Senior Contracts Manager FSP

The Senior Contracts Manager is responsible for reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and tracking various legal agreements related to clinical studies, working closely with study teams and serving as a subject matter expert in site contract management.

Location: United States

Salary: $110,700—$166,100 USD

Responsibilities

• Establish process and procedures for overall site contract management in the organization.
• Review, draft and negotiate a variety of agreements including master services agreements, site contracts, consulting agreements, vendor agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other client contracts.
• Escalate and resolve complex issues with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Negotiate site budget.
• Provide guidance to business teams regarding operational implications of contract terms.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures and contracting standards.
• Update relevant study team members regarding the status of contract negotiations and execution.
• Establish, track, report and manage site contract metrics.
• Coordinate execution of agreements and track agreement expirations and other obligations.
• Support the maintenance of contract files and databases, including contract archiving.
• Assist in designing and implementing policies and procedures to affect the timely execution of contracts.
• Recognize where processes can be improved and take corrective action.
• Mentor and/or Ambassador for new SCMs and Precision for Medicine staff.
• Other tasks, as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate, postgraduate, 4-year college degree
• Equivalent experience ideally in a scientific or healthcare discipline
• Relevant experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating site Clinical Trial Agreements, vendor contracts and site Budget negotiations, but no less than 7 years’ experience.
• Experienced leading interactions with US/European/APAC or other regions institutions
• Experienced leading interactions with Study Teams and Sponsor

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Health insurance
• Retirement savings benefits
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Paid time off for sick leave and vacation