Senior Site Contract Specialist

Posted 1hrs ago

Employment Information

Education
Salary
Experience
Job Type

Report this job

Job expired or something wrong with this job?

Job Description

Senior Site Contract Specialist at Thermo Fisher managing contract preparation, negotiation, and compliance with study sites. Liaising with teams and mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review, negotiate and finalize agreements with study sites
  • Negotiate investigator grant budget negotiation parameters, contractual terms and conditions
  • Ensure compliance to established negotiation parameters, authority approval, and client expectations
  • Identify and assess legal, financial and operational risks
  • Provide recommendations and alternative resolutions to Investigator Contracts negotiations
  • Coordinate with internal functional departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with contractual activities
  • Achieve target cycle times for site activations
  • Complete tracking and reporting as required
  • May provide training and mentoring to junior staff
  • Participate in country process improvement initiatives
  • Act as country subject matter expert in review of Investigator Contracts training materials
  • Liaise with Global Site Contracts to ensure compliance with established global processes

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
  • Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years)
  • Detailed understanding of the principles of contract law
  • Effective communication skills (verbal & written) in English and local language
  • Detailed understanding and demonstrated ability to effectively negotiate investigator grant budgets
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Excellent analytical and decision based thinking skills
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs
  • Able to work independently or in a team environment
  • Good organizational and time management skills
  • Working knowledge of PPD SOP & WPDs
  • Strong problem solving skills that are demonstrated via solid risk analysis that results in resolution or escalation as appropriate

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible working arrangements