Mgr, Clinical Vendor and Site Contracts

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Main point of contact and represent Company in vendor relationships
• Negotiate scope of work, product pricing, and contracts with vendors per various clinical projects
• Liaise with Company Business Development team to obtain proposals from vendors in alignment with Sponsor's RFP scope and timelines
• Develop and implement vendor selection programs, preferred partnerships, and volume discounts
• Liaise with vendor, Company project team, and Sponsor
• Coordinate vendor management activities and processes
• Suggest vendor management processes, policies, and methods
• Track, review, and approve vendor invoices
• Reconcile vendor budgets
• Amend, renew, and close out vendor contracts
• Maintain internal vendor archiving and documentation
• Update contract terms of existing vendors
• Liaise with Company Business Development team to estimate investigator grants for Sponsor RFPs based on adequate scope of work, clinical trial protocol and other clinical trial information
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize site contracts and amendments for various awarded clinical projects
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize site budgets and amendments for various awarded clinical projects
• Track institutional costs and legal language for contracts across multiple sites per industry FMV
• Track, review, and approve site invoices
• Communicate and work effectively with clinical sites regarding pricing (including vendor pricing), patient stipends, advertising, enrollment, study start dates, etc.) and legal terms via email and phone
• Establish master service agreements, as necessary
• Develop and negotiate rate cards for MSAs, as necessary

Qualifications

• Previous work experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal terms including MSAs, work order, POs, amendments, etc.
• Previous work experience executing contracts and document signatures
• Previous work experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating unit costs and total budgets
• Previous work experience with vendors/third parties
• Clinical Research experience preferred
• Reading and understanding vendor scope from protocol/RFP
• Previous work experience with creating budgets and estimating costs without a pricing tool system
• Experience with subject procedures and site fees

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 5+ years of clinical contracting and budgeting experience

Skills and/or Abilities

• Strong analytical skills and ability to extrapolate budget calculations
• Strong skills and working knowledge in Microsoft Excel
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented and ability to QC/find errors
• Quick decision making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to set timelines and adhere to turnaround times
• Ability to offer improved customer service