About Summit:
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. At Summit, we believe in building a team of world class professionals who are passionate about this mission, and it is our people who drive this mission to reality. Summit’s core values include integrity, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, collaboration, and our commitment to people. Our employees are truly the heart and soul of our culture, and they are invaluable in shaping our journey toward excellence.
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)
HARMONi: Phase 3 clinical study which was intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated, locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC who were previously treated with a 3rd generation EGFR TKI.
HARMONi-3: 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.
HARMONi-7: 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)
HARMONi-GI3: Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.
Ivonescimab is an investigational therapy not presently approved by any regulatory authority other than China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Summit is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and has additional offices in California, New Jersey, the UK, and Ireland.
Overview of Role:
The Associate of Regulatory Affairs will support the day-to-day regulatory activities of assigned projects. These assigned projects include support of preparation and compilation of submissions for regulatory agencies, clinical studies, coordination of regulatory submission processes and maintenance of submission timelines, regulatory tracking tools, archives, and infrastructure, as assigned.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Provide support of molecule and study-level regulatory activities, including clinical trial application (CTA) and IND submissions, review and approval of investigator document packages and associated FDA submissions, and manage other regulatory aspects of the studies as necessary under direction of the Regulatory Affairs Lead.
- Prepare and coordinate routine and lifecycle submissions and related activities under the guidance of the RA Lead
- Support development of regulatory content for BLA, NDA and/or ex-US marketing applications
- Prepare and communicate regulatory status, timelines, risks, and action items to the RA lead and cross-functional study team.
- Maintain trackers for health-authority requests, responses, commitments, and due dates; coordinate subject-matter expert input under RA lead supervision.
- Collaborate with the Project Team representatives in the planning of regulatory documents, including Health Authority Meetings and responses to Health Authority queries
- Coordinate the review, finalization, and approval workflows for regulatory submissions
- Maintain accurate regulatory and, where applicable, ethics submission and approval trackers for assigned studies
- Maintain regulatory archives in collaboration with Regulatory Operations
- Support global regulatory submissions and strategic planning as applicable
- All other duties as assigned
Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
- BA/BS degree in the biological or health related sciences required
- Relevant (bio) pharmaceutical industry experience, including experience in regulatory affairs
- Foundational understanding of the drug-development process and applicable regulatory concepts, including FDA regulations, ICH guidelines, and Good Clinical Practice; willingness to develop knowledge of ex-U.S. requirements.
- Proficient in written, oral, and interpersonal communications in English
- Ability to work in close collaboration with cross-functional colleagues
- Strong attention to detail and ability to organize, prioritize, and complete assigned work within established timelines.
- Experience interacting with CROs in the management of ex-US CTAs towards clinical trial activations preferred as well as ex-US Health Authority interactions, meetings etc.
- Proficient user of standard MS Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel), experience using electronic document management systems, and document review tools desirable
- Clear and concise oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Critical thinking, problem solving, ability to complete assigned work with appropriate guidance and escalate questions or risks promptly.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, deadline-driven, and collaborative environment.
This is the pay for this position
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. 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. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summit’s Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.
Summit Therapeutics Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and takes pride in creating and maintaining diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training or promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Skills Required
- BA or BS degree in biological or health-related sciences
- Relevant biopharmaceutical industry experience, including regulatory affairs experience
- Foundational understanding of the drug-development process and applicable regulatory concepts
- Knowledge of FDA regulations, ICH guidelines, and Good Clinical Practice
- Proficiency in written, oral, and interpersonal English communication
- Ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional colleagues
- Strong attention to detail and ability to organize, prioritize, and complete work within established timelines
- Experience interacting with CROs to manage ex-US CTAs through clinical trial activation
- Experience with ex-US health-authority interactions and meetings
- Proficiency with the standard Microsoft Office suite, including Word and Excel
- Experience using electronic document management systems and document review tools
- Excellent organizational skills
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to complete assigned work with appropriate guidance and escalate questions or risks promptly
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, deadline-driven, collaborative environment
What We Do
Summit Mission Statement: To build a viable, long-lasting health care organization that assumes full responsibility for designing, developing, trial execution and enrollment, regulatory submission and approval, as well as successful commercialization of patient, physician, caregiver, and societal-friendly medicinal therapy intended to: improve quality of life, increase potential duration of life, and resolve serious medical healthcare needs. To identify and control promising product candidates based on exceptional scientific development and administrational expertise, develop our products in a rapid, cost-efficient manner, and to engage commercialization and/or development partners when appropriate. We accomplish this by building a team of world class professional scientists and business administrators that apply their experience and knowledge to this mission. Team Summit exists to pose, strategize, and execute a path forward in medicinal therapeutic health care that places Summit in a well-deserved, top market share, leadership position. Team Summit assumes full responsibility for stimulating continuous expansion of knowledge, ability, capability, and well-being for all involved stakeholders and highly-valued shareholders. Summit was founded in 2003 and our shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (symbol ‘SMMT’). We are headquartered in Miami, Florida, and we have additional offices in Palo Alto, California, Princeton, New Jersey, Oxford, UK, and Dublin, Ireland.
