Contract Manager - US - Remote

Worldwide Clinical Trials•Durham, NC

3d•$54,500 - $107,500•Remote

About The Position

The Contract Manager is responsible for the overall management of activities involved in the development/preparation and revision of the company’s contracts/change orders with its sponsors. The Contract Manager manages a variety of clinical, services and related local and global contracts in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, and sponsor requirements. The Contract Manager is responsible for the full life cycle of sponsor contracts/change orders (amendments), and will be responsible for preparing the contract by drafting and/or incorporating the associated budget, scope of work, and legal, financial, and operational terms, leading negotiations, ensuring adherence to master agreements, as well as providing advice to Worldwide’s business units and project teams on contract management and policy compliance matters. The Contract Manager will work with the Legal Department, Global Proposal Development, Business Development and Global Business Operations to review and develop master Service Agreements, statements of work, change order documents and service agreements. The Contract Manager is responsible for managing Worldwide’s contract and change order/amendment responses and associated sponsor communications. The Contract Manager must apply a working knowledge of contracting planning/strategy, and production. The Contract Manager must update study budgets and contract/change order documents based on analysis of sponsor requirements and ensure that a fully compliant response is developed and submitted within the prescribed deadlines. The Contract Manager is responsible for interacting with sponsors on all contracting/change order documents.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
Two to three years of direct experience with CRO or pharmaceutical data; sourcing, integration, analysis, and reporting.
Advanced Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Ability to work with minimal supervision with confidence.
Strong planning, strategizing, managing, monitoring, scheduling, and analytical skills.
Effective negotiation skills.
Strong interpersonal skills in a fast-paced, deadline oriented, and changing environment.
Strong Excel skills; ability to manipulate and modify budget toll and client bid grids as required.
Effective stakeholder management with cross functional teams for process improvement and/or change initiatives.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Business Development, Therapeutic Leaders, Operations, Finance and Legal departments to draft and finalize contracts/change orders and contract termination documents with sponsors.
Lead and participate in conference calls to negotiate terms of an agreement, including the study budget, with the sponsor.
Ensure the scope of work is defined correctly and reflected in the study budget.
Ensure any changes are integrated into the main study contract efficiently and accurately.
Revise final proposal budget to reflect agreed upon specifications to include minor changes to the budget including updates to sponsor bid grids, if used, to reflect the revised budget.
Develop and/or modify service description text in addition to original proposal text, which collectively becomes the core contract/exhibit.