Site Contracts Lead, Sponsor-dedicated

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

📋 Description

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

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

• Supervise the negotiation and finalization of clinical study agreements, including contractual language, terms, financial components, and investigator grant budgets.

• Oversee the contract and budget negotiation status and manage escalations to sponsor decision-makers.

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

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

• Facilitate communications between study stakeholders and global site contract and budget negotiators.

• Prepare site contractual templates, payment terms, negotiation parameters, and processes.

• Identify operational risks and proactively create solutions.

• Maintain document status reports, departmental tools, systems, and documentation.

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

• Manage discussions regarding fair market value of investigator budgets and payment terms.

• Identify best practices, analyze root causes, and propose solutions.

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

• Support issue resolution through help desk services and other established pathways.

• Lead internal training sessions and process improvement initiatives as necessary.

• Participate in business development presentations as a subject matter expert.

• Carry out other work-related duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, a health-related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Significant experience in the CRO/pharmaceutical industry and related clinical trial knowledge, or experience in site start-up.

• Comprehensive understanding of applicable regulations, drug development, and clinical project management procedures.

• Excellent presentation, documentation, and interpersonal abilities.

• Proficient in MS Office, MS Project, Outlook, and Internet applications.

• Capability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and produce high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.

• Exceptional attention to detail.

• Effective oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to work independently to meet deadlines.

• Strong leadership capabilities and the ability to educate and mentor team members.

• Skilled at coaching employees to achieve performance goals.

• Solid background in issue resolution, meeting customer expectations, and promoting best practices at the organizational or customer portfolio level.

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for career development and advancement.

• Supportive and engaged line management.

• Training in technical and therapeutic areas.

• Recognition from peers.

• Comprehensive total rewards program.

• An inclusive workplace culture.

• Access to extensive resources, including emerging technologies, data, science, and knowledge sharing.

• Occasional travel may be necessary (up to 25%).