Associate Investigator Grant Analyst

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Wilmington, NC

15d • $60,000 - $70,000 • Remote

About The Position

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. Summarized Purpose: Prepares, reviews and finalizes global investigator grant budget and payment schedule terms and conditions templates for multiple studies. Develops investigator grant budget negotiation parameters with clients, communicates client processes, procedures and negotiation parameters to local team members. Liaises and establishes effective relationships with clients and internal PPD functional teams and Contract Specialists as directed by Contract Managers. This is a fully remote position for applicants located in the United States of America. Essential Functions: Assists in the development of investigator grant budget grids for applicable countries in assigned studies inclusive of coordination with therapeutic and operational subject matter experts, as appropriate, to ensure proper grant development. Drafts applicable payment terms and condition templates for investigator grant budget grids. Coordinates internal/external approvals and feedback to investigator grant budget grids and payment schedules. Provides support for escalations with external clients for investigator budget development, process and negotiation parameters. Provides approved investigator grant grids and payment schedules, process and negotiation parameters to local teams. Coordinates with internal departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with investigator grant activities and mutually agreed upon timelines; ensures alignment of investigator budget negotiation process for sites and study are properly aligned to the critical path for site activation. Adheres to PPD’s target cycle times for site activations. Completes tracking and reporting as required. Job Complexity: Works on problems of limited scope. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Job Knowledge: Learns to use professional concepts. Applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues. Supervision Received Normally receives detailed instructions on all work. Business Relationships: Contacts are primarily with immediate supervisor, and other personnel in the department. Builds stable working relationships internally.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years). In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
• Basic understanding of the principles of investigator grant template drafting
• Capable of reviewing and analyzing a protocol schedule of events to draft applicable budget grid and payment schedules therefrom
• Basic understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good attention to detail
• Good math skills
• Capable of working independently or in a team environment
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Proven flexibility and adaptability
• Basic proficiency with negotiation and conflict management
• Possesses cross cultural awareness and is able to adapt appropriately
• Good customer service skills, demonstrating a customer focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration
• Basic experience with automated systems and computerized applications, such as, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, etc
• Capable of acting independently and leading functional studies with general oversight

Responsibilities

• Assists in the development of investigator grant budget grids for applicable countries in assigned studies inclusive of coordination with therapeutic and operational subject matter experts, as appropriate, to ensure proper grant development.
• Drafts applicable payment terms and condition templates for investigator grant budget grids.
• Coordinates internal/external approvals and feedback to investigator grant budget grids and payment schedules.
• Provides support for escalations with external clients for investigator budget development, process and negotiation parameters.
• Provides approved investigator grant grids and payment schedules, process and negotiation parameters to local teams.
• Coordinates with internal departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with investigator grant activities and mutually agreed upon timelines; ensures alignment of investigator budget negotiation process for sites and study are properly aligned to the critical path for site activation.
• Adheres to PPD’s target cycle times for site activations.
• Completes tracking and reporting as required.

Benefits

• This position will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.
• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan
• A wellness program, and valuable health incentive opportunities for company contributions to a Health Reimbursement Accounts (HSAs) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Tax-advantaged savings and spending accounts and commuter benefits
• Employee assistance programs
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO). 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and volunteer rime off in accordance with company policy.
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees