Senior Clinical Budget Analyst

Penumbra • Alameda, CA

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Clinical Budget Analyst will provide key support to the Clinical Research Department for Penumbra clinical trials and act as a core liaison between the Clinical Research and Legal Departments within Penumbra.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, finance, legal, or related field with 8+ years of clinical budget or similar relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong organizational skills
• Experience in creating and negotiating budgets
• Familiarity with clinical trial agreements (contracts)
• Ability to process a high volume of work and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment is essential
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail necessary
• Outstanding written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills are required
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize assignments while handling various projects simultaneously

Nice To Haves

• Clinical research experience in a medical device, pharmaceutical or comparable regulated environment desirable but not essential
• Creative problem-solving skills are highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Lead the process of clinical study budget negotiations with the clinical study sites (e.g., hospitals) for multiple clinical studies.
• Develop, review, and negotiate budgets and amendments for clinical trial sites.
• Serve as a primary point of contact between the Clinical Research and Legal teams by submitting contract requests for clinical and investigator-sponsored studies and coordinating with all parties until finalization.
• Provide management with regular updates on site start-up progress and strategic implications.
• Identify and communicate any potential or actual delays, recommending solutions to keep projects on schedule.
• Maintain ongoing communication with clinical project managers and study teams to provide timely status updates.
• Proactively identifies potential issues that may arise with budget and contract negotiations and proposes potential solutions or options.
• Provide training and support for complex budget topics to junior team members.
• Identify and participate in ongoing process improvement initiatives when appropriate (i.e., new templates/processes, etc.).
• Enter dates and comments for budget and contract in Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) in a timely manner.
• Partner closely with the Legal team to manage timelines and expectations for new and changing clinical studies on a regular basis.
• Adhere to the Company’s Quality Management System (QMS) as well as domestic and global quality system regulations, standards, and procedures.
• Understands relevant security, privacy, and compliance principles and adheres to the regulations, standards, and procedures that are applicable to the Company.
• Ensure other members of the department follow the QMS, regulations, standards, and procedures.
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• AD&D
• short and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) with employer match
• paid parental leave
• eleven paid company holidays per year
• a minimum of fifteen days of accrued vacation per year, which increases with tenure
• paid sick time in compliance with applicable law(s)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior