# Investigator Contracts Lead / Site Contracts Lead

**Company**: ICON
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a Site Contracts Lead at ICON, you will oversee and coordinate the preparation, negotiation, and execution of clinical trial agreements and budgets for assigned studies or portfolios.

**Responsibilities**

You will oversee contract management workstreams, ensuring deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations. Key responsibilities include:

- Managing end-to-end site contracting activities for assigned studies, including template use, negotiation, and execution tracking.

- Serving as a primary escalation point for contract issues, proposing solutions that balance sponsor, site, and internal requirements.

- Collaborating with legal, finance, and project teams to ensure alignment on contract language, budget assumptions, and risk positions.

- Monitoring contracting timelines and metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and driving corrective actions to improve cycle times.

- Providing guidance and oversight to Site Contracts Negotiators working on the same studies or programmes.

- Contributing to the development and refinement of contracting playbooks, templates, and standard processes.

**Your Profile**

You will have solid contract management experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team. Required qualifications and experience:

- Bachelor's degree in law, business, life sciences, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

- Strong experience in clinical site contracting or similar contract negotiation roles within CRO, pharma, or healthcare.

- Good understanding of clinical trial agreements, budget structures, and key legal and compliance considerations.

- Excellent negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.

- Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple studies and priorities.

- Collaborative mindset with experience guiding or coordinating the work of others.

**Rewards & Benefits**

ICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.

Benefits may include:

- Competitive base salary and performance related incentives

- Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable

- Retirement and pension plans

- Life assurance and disability coverage

- Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources

- Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

## Skills

### Required
- clinical trial agreements
- budget structures
- contract negotiation
- problem-solving
- communication

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