IT Business Analysts with ERP and audit compliance experience in biotech will find this G&A role at Summit Therapeutics a strategic fit.
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Original posting from Summittherapeutics via Greenhouse
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.
Location: Palo Alto, CA (onsite)
Overview of Role:
The IT Business Analyst for G&A is responsible for the health, integration, and optimization of corporate software systems. You will serve as the primary technical point of contact for HR, Finance, and Legal departments, ensuring their tools are secure, integrated, and scaling with the company. This role balances day-to-day system administration with long-term digital transformation projects.
Role and Responsibilities:
Liaise with Finance, HR, Legal and IT to understand and analyze business needs
Support and maintain core G&A applications such as NetSuite ERP, Coupa, Agiloft, and other corporate systems.
Monitor application health and troubleshoot issues, escalating to vendors as needed.
Partner with Finance, HR, Legal, and IT to document business processes and translate them into functional system requirements.
Build and maintain reports and dashboards across ERP, CLM and HR systems.
Support monthly/quarterly reporting cycles and audit requests from Finance/HR/IT.
Support SOX ITGC processes including access reviews, segregation of duties, and audit documentation.
Facilitate communication between business teams and technical implementation partners.
Support implementation of new systems, features, and releases—including testing, UAT coordination, rollout planning, and documentation.
Develop support materials, training content, and user guides.
Ensure compliance with IT policies and procedures.
Demonstrate commitment and support for company goals, objectives and procedures
Demonstrate professionalism and adherence to moral, ethical and quality principles
Participate in corporate and departmental meetings
Comply with applicable regulations, GXP and corporate policies and procedures
All other duties as assigned
Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
2+ years’ experience supporting enterprise applications in a G&A environment (Finance, HR, Legal, P2P).
Handson experience with ERP (NetSuite preferred), HRIS platforms, P2P tools (Coupa), and CLM systems is a plus.
Strong Excel/SQL/data query and data validation capabilities.
Solid understanding of SOX ITGC, SOD, and audit-driven environments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to translate complex business needs into structured technical requirements.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, evolving biotech environment with cross functional teams.
Highly motivated, results focused and act with a high sense of urgency
This is the pay for this position
Pay Transparency$98,000—$128,000 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.
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 Summit’s Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@smmttx.com to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.
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.