Administrator, Clinical Contracts

Neurocrine Biosciences • San Diego, CA

5d • $40 - $55

About The Position

Responsible for supporting clinical contracts administration for vendors and clinical sites, including budgets, negotiation process and contract execution. Works with legal department to ensure clinical contracts are reviewed and fully executed in a timely manner. Supports administration of clinical contracts (invoicing, timelines, tracking, reporting, issues, etc.) for assigned project(s). Serves as primary contact with sites for contracts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field AND 2+ years of of contracts administration or similar transactional experience in a role that requires direct interaction with vendors, providers, and internal stakeholders
• Understands Neurocrine's business objectives and develop understanding of Neurocrine's services and customers
• Experience in specific functional discipline while working to acquire higher-level knowledge and skills
• Comfortable with tools and processes that support work conducted by functional area
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Strong computer skills
• Strong communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills
• Must be detail oriented
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines across a variety of projects/programs, with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency
• Understands Neurocrine's business objectives and develop understanding of Neurocrine's services and customers
• Ability to read and interpret contracts, ensure contract language / terms meet company standards
• Good contract administration skills, including budgeting, billing/invoicing, issue resolution, point of contact for CRO
• Knowledge of clinical contract accounting and budgeting process
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and experience supporting multiple teams
• Knowledge of Clinical Trial process, regulations and guidelines

Responsibilities

• Supports clinical trial contract process and administration, may review contracts and recommend changes and/or identifying issues for escalation
• Ensures on-time processing of assigned clinical contracts from initial request through execution in accordance with the project timelines
• Provides both legal and clinical operations support in administering clinical contracts and collecting site/vendor documents as needed
• For studies that are outsourced, administers CRO contract(s), supports site and budget agreement activities and interacts with CRO periodically to answer general questions
• Develop Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA) templates and budget grids for clinical studies as needed
• Sends CTA template, budget grid and supporting documentation to sites
• Submits web requests and coordinates with Legal Department on execution of CTAs
• Collaborates with Head of Clinical Operations (or designee) in processing work orders, service agreements, consulting agreements, license agreements, MSAs and CDAs
• Monitors and negotiate budgets with clinical sites based on predefined parameters
• Collaborates with finance/accounting departments in support of contract budgets, invoice tracking and review quarter end reporting for accuracy
• Processes invoices associated with clinical trials and ensures payments are made based on executed contracts
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• retirement savings plan (with company match)
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees