Associate Director, Field Sales Training
Princeton, NJ - USA
Job Summary
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. Summits 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.
Summits team is inspired to touch and help change lives through Summits 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 Chinas National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Summit is headquartered in Miami Florida and has additional offices in California New Jersey the UK and Ireland.
Job Title: Associate Director Field Sales Training
Department: Commercial Operations
Location: Princeton NJ
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FIELD SALES TRAINING
Overview of Role:
The Associate Director Field Sales Training will play a key role in building and delivering learning solutions that prepare the field sales organization to execute with confidence consistency and compliance. This individual will partner closely with Sales Marketing Market Access Medical Affairs Compliance and external partners to develop training programs aligned to business priorities and field capability goals. The role requires deep understanding of oncology commercial environments including the clinical reimbursement and access dynamics specific to intravenous buy-and-bill oncology products
Role and Responsibilities:
- Lead the design development and delivery of field sales training programs including onboarding product training business acumen selling skills and ongoing capability development
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales Marketing Market Access Medical Affairs Compliance and external vendors to ensure training content is accurate relevant compliant and aligned to business priorities
- Translate commercial strategy into practical learning solutions that build field readiness and support effective execution
- Partner with Sales Leadership to support training pull-through coaching reinforcement and field execution
- Evaluate training effectiveness through assessments stakeholder feedback performance insights and defined learning metrics
- Leverage modern learning methodologies technology platforms and AI-enabled tools to enhance learner engagement accessibility and pull-through
- Develop training content specific to oncology practice environments including infusion center access biomarker testing and result interpretation and buy-and-bill reimbursement processes
- Maintain current knowledge of oncology market dynamics adult learning principles and industry best practices
- Demonstrate the highest standards of integrity and operate in accordance with all compliance legal ethical and regulatory guidelines
- All other duties as assigned
Experience Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent required; Masters or doctorate degree preferred
- Minimum of 7 years of experience designing developing and delivering learning programs in biotech pharmaceutical or life sciences industry specifically in oncology biotech or specialty pharmaceutical environments
- Field sales training experience in specialty or oncology ; buy-and-bill infusion or IV product experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed cross-functional environment
- Oncology product launch experience preferred
- Strong facilitation presentation written communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience applying modern learning methodologies digital learning tools and capability-building approaches
- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint Excel Word Teams and relevant AI-enabled productivity and learning tools
- Familiarity with Veeva Vault PromoMats or equivalent promotional content management systems preferred
- Demonstrated strategic forward-thinking and agile mindset
This is the pay for this position
Pay Transparency
$170000 - $195000 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.
Summit does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summits Talent Acquisition team atto obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.
Summit Therapeutics 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.
Required Experience:
Director
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