Project Manager - CONTRACT

Summit Therapeutics•Princeton, NJ

1d•$150,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Summit Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company focused on improving quality of life, increasing potential duration of life, and resolving serious unmet medical needs. The Project Manager role will be critical in ensuring operational excellence, cross-functional coordination, and launch readiness. This position serves as a partner to the launch team while acting as the primary cross-functional operational contact and liaison for effective alignment, communication flow, and governance. The role will serve as a central point of contact for operational planning, delivery, and governance of critical launch planning projects—spanning scientific communications, congress strategy, launch planning, building project management practices and post-marketing data generation supporting launch preparation. This role will focus on day-to-day project execution, ensuring defined scope, timelines, budgets, and quality objectives are met across the commercial product lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor’s (BS) degree required
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in project management, operational excellence, reporting, and performance management within biopharmaceutical or life sciences organizations.
Minimum of 5+ years of direct project management experience supporting commercial or medical affairs
Expertise in project management and process improvement methodologies (PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile).
Strong analytical mindset
Budget and vendor management experience
Change leadership in fast-paced, evolving environments
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive accountability without direct authority.
Willingness to travel 30-50% of the time.

Nice To Haves

advanced degree (MS, MBA, PharmD, PhD) or PMP certification preferred.
Prior experience in pre-commercial or early commercial biotech/pharma strongly preferred.
Proven ability to translate complex data into executive-ready insights.

Responsibilities

Lead and support cross-functional planning and execution for launch readiness sub-team/s
Manage workstreams for new product launches, indication expansions, and lifecycle management.
Establish and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and governance frameworks to monitor progress, identify risks and develop mitigation solutions, and drive accountability.
Partner closely with leaders in various launch functions and workstreams to ensure unified execution and prioritization.
Support alignment with other launch project management team members to enhance project management effectiveness through collaboration
Champion, develop and manage planning tools for various business processes
Manage relationships with key vendors and external partners to ensure high-quality, on-time, and on-budget delivery.
Contribute to developing robust project management tools, processes for launch and day-to-day operations.
Partner with other project managers to develop, support and manage periodic launch management dashboards, meeting materials and actively manage functional, sub-teams and work-streams meetings for effective launch management
All other duties as assigned.