# Sr. Site Contracts Associate

**Company**: IQVIA Biotech
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

IQVIA Biotech is seeking an experienced Senior Site Contracts Associate to manage contract strategy and oversee all start-up contracting activities for selected sponsors.

In this role, you will support complex studies and multi-protocol programs, ensuring high-quality delivery and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop complex investigator grant estimates, contracting strategies, and proposal text to support business development.

- Create and maintain contract and budget templates, systems, tools, processes, and training materials for complex studies and multi-protocol programs.

- Collaborate closely with sponsors, stakeholders, and RSU regional teams to ensure successful delivery of the project scope and compliance with sponsor requirements.

- Provide legal, operational, and financial contracting expertise to support site agreements and facilitate efficient study start-up and maintenance.

- Create and review scientific, technical, and administrative documentation required for study initiation.

- Assess the contracting landscape and contribute to the analysis and dissemination of contracting intelligence across the company.

- Ensure contracting efficiency, adherence to timelines, and achievement of financial targets.

- Track and report contracting performance metrics and out-of-scope activities.

- Partner with Quality Management to uphold high contract management and quality standards.

- Mentor and coach colleagues, delivering training and technical guidance.

- Present to clients and professional bodies as needed.

- Maintain accurate internal system documentation, including CTMS, trackers, and project plans.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with preferred clients, serving as liaison for key accounts when required.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (required).

- 5+ years of site contracting experience within a sponsor or CRO, including demonstrable experience as an international contract expert.

- Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience will be considered.

- Strong negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to challenge and influence.

- Excellent interpersonal skills and proven success working within matrix teams.

- Advanced legal, financial, and technical writing abilities.

- Solid understanding of clinical trial regulations, GCP/ICH, and the overall drug development process.

- Knowledge of local and global regulatory requirements, SOPs, and corporate standards.

- Ability to exercise independent judgment and take calculated risks.

- Strong project leadership skills and experience mentoring others.

- Excellent planning, organizational, and presentation skills.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office tools.

- Deep knowledge of clinical trial contract management processes.

- Proven experience leveraging metrics to establish timelines and deliverables.

- Ability to initiate and grow programs across departments to drive organizational impact.

What We Offer:

- Opportunity to work on global, high-complexity clinical programs.

- A collaborative, supportive, and growth-oriented environment.

- The chance to influence key clients and shape contracting strategy at scale.

- Career progression and professional development opportunities.

## Skills

### Required
- clinical trial contracting
- contract management
- regulatory requirements
- GCP/ICH
- Microsoft Office

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