Senior Change Orders Associate

About the role

Premier Research is looking for a Senior Change Orders Associate to join our Proposal & Contracts team. You will help biotech, medtech, and specialty pharma companies transform life-changing ideas and breakthrough science into new medicines, devices, and diagnostics. What we do is profoundly connected to saving and improving lives, and we recognize our team members are the most valuable asset in delivering success. We are here to help you grow, to give you the skills and opportunities to excel at work with the flexibility and balance your life requires. Your ideas influence the way we work, and your voice matters here.

Responsibilities

• Promote commercial and operational success through collaboration with operational departments to ensure appropriate budget development for all clinical change orders.
• Effectively interface with the Business Development group, Finance group, the Contract Development group, Global Project Managers, and Regional Project Managers to achieve an accurate and appropriate budget.
• Manage the budget development lifecycle for Change Order budgets, as needed, throughout the study.
• Ensure appropriate contributors are involved, set budget development schedules, coordinate and collate input to meet final budget timelines; identify, assess, resolve, and/or escalate issues as needed.
• Prepare appropriate resource/service fees using algorithms and electronic spreadsheets, which may also include assisting in departmental reviews, analyzing final costs, and providing feedback to appropriate stakeholders for input.
• If requested, work with Business Development or Project Management to interact with or present Change Order budget to customers.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or its international equivalent, preferably in the Sciences or Business Administration/Marketing, from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five years’ relevant industry experience, which includes a minimum of three years’ experience in the budget development process.
• Demonstrates an understanding of CRO services, including knowledge of the processes and procedures for conducting a clinical trial, to ensure the production of an appropriate Final or Change Order budget.
• Good mathematics skills, including the ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages; and the ability to apply basic concepts of accounting and finance.
• Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and Word.
• Ability to multitask and work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and time-management skills, able to prioritize work to meet deadlines.