Summit Therapeutics
Senior Director, National Field Excellence
Remote (US) · Director
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About the role
- Summit Therapeutics is preparing for the US launch of ivonescimab, an intravenous oncology therapy for patients with EGFR-mutated non-squamous NSCLC in the post-TKI setting.
- The National Senior Director, Field Excellence is the single operational counterpart to the VP Sales.
- This role does not carry a sales quota and does not conduct promotional activity with customers.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the single operational partner to the VP Sales on territory roster status, IC questions, pull-through gaps, business review preparation, and local market intelligence at the national level
- Manage and develop the two Directors of Field Excellence (East and West)
- Own launch readiness across all geographies, confirming that every Field Excellence Manager is operationally ready before the first prescriber interaction
- Partner with Commercial Excellence on IC plan governance, territory alignment, and CRM standards, translating field patterns into national fixes rather than managing them geography by geography
- Own the Field Excellence operating model nationally: cadence, standards, tools, and escalation protocols across all geographies
- Build the business review infrastructure: the templates, cadence, and analytical framework that every level of the sales hierarchy runs on
- Lead account-level and regional performance analysis: not just the number, but the local context and story behind it that a national report cannot provide
- This role manages two Directors of Field Excellence (East and West), who each partner with an Area Business Director.
Requirements
- All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summit's Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@smmttx.com to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.
Nice to have
- Summit's core values include integrity, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, collaboration, and our commitment to people.
- Summit's team is inspired to touch and help change lives through Summit's clinical studies in the field of oncology.
- Summit has multiple global Phase 3 clinical studies, including:
- Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
- Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.
- Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab monotherapy compared to pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.
- Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
- Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.
Skills
- Track record of partnering at the VP or senior director level inside a sales hierarchy, not just supporting sales from HQ.
- Veeva CRM experience preferred
- Approximately 40% domestic travel
- This is the pay for this position
- This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
- The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.
- Summit does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.
- Education: Bachelor's degree required
- Specialized Knowledge and
- Travel: Approximately 40% domestic travel
- Pay Transparency
- $217,000 - $271,000 USD
Compensation
- $217,000 - $271,000 USD
- Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.
- The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.
Benefits
- Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and
Company info
- Our employees are truly the heart and soul of our culture, and they are invaluable in shaping our journey toward excellence.
- This is Summit's first commercial launch, and we are building the commercial infrastructure from the ground up.
Equal opportunity
- Summit Therapeutics Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and takes pride in creating and maintaining diverse environment.
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