Director, Clinical Operations Middle East

The role

The Director, Regional Clinical Operations, Middle East provides strategic leadership and operational expertise for Phase I–III oncology clinical trials. This person will drive country-startup strategy, site activation, and stakeholder engagement across the Middle East region.

What you will do

• Lead and drive operational excellence for clinical trial execution across the Middle East region.
• Accountable for regional performance against study startup, enrolment, quality, timeline, and budget commitments.
• Act as the primary regional escalation point for operational challenges impacting study delivery.
• Develop regional operational strategies that maximize speed, quality, patient access, and investigator engagement.
• Provide strategic recommendations regarding country selection, site placement, and regional investment decisions.
• Establish and maintain senior-level relationships with regulatory agencies, ethics committees, health authorities, hospital leadership, research networks, cancer centers, and professional organization
• Influence key external stakeholders involved in clinical trial approvals and activation.
• Represent the company at regional scientific meetings, investigator meetings, industry organizations, and external stakeholder forums.
• Lead regional feasibility strategy and provide expert country-level operational intelligence.
• Ensure regional activities are conducted in compliance with GCP, local regulations, company policies, and applicable health authority requirements.

Required qualifications

• BA/BS required

Nice to have

• advanced degree (MS, PharmD, PhD, MBA)

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 has multiple global Phase 3 clinical studies in the field of oncology.