Senior Contract Specialist

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🔥 17 hours ago

🏰 Missouri – Remote

🏰 Missouri – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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WashU IT

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501 - 1000 employees

📚 Education

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Education • Enterprise • SaaS

WashU IT is the information technology department of Washington University in St. Louis, providing essential IT services and support for the university's students, faculty, and staff. The department is integral to facilitating the university’s academic, research, and administrative functions, ensuring that technological resources and solutions are efficiently delivered and maintained across the university’s campuses. WashU IT also plays a crucial role in helping the university confront complex technological challenges and enhance its operational capabilities.

📋 Description

• Serve as liaison between University stakeholders and companies, foundations, non-profit entities, and government agencies • Draft and negotiate industry-sponsored research agreements and other research agreements, including federal contracts, non-profit agreements, subagreements, and clinical trial agreements • Manage contract portfolios for departments and schools from negotiation through closeout • Review and negotiate clinical research, laboratory, data use, confidentiality, collaboration, foundation, federal, sponsored research, service, and subaward agreements • Advise faculty and staff on contractual relationship and negotiation issues • Review intellectual property, publication, communication, financial, and indemnification terms • Identify unusual circumstances, provide alternative language, and explain university-preferred terms • Evaluate transaction and agreement risks and maintain standard operating procedures for contract service delivery • Monitor regulatory, policy, and court-decision changes affecting contract negotiations • Interpret and disseminate contract-related policies, regulations, and guidelines • Assist with training new contract specialists and developing JROC negotiation resources and guidance documents • Maintain electronic records and ensure contract tracking data integrity • Provide strategic data and reports to senior administration • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor or PhD; combination of education and experience may substitute for minimum education • 7 years of relevant experience • Preferred: 2 years of research administration or contract negotiation experience • Knowledge of agency law, contract agreements, contract law, contract modifications, contract negotiations, FDA compliance, insurance, licensing agreements, patent licensing, research compliance, and paralegal education • Ability to prioritize, self-organize, exercise sound judgment, work independently, and write effectively • No specific certification/professional license required • Driver's license not required • Successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening, including criminal background check and other checks as applicable

🏖️ Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation • 10 recognized holidays • Sick time • Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance • Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees • Defined contribution 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, with employee and university contributions starting at 7% • Wellness challenges • Annual health screenings • Mental health resources • Mindfulness programs and courses • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Financial resources • Access to dietitians • 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with a new child • Family care resources, including continued childcare needs support and adult care support • Tuition coverage for the employee and family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years