Manager, R&D Contract & Budget Management

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⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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ICON plc

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

ICON plc is a global provider of clinical, consulting, and commercial services across various sectors in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They offer a wide range of clinical solutions, including decentralised clinical trials, cardiac safety solutions, early clinical laboratories, and medical imaging. ICON also provides technology solutions that support drug development from early phases to post-marketing. Their therapeutic expertise spans cardiovascular, oncology, internal medicine, and more, with a strong focus on transformative therapies like cell and gene therapies and biosimilars. ICON is recognized as a leading Contract Research Organisation (CRO), regularly providing thought leadership and contributing to industry publications and events. Their services are tailored to optimize clinical trials, offer regulatory intelligence, and deliver real-world evidence through robust data analysis and patient-centric solutions.

📋 Description

• Manage day-to-day finance and financial and contract management activities • Draft and negotiate work order agreements, change order amendments, loan equipment agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and requests for proposals • Review, revise, and manage consulting, supplier, distributor, clinical, service, and other non-standard agreements • Escalate complex legal and factual matters to Legal and support issue resolution • Oversee contract lifecycle management, including maintaining contract files, managing the contract request system, tracking deliverables, and generating reports • Partner with business teams to prepare and execute CDA and NDA agreements • Lead onboarding and training for new Contract Managers • Train internal stakeholders on contract management systems and processes • Facilitate weekly and monthly contract status meetings • Prepare contract summaries and ensure compliant execution within service-level turnaround times • Support business contract requests and monitor execution timelines • Secure required internal approvals before execution • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and compliance

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech contract management or clinical budget management • Experience with vendor negotiations and CRO interactions • Proficiency in CLM systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba) • Strong analytical and cross-functional communication skills • Demonstrated understanding of contract lifecycle management processes, including drafting, review, approval workflows, and execution • Working knowledge of pharmaceutical/biotech regulatory requirements impacting R&D contracts (e.g., GxP, Sunshine Act, data privacy considerations) • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Strategic Sourcing, and R&D stakeholders • Ability to identify contractual risk and escalate appropriately • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple contracts and deadlines simultaneously • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with ability to analyze and summarize contract data • Experience supporting audits or compliance reviews related to contracting activities • Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret and apply company policies and procedures • Legal right to work in the country where the role is based

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance related incentives • Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable • Retirement and pension plans • Life assurance and disability coverage • Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources • Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways