Senior Site Contracts Specialist, Malaysia

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Site Contracts Specialist managing clinical-trial contracts and budgets for Syneos Health’s life-sciences services. Supporting site start-up, negotiations, compliance, and cross-functional project delivery.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead multi-country projects, including negotiating and preparing contracts, budgets, and related documents for industry-sponsored clinical trials
  • Produce and review site-specific contracts from country clinical trial agreement templates
  • Submit proposed CTAs and investigator budgets for site review
  • Negotiate budgets and contracts with sites, Site Contracts Service Centre, SSUL, and sponsors
  • Perform quality control, arrange CTA execution, archive documents, and capture metadata
  • Administer contract management processes across protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreements
  • Generate amended contract and budget documents and streamline contract, proposal, and internal processes
  • Collaborate with Site Contract Service Center and Legal to align site contracts with sponsor master service agreement terms
  • Work with SSU lead, Clinical Operations, and Finance to validate departmental budget loads and backlog
  • Identify contract and process risks, provide solutions, and escalate deviations
  • Support business development and represent site contracts/SSU at internal or customer meetings
  • Track country/site contracting timelines and milestone progress in the SSU tracking system
  • Collaborate with legal, finance, and clinical operations teams on legal and budgetary issues
  • Maintain contract templates, budget templates, site-specific files, and databases
  • Serve as communication liaison regarding contract statuses and pending issues
  • Train and mentor less experienced staff and maintain training materials
  • Facilitate contract execution by company signatories
  • Monitor project financial aspects and contract hours/tasks, escalating discrepancies
  • Review and comply with SOPs and WIs and ensure timesheet compliance

Requirements:

  • BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Health, related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Advanced degree preferred
  • Moderate contracts management experience, including experience in a contract research organization or pharmaceutical industry
  • Management experience preferred
  • Strong knowledge of the clinical development process and legal and contracting parameters
  • Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Customer-focused and able to manage challenging priorities and remain flexible and adaptable in stressful situations
  • Excellent understanding of clinical trial process across Phases II-IV and ICH GCP
  • Good understanding of clinical protocols and associated study specifications
  • Excellent understanding of clinical trial start-up processes
  • Project management experience in a fast-paced environment
  • Good vendor management skills
  • Strong organizational skills with proven ability to handle multiple projects
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
  • Quality-driven in all managed activities
  • Strong negotiating skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Ability to mentor and motivate more junior staff
  • Ability to provide quality feedback and guidance to peers
  • Ability to contribute to a training and Quality assurance plan within SSU and update SOPs/WI
  • Ability to comply with SOPs, WIs, training records, and timesheet requirements

Benefits:

  • Career development and progression
  • Supportive and engaged line management
  • Technical and therapeutic area training
  • Peer recognition
  • Total rewards program
  • Inclusive culture
  • Reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, for employees or applicants with disabilities