Site Contracts Specialist II/Sr – Sponsor Dedicated

Posted 15hrs ago

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Site Contracts Specialist managing contracts, budgets, and negotiations for Syneos Health’s sponsored clinical trials. Coordinating site start-up, legal, finance, and clinical operations stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

  • Administer contract management processes, coordinating protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreement documents at project level
  • Lead, with supervision, multi-country projects involving negotiation and preparation of contracts, budgets, and related documents for industry-sponsored clinical trials
  • Support agreement on country template contracts and budgets and produce site-specific contracts
  • Support negotiation of budgets and contracts with sites, Site Contracts Service Centre, SSUL, and Sponsors
  • Perform quality control, arrange execution of CTAs, archive documents, and capture metadata
  • Review contracts for completeness and accuracy and ensure corrections are made and documented
  • Support business development and represent site contracts/Site Start-Up at internal or customer meetings
  • Actively manage ongoing contract issues with Contract Managers and team members and follow up on outstanding issues
  • Generate amended contract and budget documents and streamline contract, proposal, and internal processes
  • Track country/site contracting timelines and milestone progress in the agreed SSU tracking system
  • Collaborate with legal, finance, and clinical operations departments on legal and budgetary issues
  • Facilitate contract execution by company signatories
  • Maintain contract templates, site-specific files, and databases
  • Train and mentor less experienced staff on departmental SOPs and maintain training materials
  • Act as communication liaison between site contracts staff and internal and external customers
  • Monitor basic project financial aspects and contract hours/tasks and escalate discrepancies
  • Review and comply with SOPs and WIs, update training records, 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
  • High level of contracts management experience
  • Experience in a contract research organization or pharmaceutical industry essential
  • 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
  • Excellent written/oral communication, presentation, documentation, interpersonal, and team-orientation skills
  • Strong organizational skills with proven ability to handle multiple projects
  • Strong negotiating and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to mentor, lead, 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/WIs

Benefits:

  • Career development and progression
  • Supportive and engaged line management
  • Technical and therapeutic area training
  • Peer recognition
  • Total rewards program
  • Inclusive culture