Description
Develop the local contracting strategy and support the delivery of all required start-up contracting activities for selected sponsors, studies or multi-protocol programs as determined by the Sponsor’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and coordinate the development of investigator grants and estimates, contracting strategies and proposal text to support the proposal development process.
- Develop contract language, payment language and budget templates as required.
- Utilize and maintain contracting systems, tools, processes, and training materials for selected sponsors, studies or multi-protocol programs according to the Scope of Work and Project Plan, within the agreed project strategy.
- Ensure collaboration, including communication with sponsors, stakeholders and RSU regions and countries as applicable to the position, to successfully deliver the agreed project scope in compliance with sponsor requirements and/or the RSU Management Plan.
- Provide specialist legal, operational and financial contracting support to the Study Teams, as applicable to site agreements to facilitate efficient business development and initiation and maintenance of clinical trials, whilst enabling compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to the collection, interpretation, analysis and dissemination of accurate contracting intelligence to support assigned studies and the wider company, as required.
- Ensure overall contracting efficiency and adherence to project timelines and financial goals as applicable to site agreements.
- Report contracting performance metrics and out of scope contracting activities as required.
- May take a proactive role in developing long standing relationships with preferred IQVIA clients/customers.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
- 2-5 years of relevant sponsor or clinical research organization clinical site contracting experience, including demonstrable global and/or regional experience acting as a contract negotiator.
- Good negotiating and communication skills with ability to challenge.
- Good interpersonal skills and a strong team player.
- Strong legal, financial and/or technical writing skills.
- Strong understanding of regulated clinical trial environment and knowledge of drug development process.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment, taking calculated risks when making decisions.
- Good understanding of clinical trial contract management.
- Fluency in English and Polish.