Associate Director, Clinical Supply Management (UK/EU)

The role

The Associate Director, Clinical Supply Management supports the Senior Director in leading global clinical supply chain responsibilities. This role involves executing demand and supply planning, inventory management, and GxP operations while managing direct reports and external partners.

What you will do

• Supports the Senior Director in developing functional strategy, operating plans, budgets, governance and performance objectives.
• Leads day-to-day execution for new and ongoing studies and products.
• Serves as a delegate for the Senior Director in cross-functional forums and supplier reviews.
• Manages and develops direct reports through coaching and career development.
• Oversees the Clinical Supply Management team in developing packaging, labelling, and supply strategies.
• Supports accountability for packaging, labelling, release, distribution, and destruction activities.
• Develops and maintains supply project budgets, resource plans and integrated schedules.
• Manages CDMO and service-provider activities including RFP, contracting, and performance management.
• Supports IXRS selection, design, set-up, and implementation.
• Drives operational excellence through standard work, KPIs, and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Required qualifications

• BSc, MSc, engineering or pharmacy degree, or equivalent
• Minimum of 8+ years of progressive supply chain experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or CDMO environment
• Demonstrated success leading complex international clinical studies and product supply chains
• Broad knowledge of regulatory and GMP requirements for IMP and commercial product packaging and supply
• Prior people-management experience
• Ability to translate strategy into executable priorities, operating rhythms, metrics and measurable team outcomes
• Strong operational-excellence and continuous-improvement capability
• Solid understanding of IXRS design specifications, set-up and UAT
• Proficiency in clinical supply planning and forecasting tools
• Strong project, budget, risk and resource-management skills
• Expertise in outsourcing, supplier governance, negotiation and performance management
• Knowledge of the drug development process and applicable FDA, EMA and PMDA expectations, including GMP, GCP, Annex 13 and relevant clinical trial requirements

Nice to have

• Experience building, scaling or improving end-to-end product supply chains and associated business processes

Benefits

• Bonus
• Stock
• Benefits

About the company

Summit Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company with a mission focused on improving quality of life and resolving serious unmet medical needs. The company has multiple global Phase 3 clinical studies in the field of oncology.