Associate Director, Global Site Agreements & Budgets

Summit Therapeutics; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 203,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Therapeutics in Princeton, NJ seeks an experienced Associate Director to manage site agreements for oncology trials and support Clinical Operations. You will lead outsourcing, contract and budget negotiations, and strengthen relationships with sites and CROs.

You will collaborate with Legal and Finance to enable fair market value negotiations, site activations, and study-wide budgeting while ensuring regulatory compliance and robust governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration or related field.
• 10+ years' experience with clinical trial site agreements in biotech or pharmaceutical setting.
• Experience in oncology is highly desirable.
• Strong global negotiation and contract management skills.
• Experience in clinical finance, business development, or clinical operations.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to understand and create budgets.
• Experience working with site budgets on a global scale, and potential internal escalation pathway.
• Strong knowledge of using grant plan.
• Expertise in large, multi-site, clinical trials with multiple vendor types is required.
• Direct experience vetting and negotiating with sites and vendors is a must.

Responsibilities

• Lead pricing strategies for site budgets to enable contract execution and site activation.
• Collaborate with legal, finance, CRO and clinical teams to ensure site agreements comply with regulatory and company standards.
• Negotiate and finalize site agreements, including budgets, contracts, and other necessary documentation.
• Rigorous analysis of budgets with the goal of securing the best price.
• Present the budget to the Chief Accounting Officer for approval with full knowledge of all details.
• Partner with Clinical Finance team to provide study-wide site payment estimates and forecasts.
• Work with legal counsel to ensure indemnification, liability, and confidentiality provisions are included in contracts.
• Provide regular updates to management on progress and key performance indicators related to trial agreements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as Legal, Clinical Operations and Clinical Development.
• Develop and implement new ideas and solutions to increase the efficiency of the department.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract management

Budgeting

Clinical operations

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Regulatory knowledge

Budget forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration or related field

Tools

MS Office

Electronic document management systems

Job description

Summit Therapeutics in Princeton, NJ seeks an experienced Associate Director to manage site agreements for oncology trials and support Clinical Operations. You will lead outsourcing, contract and budget negotiations, and strengthen relationships with sites and CROs.

You will collaborate with Legal and Finance to enable fair market value negotiations, site activations, and study-wide budgeting while ensuring regulatory compliance and robust governance.