Executive Director, Trade, Distribution Patient Services

Job Title: Executive Director, Trade, Distribution, & Patient Services

Department: Commercial Market Access

Date Posted: 12/12/2025

Location: Princeton, NJ ONSITE

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.

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.

The Executive Director, Trade, Distribution, and Patient Services will be responsible for developing, leading, and executing the Distribution Channel and Patient Support Services strategy for Summit Therapeutics. This role encompasses strategy development and implementation, including product launch plans. The individual will manage relationships with key customers such as 3PL, Specialty Distributors, Specialty Pharmacies, and service provider partners. In addition, the individual will lead the patient and provider support services program and field reimbursement team.

This strategic leadership position requires deep expertise in trade and specialty distribution, account management, state licensure, patient and provider support services, and field reimbursement. The Executive Director will report to the VP of Market Access.

• Design and execute a best‑in‑class specialty distribution model for Ivonescimab, ensuring seamless product access via 3PL, specialty distributors, and specialty pharmacies.
• Collaborate across the organization to ensure timely product availability at launch.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with all channel partners.
• Ensure compliance with state licensure requirements for product distribution, maintaining up‑to‑date licenses and certifications.
• Develop and manage patient and provider support services, including reimbursement support, co‑pay programs, and patient assistance programs (PAP).
• Lead field reimbursement efforts to support healthcare providers and patients in navigating insurance coverage and reimbursement processes.
• Manage day‑to‑day relationships with channel partners and service providers, including performance management and reporting to ensure safe, effective, and efficient patient access.
• Monitor market trends, channel dynamics, and contract performance, leveraging data to optimize the overall trade, distribution, and patient support services strategy.
• Partner with Commercial, Market Access, Finance, Accounting, CMC, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Quality teams to…