Senior Site Contracts Lead, FSP, APAC

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Senior site contracts lead overseeing clinical trial agreement negotiations and investigator budgets for Syneos Health’s life sciences services. Coordinating global study stakeholders, sponsors and contract negotiators across APAC.

Responsibilities:

  • Establish, maintain and update training material for the site contracts lead team and site contract negotiators
  • Serve as a subject matter expert to resolve global site contracting issues and act as an escalation point for internal customers
  • Oversee clinical study agreement negotiations at study level and drive CTA document finalization and execution, including contractual language, terms, financial attachments and investigator grant budgets
  • Provide oversight of contract and budget negotiation status and manage escalation of out-of-parameter contractual and budgetary requests
  • Advise study teams and Sponsor stakeholders on industry trends, norms, emergent developments, risks and mitigation tactics related to site contract and budget negotiations
  • Act as first-line subject matter expert for CTA elements on assigned studies and advise stakeholders on issue resolution
  • Plan contract execution strategy and forecast site-specific contractual execution timelines for assigned studies
  • Coordinate communications among study stakeholders and global site contract and budget negotiators
  • Participate in regular study calls to facilitate communication
  • Prepare site contractual templates, payment terms, study-level negotiation parameters and processes
  • Establish working relationships with Sponsors to align site contractual templates with global program strategy
  • Identify operational risks and proactively provide solutions; escalate deviations to senior management
  • Create and maintain document status reports and update department tools, systems and team members
  • 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 the business unit and organization through help desk and other defined pathways
  • Lead internal team 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 work-related duties
  • Minimal travel may be required, up to 25%

Requirements:

  • BS degree in life sciences, a health related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Strong experience in a CRO/pharmaceutical industry and related clinical trial expertise (Study Coordinator, CRA, Pharmacy, Nursing, Healthcare Administration) or site start-up experience
  • Thorough knowledge of applicable regulations, drug development and clinical project management procedures
  • Strong presentation, documentation and interpersonal skills
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), MS Project, Outlook and Internet
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines and deliver high quality work in a dynamic environment
  • Above-average attention to detail
  • Effective oral/written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently to meet deadlines
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Ability to teach and mentor team members
  • Ability to coach employees to reach performance objectives
  • Strong background in issue resolution, meeting customer deliverables and driving best practices at organization or customer portfolio level

Benefits:

  • Career development and progression
  • Supportive and engaged line management
  • Technical and therapeutic area training
  • Peer recognition
  • Total rewards program
  • Inclusive culture
  • Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%)