Senior Contract Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Prepare, assess, negotiate, and finalize agreements with study sites.

• Negotiate investigator grant budgets, as well as contractual terms and conditions, adhering to approved parameters.

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

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

• Suggest alternative solutions for negotiations regarding Investigator Contracts.

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

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

• Meet target cycle times for site activations.

• Track and report activities as required.

• Train and mentor junior staff members.

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

• Serve as the country subject matter expert for Investigator Contracts 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 client projects for amendments/novation and oversee confidentiality agreement negotiations when necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Over 5 years of comparable experience.

• A combination of appropriate education, training, and/or relevant experience may be considered as an equivalency.

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

• Proficient verbal and written communication skills in English and the local language.

• Capability to negotiate investigator grant budgets within established negotiation parameters.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Excellent analytical and decision-making skills.

• Familiarity with pharmaceutical product development and the role of CROs.

• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.

• Solid organizational and time management skills.

• Working knowledge of PPD SOPs and WPDs.

• Competence in managing competing priorities and reviewing contractual risks and issues.

• Proficiency in using automated systems and computerized applications.

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

• Capacity to train and mentor staff independently.

• Ability to offer constructive feedback to Investigator Analysts.

• Strong problem-solving and risk analysis capabilities.

• Skill in negotiating Investigator Contracts in the best interests of both the company and the client.

• Ability to remain upright and/or stationary for 6–8 hours per day.

• Capability to perform repetitive hand movements.

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

• Ability to lift and carry weights of 15–20 lbs.

• Regular and consistent attendance is expected.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Global team environment.

• Opportunities for collaboration and professional development.