Contract Specialist – FSP

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Site Contract Specialist negotiating investigator budgets and study-site agreements for a global pharmaceutical research services company. Coordinating contract activities with site activation timelines across clinical trials.

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review, negotiate and finalize agreements with study sites
  • Negotiate investigator grant budgets, contractual terms and conditions within approved parameters
  • Ensure compliance with negotiation parameters, authority approvals, contractual processes, client expectations, budget guidance, templates and procedures
  • Identify and assess legal, financial and operational risks and escalate issues appropriately
  • Provide recommendations and alternative resolutions for investigator contract negotiations
  • Coordinate with internal functional departments on site startup activities and contractual timelines
  • Align contract negotiations with the critical path for site activation
  • Achieve target cycle times for site activations
  • Escalate out-of-parameter issues according to established guidelines and processes
  • Liaise with study sites and internal functional teams to establish effective working relationships
  • Ensure quality, objectivity and risk analysis in contract delivery

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
  • 2–5 years of previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job
  • Equivalent combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience may be considered sufficient
  • Good understanding of contract law principles, including business, intellectual property, local tax and stamp laws
  • Ability to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation
  • General understanding of business and financial principles related to service agreements
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills in English and local language
  • Ability to draft and negotiate contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters, with appropriate oversight
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent analytical and decision-based thinking skills
  • Understanding of pharmaceutical product development and CRO involvement
  • Ability to work independently or in a team environment
  • Good organizational and time management skills
  • Working knowledge of PPD SOPs and WPDs
  • Ability to organize competing priorities and review contractual risks and issues
  • Ability to use automated systems and computerized applications
  • Customer-focused communication, problem-solving and collaboration skills
  • Ability to meet the stated physical, attendance, software-access, communication, multitasking and stress-performance requirements

Benefits:

  • Fully remote work arrangement
  • Full-time employment