Senior Site Contracts Lead – CRO/Pharma Experience
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Site Contracts Lead overseeing global clinical trial agreement and investigator budget negotiations. Supporting Syneos Health’s life sciences customers through study start-up, escalation management, and team training.
Responsibilities:
- Establish, maintain, and update training material for the site contracts lead team and site contract negotiators
- Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for global site contracting issues
- Oversee negotiation and finalization of clinical study agreements, including contractual terms, financial attachments, and investigator grant budgets
- Provide oversight of contract and budget negotiation status and escalate out-of-parameter requests to sponsor decision-makers
- Advise study teams and sponsor stakeholders on industry trends, risks, and mitigation tactics
- Plan contract execution strategies and forecast site-specific contractual execution timelines
- Coordinate communications and status updates among study team stakeholders and global site contract and budget negotiators
- Prepare site contractual templates, payment terms, negotiation parameters, and processes
- Establish collaborative relationships with sponsors and internal project teams
- Identify contractual, budgetary, and operational risks and provide solutions
- Create and maintain document status reports and update department tools and systems
- Collaborate with legal, finance, and clinical operations departments
- Manage discussions regarding fair market value of investigator budgets and payment terms
- Identify best practices, investigate root causes, and recommend solutions
- Train and mentor less experienced staff on SOPs, processes, tools, and templates
- Support help desk and issue-resolution pathways
- Lead internal training and process improvement initiatives as needed
- Participate in business development presentations as a site contracts and investigator budget management subject matter expert
- Perform other assigned duties
Requirements:
- CRO/Pharma experience
- Experience with site contracts and investigator budget management
- Expertise in negotiating clinical study agreements (CTAs), contractual language and terms, financial attachments, and investigator grant budgets
- Knowledge of global site contracting issues and study start-up needs
- Knowledge of industry trends, norms, and developments surrounding site contract and budgetary negotiations
- Ability to forecast site-specific contractual execution timelines
- Ability to manage contractual and budgetary escalations
- Ability to collaborate with legal, finance, clinical operations, sponsor, and study teams
- Ability to train and mentor less experienced staff
- Minimal travel may be required, up to 25%
- Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered
Benefits:
- Career development and progression
- Supportive and engaged line management
- Technical and therapeutic area training
- Peer recognition and total rewards program
- Inclusive culture
- Company car or car allowance
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Company match 401(k)
- Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
- Flexible paid time off (PTO)
- Sick time



















