Paralegal at Summit Therapeutics in Palo Alto, CA

Job description

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. Overview of Role: Summit is looking for an experienced, technology-minded Legal Operations Paralegal to help shape how our legal department works. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, you will lead efforts to make our legal operations more efficient. Your main focus will be administering, optimizing, and championing our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system. This role combines hands-on paralegal work with operational leadership. You will be the go-to expert on how contracts move through the business, train colleagues across departments, and support a broad range of legal matters, including contracting, litigation, securities, intellectual property prosecution and litigation, compliance, and other general matters. If you enjoy improving processes, adopting new technology, and working with teams across the company, this role offers real visibility and impact. This role is based at our Palo Alto office and will work onsite Monday–Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Friday. Additional remote days may be considered. Key Responsibilities: Legal Operations and CLM Administration Lead efforts to improve legal operations, with a primary focus on administering, optimizing, and maintaining the company's CLM system. Configure and refine CLM workflows, templates, clause libraries, approval routing, and reporting to support efficient contracting. Find opportunities to streamline legal processes, reduce turnaround times, and improve data quality and visibility across the contract portfolio. Keep accurate contract records, metadata, and repositories so that obligations, renewals, and key dates are tracked reliably. CLM Subject Matter Expert and Trainer Serve as the internal subject matter expert for the CLM system across all departments. Onboard new users and deliver training sessions, both live and recorded, tailored to different business teams. Answer end-user questions, troubleshoot issues, and create user guides, FAQs, and best-practice resources. Work with the CLM vendor on system updates, enhance