Description
Syneos Health is seeking a Site Contracts Lead to join their team in Shanghai. The successful candidate will administer all contract management processes, including coordination with relevant protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreement documents at a project level.
Responsibilities:
- Administer all contract management processes
- Lead multi-country projects, including negotiating and preparing contracts, budgets, and related documents
- Provide support to SSUL to agree on country template contract and budget
- Produce site-specific contracts from country template
- Perform quality control and arrange execution of CTAs
- Review contracts for completeness and accuracy
- Provide support to business development and represent site contracts/SSU at internal or customer meetings
- Work with Contract Managers and team members on active project management of ongoing contract issues
- Support in generating amended contract and/or budget documents as necessary
- Streamline contract/proposal or internal processes
- Introduce creative ideas and solutions
- Work within forecasted country/site contracting timelines
- Ensure compliance with timelines and track milestone progress
- Collaborate with internal and external legal, finance, and clinical operations departments
- Facilitate execution of contracts by company signatories
- Maintain contract templates and site-specific files and databases
- Train and mentor less experienced staff members
- Monitor basic financial aspects of the project
- Escalate discrepancies in a timely fashion
- Review and comply with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs)
Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Health, or related field
- High level of contracts management experience
- Experience in a contract research organization or pharmaceutical industry essential
- Strong knowledge of clinical development process and legal and contracting parameters
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite
- Customer-focused and ability to manage challenging priorities
- Excellent understanding of clinical trial process across Phases II-IV and ICH GCP
- Good understanding of clinical protocols and associated study specifications
- Excellent understanding of clinical trial start-up processes
- Project management experience in a fast-paced environment
- Good vendor management skills
- Excellent written/oral communication, presentation, documentation, interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills with proven ability to handle multiple projects
- Quality-driven in all managed activities
- Strong negotiating skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to mentor, lead, and motivate more junior staff