Principal Contract Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the preparation, negotiation, and completion of contracts for designated sites.

• Manage the most intricate contract sites.

• Draft, evaluate, negotiate, and finalize study-site agreements.

• Negotiate investigator grant budgets and contract terms within approved guidelines.

• Ensure adherence to negotiation guidelines, approvals, processes, and client expectations.

• Maintain compliance with budgetary guidance, templates, and processes.

• Identify, evaluate, and escalate legal, financial, and operational risks.

• Offer recommendations and alternative solutions for contract negotiations.

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

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

• Meet target cycle times for site activations.

• Provide training and mentorship to junior team members.

• Participate in country process improvement initiatives and country team meetings.

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

• Coordinate with Global Site Contracts to ensure compliance with global processes and corporate directives.

• 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 suggest enhancements and revisions to Investigator Contracts documents.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Over 8 years of relevant experience.

• Consideration may be given to equivalency through a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience.

• Proficient communication skills in English and the local language.

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

• Capability to negotiate investigator grant budgets within established parameters.

• Ability to independently train and mentor staff members.

• Capacity to provide insights on country or regional budgetary trends.

• Skills in problem-solving, risk assessment, and impact analysis.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize competing demands, and resolve complex issues.

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

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

• Ability to work upright and/or stationary for 6–8 hours daily.

• Capability to perform repetitive hand movements.

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

• Ability to lift and carry 15–20 lbs.

• Proficient in using in-house and off-the-shelf computer software.

• Capacity to communicate, listen, and comprehend information presented verbally.

• Regular and consistent attendance is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Global team environment.

• Opportunities for collaboration and development.

• Commitment to scientific excellence.