Head of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

The role

This leader will establish and lead the Europe, Middle East and Africa organization to expand the company globally. The role involves building teams, capabilities, and infrastructure to bring oncology therapies to patients and managing EMEA strategy, operations, and financial performance.

What you will do

• Develop the EMEA expansion strategy including market prioritization and investment plans.
• Own the EMEA profit and loss statement, budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation.
• Translate global strategy into regional and country plans.
• Build the EMEA organization from the ground up by recruiting functional leaders and country general managers.
• Partner with global teams to establish entities, infrastructure, systems, and policies.
• Lead integrated readiness and execution for product launches.
• Determine the mix of direct capabilities, distributors, agents, and third-party partners.
• Ensure regional activities follow local requirements, company standards, and global compliance.
• Direct EMEA pricing, reimbursement, and market access strategy.
• Oversee regional regulatory, clinical, safety, quality, and supply activities.

Required qualifications

• Advanced degree in business, life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, or a related discipline
• Minimum of 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstrated success establishing a new affiliate, country organization, business unit, or regional operation from inception through launch or commercialization
• Meaningful leadership experience in EMEA
• Working knowledge of regional health authorities, regulatory and registration processes, pricing and reimbursement, tender and procurement models, distribution requirements, and pharmaceutical complia
• Experience selecting and managing distributors, agents, vendors, or strategic partners
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead diverse, high-performing teams within a global matrix
• Strong financial and analytical capability
• Strong leadership, communication, and external relationship skills
• Fluency in English
• Willingness to travel extensively within Europe, Middle East and Africa and internationally

Nice to have

• oncology experience
• experience across multiple broader regional markets
• experience in a precommercial or high-growth biotech environment
• additional European languages
• Arabic

Benefits

• bonus
• stock
• benefits
• other applicable variable compensation

Before you apply

• Summit does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies.

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.