, evaluating, and supporting strategic partnerships or combinations. This role involves searching for opportunities, progressing contracting, and contributing to the maintenance of strategic alliances.

What you will do

• Maintain understanding of oncology competitive landscape and deal trends to inform strategy.
• Evaluate external assets, companies, platforms, and technologies.
• Conduct financial and qualitative business case analysis.
• Support or lead deal processes including diligence and external communication.
• Coordinate contracting and related requirements.
• Prepare executive materials.
• Contribute to collaboration alliance activities or clinical trial project oversight.
• Perform governance and performance tracking of key alliances.
• Prepare presentations and recommendations for executive leadership.
• Partner with R&D, Clinical, Commercial, Market Planning, Legal, and Finance teams.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in biopharma, with consulting or pharma investment with a focus on business development, strategy, and alliances.
• Bachelors degree required.
• 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.
• Experience supporting or leading pharma or biotech drug development licensing, M&A, or strategic partnership processes required.
• Understanding or experience in collaboration kick-offs, joint clinical trial or project management.
• Proficient user of MS Office suite (e.g., PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project).
• Experience using electronic document management systems and document review tools.
• 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 key congresses, collaboration meetings or business meetings.

Nice to have

• 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

About the company

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. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.