Senior Director, Global Site Contracts

BeiGene

9d•$206,200 - $276,200

About The Position

The Senior Director, Global Site Contracts is a strategic leadership position responsible for the global oversight, execution, and continuous improvement of clinical site contracting activities supporting sponsored clinical trials worldwide. This role provides leadership for site contract strategy, governance, operational delivery, and process optimization across all regions to ensure rapid study startup, compliant contract execution, and high-quality operational performance. The position partners closely with Clinical Operations, Legal, Finance, Global R&D Sourcing, Compliance, CROs, and external institutions to establish and maintain scalable contracting processes, global standards, negotiation strategies, and performance metrics. The role is expected to drive operational excellence through innovative solutions, standardized methodologies, data-driven decision-making, and strong stakeholder alignment. As a member of the Clinical Business Operations leadership team, this individual contributes to organizational strategy, workforce planning, vendor management, and functional transformation initiatives that support the evolving needs of the clinical development portfolio.

Requirements

Scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and share a passionate interest in fighting cancer.
Experience in fighting cancer.
Experience in clinical site contracting activities.
Experience in clinical trial startup.
Experience in contract execution.
Experience in process optimization.
Experience in global standards.
Experience in negotiation strategies.
Experience in performance metrics.
Experience in driving operational excellence.
Experience in innovative solutions.
Experience in standardized methodologies.
Experience in data-driven decision-making.
Experience in stakeholder alignment.
Experience in organizational strategy.
Experience in workforce planning.
Experience in vendor management.
Experience in functional transformation initiatives.
Experience in managing a global team.
Experience in developing and enhancing policies, procedures, and systems.
Experience in ensuring compliance, quality, and efficiency.
Experience in providing training, mentorship, and supervision.
Experience in developing and executing global strategy, vision, governance framework, and operating model for Clinical Site Contracts.
Experience in aligning with Global Clinical Operations (GCO) objectives and portfolio priorities.
Experience as a member of a Clinical Business Operations Leadership Team.
Experience in contributing to functional strategy, organizational planning, risk management, and operational excellence initiatives.
Experience in developing and overseeing global governance models, portfolio plans, project plans, and operational frameworks.
Experience in determining, implementing, and continuously evolving global policies, procedures, SOPs, templates, playbooks, and best practices for site contract management.
Experience in identifying and maintaining a globally consistent contract negotiation model.
Experience in providing global oversight and accountability for the management of all clinical contract agreements.
Experience in ensuring timely development, negotiation, execution, amendment, maintenance, and close-out of global site contracts.
Experience serving as the senior escalation point for complex contractual negotiations, site-specific issues, and institutional contracting challenges.
Experience directly participating in high-priority or complex site negotiations.
Experience maintaining oversight of contract quality, compliance, and execution consistency across all regions and programs.
Experience partnering with Clinical Operations, CROs, and study teams to identify country-, site, and study-specific contracting risks.
Experience developing and implementing proactive risk mitigation strategies.
Experience conducting regular risk reviews against study and portfolio milestones.
Experience leveraging contracting intelligence, market insights, and operational metrics.
Experience providing strategic oversight and guidance on study startup activities and contracting dependencies.
Experience collaborating closely with Clinical Operations, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Tax, Procurement, Clinical Outsourcing, and Development stakeholders.
Experience partnering with Contract Managers, Legal Counsel, Contract Associates, and Site Contract leaders.
Experience maintaining effective relationships with investigator sites, institutions, CROs, vendors, and strategic partners.
Experience communicating contract status, negotiation progress, key risks, and critical path issues to senior leadership and study stakeholders.
Experience serving as the primary escalation and decision-making point for complex contract and site budget issues.
Experience partnering with Site Payments, Finance, and Clinical Operations leaders.
Experience leading project review and governance meetings.
Experience reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting contract negotiation reports, financial metrics, and operational performance indicators.
Experience ensuring budget and contract strategies support both business objectives and site relationship needs.
Experience overseeing governance and performance of contract service providers, FSP partners, CROs, and external vendors.
Experience establishing and monitoring KPIs, SLAs, quality standards, and productivity measures.
Experience leading ongoing process improvement initiatives.
Experience implementing productivity improvements through comprehensive metric collection, reporting, benchmarking, and data analysis.
Experience developing and maintaining performance dashboards and operational reporting.
Experience partnering with Digital Clinical Operations and technology teams.
Experience ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, ICH-GCP requirements, company policies, legal standards, and industry best practices.
Experience maintaining current knowledge of evolving global regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.
Experience providing guidance to internal stakeholders and external partners regarding regulatory and contractual requirements.
Experience ensuring inspection readiness, audit preparedness, and adherence to quality standards.
Experience leading, mentoring, and developing a global organization of Site Contract professionals.
Experience providing supervisory oversight including recruitment, onboarding, training, coaching, performance management, succession planning, workload balancing, resource allocation, and career development.
Experience building and evolving organizational structure.
Experience ensuring departmental productivity, performance targets, staffing requirements, and service levels are achieved.
Experience fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning.

Nice To Haves

Global Competencies: Fosters Teamwork, Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback, Self-Awareness, Acts Inclusively, Demonstrates Initiative, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Continuous Learning, Embraces Change, Results-Oriented, Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis, Financial Excellence, Communicates with Clarity.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the Global Contracts Management team
Oversee activities related to the execution of clinical site contract documents and associated processes.
Develop and enhance policies, procedures, and systems that optimize contracting operations
Ensure compliance, quality, and efficiency across global contracting activities
Provide training, mentorship, and supervision to the contracts team
Develop and execute the global strategy, vision, governance framework, and operating model for Clinical Site Contracts, ensuring alignment with Global Clinical Operations (GCO) objectives and portfolio priorities
Serve as a member of the Clinical Business Operations Leadership Team, contributing to functional strategy, organizational planning, risk management, and operational excellence initiatives
Develop and oversee global governance models, portfolio plans, project plans, and operational frameworks that support efficient and compliant clinical site contracting activities
Determine, implement, and continuously evolve global policies, procedures, SOPs, templates, playbooks, and best practices for site contract management
Identify and maintain a globally consistent contract negotiation model that balances speed, compliance, quality, and business needs across regions
Provide global oversight and accountability for the management of all clinical contract agreements, including but not limited to: Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), Investigator Agreements, Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs), Site Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Pharmacy Agreements, Ancillary Agreements, Consulting Agreements, Subcontractor Agreements, Other agreements supporting the clinical trial lifecycle.
Ensure timely development, negotiation, execution, amendment, maintenance, and close-out of global site contracts in support of study startup and study conduct milestones
Serve as the senior escalation point for complex contractual negotiations, site-specific issues, and institutional contracting challenges
Directly participate in high-priority or complex site negotiations when required
Maintain oversight of contract quality, compliance, and execution consistency across all regions and programs
Partner with Clinical Operations, CROs, and study teams to identify country-, site, and study-specific contracting risks that could impact startup timelines, enrollment, or study execution
Develop and implement proactive risk mitigation strategies to accelerate study startup and reduce contracting delays
Conduct regular risk reviews against study and portfolio milestones, identifying and escalating potential risks to timelines and deliverables
Leverage contracting intelligence, market insights, and operational metrics to support study feasibility, planning, and startup execution
Provide strategic oversight and guidance on study startup activities and contracting dependencies across the portfolio
Collaborate closely with Clinical Operations, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Tax, Procurement, Clinical Outsourcing, and Development stakeholders to ensure successful execution of clinical trial contracting strategies
Partner with Contract Managers, Legal Counsel, Contract Associates, and Site Contract leaders throughout the contract lifecycle to resolve issues and drive timely agreement execution
Maintain effective relationships with investigator sites, institutions, CROs, vendors, and strategic partners
Communicate contract status, negotiation progress, key risks, and critical path issues to senior leadership and study stakeholders on a regular basis
Serve as the primary escalation and decision-making point for complex contract and site budget issues
Partner with Site Payments, Finance, and Clinical Operations leaders to ensure alignment between negotiated budgets, payment terms, and contractual obligations.
Lead project review and governance meetings focused on contract performance, financial outcomes, startup effectiveness, and portfolio success
Review, analyze, and interpret contract negotiation reports, financial metrics, and operational performance indicators
Ensure budget and contract strategies support both business objectives and site relationship needs
Oversee governance and performance of contract service providers, FSP partners, CROs, and external vendors supporting clinical site contracting activities.
Establish and monitor KPIs, SLAs, quality standards, and productivity measures for internal teams and external partners
Maintain and strengthen strategic relationships with key internal stakeholders, investigator sites, institutions, and vendors
Support enterprise and portfolio-level stakeholder engagement through transparent communication, issue resolution, and operational leadership.
Drive solution-oriented approaches to address study, site, vendor, and departmental challenges
Lead ongoing process improvement initiatives to enhance contract cycle times, quality, scalability, and overall operational efficiency
Implement productivity improvements through comprehensive metric collection, reporting, benchmarking, and data analysis
Develop and maintain performance dashboards and operational reporting to support executive decision-making
Partner with Digital Clinical Operations and technology teams to optimize contract lifecycle management systems, workflows, automation, and reporting capabilities
Champion innovation and continuous improvement to support expanding portfolio demands and organizational growth
Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, ICH-GCP requirements, company policies, legal standards, and industry best practices
Maintain current knowledge of evolving global regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements impacting clinical site contracting activities
Provide guidance to internal stakeholders and external partners regarding regulatory and contractual requirements as appropriate
Ensure inspection readiness, audit preparedness, and adherence to quality standards across the Clinical Site Contracts function
Lead, mentor, and develop a global organization of Site Contract
Provide supervisory oversight including recruitment, onboarding, training, coaching, performance management, succession planning, workload balancing, resource allocation, and career development
Build and evolve the organizational structure required to meet current and future business needs
Ensure departmental productivity, performance targets, staffing requirements, and service levels are achieved
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning.