Associate Contract Specialist

🔥 15 minutes ago

🇲🇽 Mexico – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

✨ Contract Specialist

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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10,000+ employees

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🏥 Healthcare

Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals • Healthcare

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with a stated mission to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The company provides a broad portfolio of laboratory instruments, analytical technologies, diagnostics, consumables, software and services that support life‑sciences research, analytical testing, clinical diagnostics and the development and manufacture of therapies. Its operations and offerings (as described on its site and in its news) include advanced imaging and electron microscopes, chromatography and mass‑spectrometry systems, genetic and clinical testing, lab automation and AI tools, bioprocessing and contract development/manufacturing services (brands cited include Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Gibco, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD). Thermo Fisher reports annual revenue over $45 billion and emphasizes corporate social responsibility, environmental and community programs alongside its scientific products and services.

📋 Description

• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize amendments and budgets with study sites • Negotiate investigator grant budgets, contractual terms, and conditions within approved parameters • Follow contractual considerations, client requirements, established processes, and escalation routes • Ensure compliance with negotiation parameters, authority approvals, contractual processes, budget guidance, templates, and client expectations • Coordinate with internal functional departments on site startup activities and contractual timelines • Align contract negotiation activities with the critical path for site activation • Achieve target cycle times for site activations • Escalate out-of-parameter issues efficiently • Complete tracking and reporting and assist other specialists with tracking and reporting

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification • Previous experience comparable to 0–2 years • Basic understanding of clinical trial agreements • Basic ability to apply principles of investigator grant negotiation • General understanding of business and financial principles related to service agreements • Effective verbal and written communication skills in English and the local language • Strong attention to detail • Excellent analytical and decision-based thinking • Ability to work independently or in a team environment • Good organizational and time management skills • Working knowledge of PPD SOP & WPDs • Ability to organize competing priorities and review outstanding contractual risks and issues • Ability to use automated systems and computerized applications • Customer-focused communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills • Ability to work in an upright and/or stationary position for 6–8 hours per day • Ability to perform repetitive hand movements and frequent mobility • Ability to lift and carry 15–20 lbs • Regular and consistent attendance

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