Clinical Contract & Budgets

Key Responsibilities:

The Associate plays a critical role in communicating and negotiating contracts with the appropriate site, team, or affiliate personnel, including:

• Communicate Company position on various contract issues, identify relationship-building opportunities, secure site contracts, collect site feedback, and facilitate communication with various personnel. This responsibility includes assisting Trial Capabilities Associates with difficult contract negotiations and significant interventions, and follow-up will be necessary to facilitate this objective;
• Communicate and negotiate more complex contracts, including Phase I, PET Studies, Oncology Cooperatives, Oncology Networks, and/or Endocrine portfolio sites; and
• Work with partners across company to review/approve all contracts exceptions.
• Develop and implement training for new contract associates and customers;
• Create, maintain, and distribute contract templates, process documentation, and contract-specific documentation (such as the Legal Guidance Document,) as the contract process owner; and
• Act as a mentor to the Contract Associates to provide the necessary guidance and knowledge transfer to allow the contract associates to be successful negotiators.
• Develop process documentation;
• Facilitate quality, speed and value through information sharing, , business partnership, and assurance that all guidance is aligned with company policies, clinical processes, and appropriate guidance;
• Facilitating meetings with other contracting groups;
• Serve as the primary contact and process owner for interactions between TC and Company Legal personnel related to process changes, documentation requirements, and site contracting issues.
• Accountable for standardizing and streamlining contract activities, as well as using metrics to drive improvement throughout the entire contracting process;
• Increase contracting efficiency and effectiveness by ensuring that learning is shared and leveraged;

• Anticipate changes by evaluating issues and opportunities, both internal and external, and making recommendations to TC management.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2-4 years experience negotiating contracts in a similar environment.
• Native/Fluent in English is essential
• Strong organizational and time management skills, strong analytical skills
• Strong negotiation skills, process driven, strong critical thinking skills
• Thorough understanding of GDPR and other privacy regulations
• Experience negotiating privacy clauses with clinical research sites
• Experience working with global business partners and a global team.