Remote Director, Sourcing & Procurement – R&D Clinical

Summit-Therapeutics; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 190,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical oncology company, is seeking a Director of Sourcing & Procurement for R&D Clinical Operations and Supplies. This remote-US role partners with Clinical Operations, R&D, and Legal to optimize sourcing and contracting across global clinical trials.

The role leads category strategies, vendor negotiations, and governance, driving cost transparency and value across CROs, labs, imaging, and eClinical vendors in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum BA/BS degree or relevant graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in a Procurement/Vendor Management or Finance environment in pharma/CRO/biotech.
• Strong knowledge of GCP, ICH, and regulatory expectations governing outsourced clinical activities.
• Proficient with MS Office suite and electronic document management systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead procurement partner to Clinical Operations across study planning, startup, execution, and closeout.
• Develop and execute category and supplier strategies across Clinical Operations and related R&D categories.
• Lead end-to-end competitive sourcing activities across CROs, central labs, imaging, eCOA, IRT/RTSM, recruitment, and logistics.
• Translate study requirements into effective sourcing plans with vendor solutions.
• Provide commercial insights, benchmarking, bid analyses, and supplier recommendations.
• Lead negotiation and review of MSAs, SOWs, and pricing models in collaboration with Legal, Finance, and stakeholders.
• Support budgeting, change orders, forecasts, and supplier invoices for cost transparency.
• Establish vendor governance with performance scorecards, KPIs, and SLAs.
• Identify and resolve supplier risks affecting study execution, capacity, and quality.
• Contribute to process standardization, spend analytics, and procurement transformation.

Skills

GCP knowledge

ICH regulatory knowledge

Problem solving

Multi-tasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BA/BS degree or higher

Tools

MS Office

Veeva Vault

Ariba

Coupa

Job description

Summit Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical oncology company, is seeking a Director of Sourcing & Procurement for R&D Clinical Operations and Supplies. This remote-US role partners with Clinical Operations, R&D, and Legal to optimize sourcing and contracting across global clinical trials.

The role leads category strategies, vendor negotiations, and governance, driving cost transparency and value across CROs, labs, imaging, and eClinical vendors in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.