Site Contract Specialist – Contract Manager

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $56.4k - $95.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Syneos Health

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. They translate unique clinical, medical affairs, and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. By utilizing advanced technologies and insights, Syneos Health collaborates with clients to speed the delivery of important therapies to patients worldwide, offering services that span the entire clinical-to-commercial spectrum.

📋 Description

• Lead multi-country projects involving negotiation and preparation of contracts, budgets, and related documents for industry-sponsored clinical trials • Produce and review site-specific contracts from country clinical trial agreement templates • Submit proposed CTAs and investigator budgets for site review • Negotiate budgets and contracts with sites, Site Contracts Service Centre, SSUL, and sponsors • Perform quality control, arrange CTA execution, archive documents, and capture metadata • Administer contract management processes involving protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreements • Generate amended contract and budget documents and streamline contract, proposal, and internal processes • Harmonize site contracts with sponsor master service agreement terms in collaboration with Site Contract Service Center and Legal • Validate departmental budget loads and backlog with SSU lead, Clinical Operations, and Finance • Identify operational risks and provide solutions; escalate deviations to leadership, Site Contract Service Center, or Legal • Support business development and represent site contracts/SSU at internal or customer meetings • Track contracting milestones and comply with forecasted country/site contracting timelines • Collaborate with legal, finance, and clinical operations departments on legal and budgetary issues • Maintain contract templates, budget templates, site-specific files, and databases • Serve as communication liaison regarding contract statuses and pending issues • Train and mentor less experienced staff and maintain training materials • Facilitate execution of contracts by company signatories • Monitor project financial aspects and contract hours/tasks, escalating discrepancies • Comply with SOPs and WIs, maintain training records, and ensure timesheet compliance

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience • Moderate contracts management experience, including experience in a contract research organization or pharmaceutical industry • Practical knowledge of a professional area, typically obtained through education combined with experience • Strong understanding of regulations, SOPs, and project requirements related to site identification • Excellent negotiation and communication skills • Ability to manage and review site performance metrics • Experience managing site confidentiality agreements (CDAs) and site information forms (SIFs) • 5+ years of site contracts and study start-up (SSU) experience within a global CRO or pharmaceutical sponsor environment preferred • Experience owning multi-country studies preferred • Expertise negotiating site CTAs and investigator budgets preferred • Experience drafting and managing site-specific CTAs from country or global templates preferred • Experience managing contract amendments and protocol-driven changes preferred • Experience with complex contract, budget, or process escalations preferred • Experience with SSU tracking systems and contract repositories preferred • Experience training and mentoring junior staff preferred • Experience supporting business development activities preferred • Relevant certifications in clinical research or site management preferred • Strong organizational and time management skills • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Proficiency in relevant software and tools for site management • Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills • Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously

🏖️ Benefits

• Career development and progression • Supportive and engaged line management • Technical and therapeutic area training • Peer recognition and total rewards program • Company car or car allowance may be available • Medical, Dental and Vision health benefits • Company match 401k • Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance • Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time