Clinical Trial Budget/Contract Manager

About the role

The job provides professional support for pre-award and/or post-award activities relating to grant and contract proposals and funding within a department or unit. Pre-award activities include research, preparing applications, and editing proposals. Post-award activities include compliance monitoring, payment processing, and salary allocations.

Responsibilities

• Build and negotiate clinical trial budgets and contract terms, on behalf of faculty and the Division, with industry, federal, and private funding agencies.
• Advise Division faculty and staff on matters related to clinical trial budgets and contracts in a clear and professional manner.
• Read and interpret clinical trial study documents including Protocol, Budget, Contract, Informed Consent, and Laboratory Manual.
• Facilitate timely execution of agreements.
• Successfully interact with other departments, core facilities, and administrative offices to ensure efficient operation at all levels.
• Establishes professional relationships with pharmaceutical, CRO, and non-profit counterparts to facilitate amicable and timely negotiations.
• Ensures document harmonization and compliance and facilitates timely execution of agreements.
• Contributes to data analysis, using established and novel metrics, to advance Unit and Division efficiency and profitability.
• Maintains oversight of Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions and approval of clinical trial protocol amendments.
• Manages multiple concurrent projects, paying special attention to competing deadlines, complexity, and priority.
• Reviews all applications against University guidelines, in addition to drafting progress reports, non-competing applications, amendments, and budgeting.
• Handles straightforward post-award activities including account creations, regulatory and compliance monitoring, salary allocations, effort reporting, grant projections, cost allocations, cost center charges, equipment inventory, invoice preparation, grant closing process, and account closing.
• Sets up new funding opportunities and ensures that notices of relevant opportunities are brought to faculty attention.
• Works with sponsors to draft proposal budgets in accordance with University needs, with a moderate level of guidance and direction.
• Prepares summaries of grants and effort allocations for Principal Investigators, meets with them and responds to their questions.

Requirements

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field. Knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline are preferred.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to multi-task on frequent and constantly changing demands.
• Able to effectively communicate with faculty, graduate students and various administrative offices at all levels in the University.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• An attention to detail.
• Able to meet deadlines.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• Able to resolve problems.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$75,000.00 - $100,000.00

Schedule

40 hours per week