Description
Syneos Health is seeking a Sr Site Contracts Specialist/Contract Navigator to support the end-to-end contracting process for internal stakeholders and external parties.
The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational guidance, coordinate cross-functional activities, and help ensure contracts are executed efficiently, accurately, and in accordance with applicable policies, legal requirements, and ethical standards.
Core Responsibilities:
- Guide stakeholders through the contracting process to reduce administrative burden and accelerate project execution.
- Manage contract-related activities from intake through completion, including coordination, tracking, documentation, and issue resolution.
- Apply critical thinking to evaluate requests, clarify business needs, identify risks and gaps, and recommend appropriate paths forward.
- Exercise independent judgment and discretion when addressing complex, high-priority, or time-sensitive matters.
- Build and maintain productive relationships across a matrix organization, aligning stakeholders with different priorities, responsibilities, and decision-making authority.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner who can influence outcomes without direct authority and promote timely, transparent, and informed decisions.
- Coordinate with internal partner functions and external parties during contract development and negotiation, including discussion of business terms and financial considerations.
- Implement applicable strategies, standards, processes, and controls in alignment with business needs and operational objectives.
- Maintain visibility into contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and related activities so stakeholders can monitor project status, risks, and next steps.
- Proactively identify and resolve process, purchase order, invoice, and vendor issues, escalating when appropriate.
- Identify improvement opportunities, remove barriers, share best practices, and help develop scalable tools and processes.
- Promote customer focus, enterprise thinking, cross-functional collaboration, compliance, ethics, safety, and responsible risk management.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in science, business, law, operations, or a related field; a legal or paralegal credential is preferred.
- Five or more years of relevant experience in a regulated, contract-intensive, or similarly complex CRO environment working with site contracts, CDAs, HCP, Vendor Agreements, and/or other types of contracts.
- Demonstrated ability to think critically, analyze complex information, anticipate downstream impacts, and make well-reasoned recommendations.
- Experience working effectively in a matrix environment with cross-functional teams and shared accountability.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and deliver accurate results within established timelines.
- Demonstrated compliance aptitude, including the ability to interpret and apply policies, procedures, legal requirements, and ethical standards; recognize potential compliance risks; and escalate concerns appropriately.
- Experience with contract processes, purchasing, invoicing, vendor management, or related systems and tools is preferred.
Benefits:
- Company car or car allowance
- Health benefits, including Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Company match 401k
- Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
- Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time