Proposals and Contract Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Manager

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Parexel

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1983

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💰 Venture Round on 1990-01

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Parexel is one of the world's largest clinical research organizations (CROs), providing comprehensive services for the clinical development process from Phase I to IV. The company specializes in portfolio management, clinical trial management, regulatory strategy, market access, and lifecycle management for biopharmaceuticals. Parexel aims to speed life-changing medicines to market by leveraging its clinical, regulatory, and therapeutic expertise. With a global team of over 21,000 professionals, Parexel works to integrate patient insights and innovative trial designs to develop treatments across therapeutic areas such as oncology, neuroscience, rare diseases, and more. It focuses on delivering patient-centric and efficient clinical trials.

📋 Description

• Own the end-to-end Request for Proposal process, from receipt and analysis of RFP documentation through final delivery • Analyze study protocols or synopses, assign and engage subject matter experts, and coordinate strategic, operational, proposal, and budget inputs • Prepare and revise proposals and budgets in response to RFPs and client revisions • Identify RFP completion barriers and risks and implement mitigation strategies to meet client deadlines • Obtain third-party quotations and ensure proposals and budgets align with RFPs, client specifications, communications, and internal assumptions • Manage contract activities for assigned accounts across Operations, Project Management, Legal, Business Development, Finance, and other stakeholders • Develop account-specific contracting standards, contract strategies, delivery plans, budgets, payment terms, and contract language • Create, negotiate, and finalize contracts according to departmental procedures and guidance • Amend project and client budgets using internal tools and reports, ensuring complete team input and clear rationale for cost changes • Lead internal and client meetings, negotiate costs and terms, and work toward targeted client signature dates • Prepare contract documents from Parexel templates and manage contractual matters requiring Finance, Tax, Legal, or other stakeholder input • Maintain accurate documentation and system data for metrics and key performance indicators • Independently map client bid grids and support process and tool improvement initiatives • Serve as a resource and mentor to colleagues

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Life Science, Business, Languages, or an equivalent combination of education and experience • 4-6 years of experience in project support, finance, contracting, or proposals within a contract research organization or similar life sciences environment • Strong experience in proposals and/or contracts in a contract research organization or other life sciences environment • Finance experience may be suitable when paired with proposal or contracting experience • Broad experience with proposal and contract management principles, contractual terms, pricing structures, pricing tools, and data systems such as Salesforce • Strong understanding of the operational aspects of clinical study conduct across different regions of the world • Knowledge of client contract processes, account management, reporting, cash flow, and revenue recognition • Comprehensive knowledge of Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, and databases • Fluency in written and spoken English, including the ability to communicate and negotiate effectively with clients • Ability to work from home and to work irregular or extended hours when needed to meet client proposal deadlines • MBA preferred • Early Phase clinical research experience preferred • Previous proposal development experience preferred • Experience working in multinational and multicultural companies preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance • Tuition Reimbursement • Vacation/Holiday/Sick Time • Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts • Work/Life Balance • 401(k) with Company match • Pet Insurance

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