Principal Contract Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the preparation, negotiation, and finalization of contracts related to assigned study-site workloads.

• Manage the most intricate site contracts.

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

• Negotiate investigator grant budgets, along with contractual terms and conditions within approved limits.

• Ensure adherence to negotiation parameters, approvals, contractual processes, budgetary guidance, templates, client expectations, and corporate policies.

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

• Offer recommendations and alternative solutions during contract negotiations.

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

• Align contract negotiations with the critical path for site activation to meet target cycle times.

• Provide training and mentorship to junior staff.

• Engage in country process-improvement initiatives and participate in country-team meetings.

• Serve as the country subject-matter expert for contract-training materials.

• Coordinate with Global Site Contracts to ensure alignment with global processes.

• Conduct periodic quality reviews and peer-feedback reports.

• Lead amendment/novation client projects and manage confidentiality-agreement negotiations.

• Own and oversee training plans and content for local teams and Contract Specialists.

• Draft and contribute to improvements and revisions of Investigator Contracts documents.

• Act as a point of escalation and liaison between Country Teams and the Global Site Contracts Team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent along with relevant formal academic or vocational qualifications.

• At least 8 years of relevant experience.

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

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

• Expertise in negotiating investigator grant budgets within defined negotiation parameters.

• Ability to independently train and mentor staff members.

• Capability to provide insights and feedback on country or regional budgetary trends.

• Strong problem-solving, risk-assessment, and impact-analysis skills.

• Capacity to multitask, prioritize conflicting demands, and resolve complex issues.

• Ability to escalate out-of-parameter issues and propose solutions.

• Skill in negotiating contracts that serve the best interests of both the company and the client.

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

• Proficiency in repetitive hand movements and the ability to make rapid, repeated motions with fingers, hands, and wrists.

• Frequent mobility; occasional crouching and stooping; frequent bending and twisting required.

• Ability to lift and carry 15–20 lbs.

• Competence in using in-house and commercially available computer software.

• Regular and consistent attendance is required.

• An equivalent combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience may fulfill the requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Global team environment.

• Opportunities for collaboration and professional development.

• Chance to contribute to scientific excellence and innovation.