Site Head of Contracting

Simtra BioPharma Solutions•Bloomington, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Site Head of Contracting serves as the senior contracting leader for Simtra BioPharma Solutions’ Bloomington manufacturing site. The role provides strategic oversight of customer contracts, quality agreements, supplier contracts, and contracting operations. It partners with site leadership and business functions to support growth, ensure contractual and regulatory compliance, manage risk, and drive operational excellence in a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The position leads site contracting activities and serves as the primary contracting advisor to site leadership. It aligns site priorities with enterprise contracting strategy and governance, manages resources and workload allocation, and drives continuous improvement. The role leads negotiation of complex customer agreements and supports business development, program management, and operational teams in securing and growing customer relationships. The role also supports quality agreement strategy and execution, supplier contracting, and procurement and supply chain initiatives. It ensures adherence to contracting policies and governance standards, works with Legal, Quality, Procurement, Finance, and Operations to identify and mitigate risk, and leads and develops contracting professionals.

Requirements

Licensed attorney in good standing, with a JD or equivalent law degree, or a master’s degree in legal studies, business, or contract management experience.
At least 5 years of commercial contracting, legal, procurement, or contract management experience.
Demonstrated success negotiating complex commercial agreements.
Leadership experience managing cross-functional teams and stakeholder relationships.
Experience operating within a regulated industry.

Nice To Haves

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or CDMO experience.
Knowledge of GMP requirements and pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

Lead contracting activities supporting the Bloomington site and serve as the primary contracting advisor to site leadership.
Align site priorities with enterprise contracting strategy and governance.
Manage resources, workload allocation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Lead negotiation of complex customer agreements, including CDMO master services agreements, development agreements, manufacturing agreements, commercial supply agreements, amendments, and statements of work.
Support business development, program management, and operational teams in securing and growing customer relationships.
Support quality agreement strategy and execution, including Quality Technical Agreements (QTAs) and Supplier Quality Agreements (SQAs).
Ensure clear allocation of GMP, quality, and regulatory responsibilities.
Lead supplier contracting efforts supporting procurement and supply chain operations.
Support critical supplier negotiations and sourcing initiatives.
Ensure adherence to contracting policies, approval authorities, and governance standards.
Partner with Legal, Quality, Procurement, Finance, and Operations to identify and mitigate risk.
Lead and develop contracting professionals; establish performance goals, build organizational capability, and promote best practices across the contracting organization.