Senior Contract Manager

🔥 13 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $89.6k - $166.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Novartis

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1996

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Pharmaceuticals • Biotechnology • Healthcare Insurance

Novartis is an innovative medicines company dedicated to reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. With a presence in over 250 million patients worldwide, Novartis focuses on harnessing scientific breakthroughs to develop transformative, high-value treatments in areas such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases, immunology, neuroscience, and oncology. The company is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and aims to create a positive impact through societal contributions and environmental sustainability efforts. Furthermore, Novartis engages in research collaborations and embraces modern technology platforms to advance their research and development capabilities, making them a leader in the global healthcare industry.

📋 Description

• Independently negotiate and execute complex clinical trial agreements, including Master Agreements and Confidentiality Agreements • Develop, review, and finalize clinical trial budgets, ensuring alignment with fair market value principles • Lead contract and budget negotiations with investigational sites to achieve timely contract execution and study start-up goals • Resolve stalled negotiations and provide strategic support to Contract Managers to maintain study timelines • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including Legal, Regulatory, Quality, and Clinical teams • Identify, assess, and communicate contractual and budgetary risks to key stakeholders for approval • Collaborate with global and local teams to resolve complex contractual challenges efficiently • Analyze grant plans and budget proposals to support accurate and compliant financial decisions • Drive continuous improvement by identifying trends and leading initiatives to enhance contracting processes • Partner with clinical teams and vendors to optimize budgets and deliver cost-saving opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, legal, finance, science, or related field • 5+ years of experience in contract management within clinical trials or pharmaceuticals • Proven expertise in negotiating clinical trial agreements and complex contracts independently • Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical industry regulations and United States privacy requirements • Excellent analytical, organizational, and project management skills with strong attention to detail • Advanced negotiation and conflict resolution skills in complex, multi-stakeholder environments • Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization with global and cross-functional teams • Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a customer-focused mindset

🏖️ Benefits

• health, life and disability benefits • 401(k) with company contribution and match • variety of other benefits • generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves