Description
Syneos Health is seeking a Site Contract Specialist-II / Contract Manager II to work remotely in Mexico, Argentina, or Brazil. As a Site Contract Specialist-II / Contract Manager II, you will play a critical role in managing site contracts and budgets for clinical trials.
Job Responsibilities
- Review contract language and budgets for completeness and accuracy, and ensure that corrections are appropriately made and documented.
- Maintain internal project trackers with accurate and timely information to support overall transparency.
- Leverage fallback language provided by sponsor legal to effectively and accurately negotiate site contracting language.
- Negotiate Study budget utilizing the approved budget within approval parameters before escalation is required.
- Attend weekly internal and external progress meetings and provide updates and next steps on active contract negotiations.
- Collaborate with primary stakeholders to ensure goals and priorities are aligned as it relates to contract execution date and site activation timelines.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders throughout negotiating process.
- Identify contractual or operational risks early and proactively drive solutions.
- Prepare Contract and Budget Escalations as required.
- Draft and finalize documents for Studies-start up.
- Schedule and lead Kick-Off Meetings with the Study Team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Health, Life Sciences, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Demonstrated experience independently managing Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), CTA Amendments, site budget negotiations, and contract lifecycle management with minimal oversight.
- Strong understanding of CTA drafting and negotiation, contract templates and fallback language, budget development and negotiation strategies, and clinical trial start-up processes.
- Experience maintaining negotiation status and documentation within Sponsor clinical trial tracking systems.
- Excellent understanding of Phase II-IV clinical trials, ICH-GCP, and clinical development processes.
- Strong project management, organization, and prioritization skills.
- Exceptional negotiation, communication, and relationship-building abilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience supporting a Sponsor-Dedicated/FSP model.
- Leadership or mentoring experience (Senior level).
- CRO experience.
- Experience supporting process improvement initiatives within Site Start-Up or Site Contracts.
What You'll Love This Opportunity
This is more than a site contracts role,you'll become a trusted partner helping drive clinical studies from start-up to activation. You'll work alongside experienced legal, finance, and clinical operations professionals while supporting one dedicated Sponsor, allowing you to develop deep expertise and build lasting collaborative relationships.