FSP Bench Contract Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Malaysia.

📋 Description

• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize agreements with study sites.

• Negotiate investigator grant budgets, as well as contractual terms and conditions within established parameters.

• Ensure adherence to negotiation parameters, authority approvals, contractual processes, client expectations, budget guidelines, templates, and procedures.

• Identify and evaluate legal, financial, and operational risks, escalating issues as necessary.

• Offer recommendations and alternative solutions for investigator contract negotiations.

• Collaborate with internal functional departments regarding site startup activities and contractual timelines.

• Align contract negotiations with the critical path for site activation.

• Meet target cycle times for site activations.

• Escalate issues that fall outside established parameters through the appropriate channels.

• Work with sites and internal functional teams to facilitate efficient contract delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent relevant academic or vocational qualification.

• Prior experience equivalent to 2–5 years.

• Consideration for equivalency through a blend of relevant education, training, and/or directly related experience may be given.

• Strong understanding of contract law, including business, intellectual property, local tax, and stamp laws.

• Capability to apply fundamental principles of investigator grant negotiation.

• General comprehension of business and financial principles associated with service agreements.

• Effective communication skills in both English and the local language.

• Proficiency in drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary matters within set parameters.

• Keen attention to detail.

• Excellent analytical skills and decision-making abilities.

• Understanding of pharmaceutical product development and the role of Contract Research Organizations (CROs).

• Ability to work autonomously or within a team setting.

• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Familiarity with PPD Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Work Practice Documents (WPD).

• Capability to manage competing priorities and assess contractual risks and issues.

• Proficient in using automated systems and computer applications.

• Customer-oriented communication, problem-solving, and collaboration abilities.

• Capacity to work upright and/or stationary for 6–8 hours each day.

• Ability to perform repetitive hand movements and execute rapid, repeated movements of fingers, hands, and wrists.

• Frequent mobility and occasional crouching, stooping, bending, and twisting.

• Ability to lift and carry 15–20 lbs.

• Competence in accessing and using computer software.

• Regular and consistent attendance is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully Remote.

• Full-time employment.