Associate Director, Analytical Development & CMC Statistics

Summit Therapeutics, Inc.; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Therapeutics Inc. in Princeton, NJ, is seeking an Associate Director of Analytical Development and CMC Statistics to lead analytical method development, qualification, validation, transfer and lifecycle management for biologic drug substances and drug products.

This role collaborates with CMC, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and external CDMOs/CROs to ensure scientifically robust statistics, data interpretation, and regulatory readiness for IND/IMPD, BLA/MAA, and post‑approval activities.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree(s) in Statistics, Biostatistics, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum of 10+ years in the biopharmaceutical industry with CMC analytical development exposure.
• Experience with analytical method development, validation, transfer, comparability, stability, and regulatory submissions.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and statistical leadership for analytical method development, qualification, validation, transfer, and lifecycle management.
• Support release, stability, characterization, comparability, and impurity testing strategies.
• Review data from CDMOs/CROs to ensure methods are robust, fit for purpose, and regulatory-aligned.
• Lead statistical planning and interpretation for validation, transfer, comparability, and stability.
• Develop acceptance criteria, stability models, and analytical control strategies.
• Collaborate with CMC, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and external partners for regulatory readiness and inspection support.

Skills

Statistics

Biostatistics

Analytical chemistry

GMP knowledge

Regulatory science

Education

Advanced degree in Statistics/ Biostatistics/ Analytical Chemistry

Job description

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.

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 Director of Analytical Development and CMC Statistics will provide technical and statistical leadership for analytical development, method validation, method transfer, comparability, stability, specifications, and lifecycle management activities supporting biologic drug substance and drug product programs. This role will sit within the CMC Analytical Sciences organization and will partner closely with Analytical, MSAT, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, and external CDMOs/CROs to ensure that analytical strategies, statistical approaches, and data packages are scientifically robust, phase‑appropriate, compliant, and suitable for global regulatory submissions and commercial readiness.

The successful candidate will combine hands‑on experience in biologics analytical development with strong statistical expertise, including method validation statistics, stability and shelf‑life modeling, specification setting, comparability assessments, assay lifecycle monitoring, and statistical support for CMC investigations. This individual will be expected to translate complex analytical datasets into clear conclusions, support risk‑based decision‑making, and contribute directly to IND/IMPD, BLA/MAA, post‑approval, and health authority response activities.

Role And Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and technical leadership for analytical method development, qualification, validation, transfer, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management for biologic drug substance and drug product programs.
• Support phase‑appropriate analytical strategies for release, stability, characterization, comparability, potency, binding, impurity, and residual testing.
• Review and interpret analytical data from CDMOs, CROs, and partner laboratories to ensure methods are robust, fit for purpose, and aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Contribute to analytical control strategy development, including critical quality attribute assessment, method performance monitoring, and product quality trend evaluation.
• Lead statistical planning, analysis, and interpretation for analytical method validation, method transfer, comparability, stability, specification setting, assay qualification, and investigation support.
• Apply appropriate statistical tools to evaluate accuracy, precision, linearity, range, robustness, intermediate precision, equivalence, trending, outliers, assay variability, and method capability.
• Develop and justify statistically sound acceptance criteria, comparability criteria, stability models, DS and DP shelf‑life determinations, stability trending approaches, and analytical control limits.
• Partner with CMC, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and external partners to ensure statistical approaches are scientifically defensible and clearly documented in protocols, reports, and regulatory submissions.
• Support data visualization, multivariate analysis, and trend monitoring to enable early identification of analytical or manufacturing risks.
• Support inspection readiness, audit responses, regulatory commitments, and post‑approval lifecycle management activities related to analytical methods, stability, specifications, and comparability.
• Provide statistical input into deviations, OOS/OOT investigations, CAPAs, change controls, and risk assessments.
• Provide analytical and statistical oversight for external CDMOs, CROs, and partner laboratories performing release, stability, characterization, method transfer, method validation, and comparability studies.
• Review external protocols, reports, data packages, deviations, and investigations to ensure technical quality, compliance, and alignment with program objectives.
• Communicate complex analytical and statistical findings clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Contribute to internal SOPs, templates, best practices, and governance processes for analytical development, CMC statistics, and outsourced analytical activities.
• All other duties as assigned.

Experience, Education And Specialized Knowledge And Skills

• Advanced degree(s) preferred in Statistics, Biostatistics, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific discipline; Bachelor’s or master’s degree with substantial relevant experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience in the biopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical industry, including direct experience supporting CMC analytical development and/or process development and manufacturing activities.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of biologics analytical methods, including chromatographic, electrophoretic, immunoassay, potency, binding, impurity, and/or process residuals.
• Demonstrated experience with analytical method development, validation, method transfer, comparability, specification setting, stability analysis, and statistical analysis & interpretation of CMC datasets.
• Working knowledge of ICH, FDA and EMA guidance and GMP regulation, as well as data integrity expectations relevant to analytical development and lifecycle management.
• Experience reviewing or authoring protocols, reports, regulatory submission sections, health authority responses, deviations, OOS/OOT investigations, CAPAs, and change controls.
• Travel may be required periodically to support CDMO/CRO oversight, technical meetings, regulatory interactions, or cross‑functional workshops.

This is the pay for this position

Pay Transparency

$180,000 - $200,000 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. 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.

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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.