Senior Site Contracts Lead – CRO/Pharma Experience

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

📋 Description

• Create, maintain, and revise training materials for the site contracts lead team and site contract negotiators.

• Act as a subject matter expert and point of escalation for global site contracting challenges.

• Supervise the negotiation and finalization of clinical study agreements, encompassing contractual terms, financial attachments, and investigator grant budgets.

• Monitor the status of contract and budget negotiations, escalating any out-of-parameter requests to sponsor decision-makers.

• Provide guidance to study teams and sponsor stakeholders on industry trends, associated risks, and mitigation strategies.

• Develop strategies for contract execution and project site-specific timelines for contractual execution.

• Facilitate communication and status updates among study team stakeholders and global site contract and budget negotiators.

• Prepare templates for site contracts, payment terms, negotiation guidelines, and processes.

• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with sponsors and internal project teams.

• Identify risks related to contracts, budgets, and operations, offering potential solutions.

• Generate and maintain document status reports while updating departmental tools and systems.

• Collaborate with legal, finance, and clinical operations teams.

• Oversee discussions about fair market value concerning investigator budgets and payment terms.

• Discover best practices, explore root causes, and propose effective solutions.

• Train and mentor junior staff on standard operating procedures (SOPs), processes, tools, and templates.

• Assist with help desk operations and issue resolution pathways.

• Lead internal training and process enhancement initiatives as necessary.

• Participate in business development presentations as a subject matter expert in site contracts and investigator budget management.

• Perform additional assigned tasks as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in CRO or Pharmaceutical environments.

• Familiarity with site contracts and management of investigator budgets.

• Proficiency in negotiating clinical study agreements (CTAs), contractual language, financial attachments, and investigator grant budgets.

• Understanding of global site contracting challenges and study initiation requirements.

• Awareness of industry trends, norms, and developments related to site contract and budget negotiations.

• Capability to forecast timelines for site-specific contractual execution.

• Skill in managing contractual and budgetary escalations.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with legal, finance, clinical operations, sponsors, and study teams.

• Capacity to train and mentor less experienced staff members.

• Some travel may be necessary, up to 25%.

• Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education may also be taken into account.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for career development and advancement.

• Supportive and engaged management.

• Training in technical skills and therapeutic areas.

• Peer recognition and a comprehensive rewards program.

• An inclusive company culture.

• Company vehicle or car allowance.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Eligibility for participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Potential to earn commissions/bonuses based on both company and individual performance.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO).

• Sick leave provisions.