Associate Director, Site Alliances and Strategy

The role

The Associate Director, Site Alliances and Strategy develops and maintains strategic relationships with clinical trial sites, networks, and research partners. This role contributes to Clinical Operations strategy and operational improvement initiatives to support trial execution and portfolio scalability.

What you will do

• Develops and executes site alliance strategies.
• Builds and maintains strategic relationships with clinical institutions, investigators, research staff, and site leadership.
• Leads start-up optimization with internal and external site Study Start-Up teams.
• Serves as a primary Clinical Operations interface and escalation point for site alliance matters.
• Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to align site engagement activities with study and Summit priorities.
• Develops approaches to identify, onboard, educate, and cultivate new sites.
• Develops and monitors KPIs, dashboards, and relationship health measures.
• Contributes site and network insights to portfolio planning and resource forecasting.
• Contributes to cross-functional Clinical Operations strategy and transformation initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities to simplify clinical trial processes and improve site and patient experience.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in life science, nursing, pharmacy, medical laboratory technology, or other health/medical-related area
• 10+ years of direct or indirect clinical trial operations experience, including clinical trial execution, site management, site engagement, or sponsor oversight responsibilities
• Experience building and managing strategic relationships with clinical trial sites, site networks, investigators, and external research partners at both strategic and operational levels
• Strong working knowledge of ICH-GCP, health authority expectations, clinical trial conduct, sponsor oversight, and inspection readiness requirements
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as required

Nice to have

• Advanced degree
• 3+ years of experience in a site-facing clinical trial role, such as trial manager, CRA, site engagement lead, or equivalent role
• Experience hiring, developing, mentoring, or actively managing team members directly or through a matrixed structure
• Strategic, solutions-oriented professional who creates structure, sets direction, and drives execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Demonstrates sound judgment and operational leadership, with the ability to anticipate risks, establish priorities, and implement effective mitigation strategies
• Recognizes when risks to quality or delivery require timely escalation to strategy leadership
• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills
• Broad expertise across clinical trial operations, including site start-up, enrollment, site and patient experience, sponsor oversight, and the drug development lifecycle
• Ability to influence, build alignment, and support accountability across cross-functional, matrixed, and external stakeholder groups
• Demonstrated ability to translate data, KPIs, and site insights into strategic recommendations and measurable operational improvements

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.