Associate Contract Manager

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Join Us as a Contract Manager – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

We have successfully supported the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and more than 750 biotechs, spanning 2,700 clinical trials across 100+ countries in the last 5 years.

The Associate Contract Manager leads the preparation, negotiation and finalization of contracts process with an assigned workload of sites. Liaises and establishes effective relationships with clients and internal functional teams, as directed by leadership. Ensures quality, objectivity and risk analysis in the efficient delivery of contract templates, process and negotiation parameters. Serves as lead for internal and external clients.

What You'll Do:
 Drafts, reviews, negotiates and finalizes agreements with study sites in 
accordance with local/accepted process.
• Negotiates within approved parameters both investigator grant budget 
negotiation parameters, contractual terms and conditions in accordance with 
company contractual considerations, client contractual considerations, 
established process with sites and follows established escalation routes. 
• Communicates, trains and provides approved contract templates, process and negotiation parameters and client expectations to assigned teams.
• Ensures collaboration, quality alignment with terms and conditions, process and client expectations with assigned team members.
• Identifies and assesses legal, financial and operational risks in accordance with approved company and client contractual considerations.
• Acts as a lead regional interface and escalation contact with external clients for term & condition revisions outside of approved negotiation parameters, client expectations and process deviations.
• Provides recommendations and alternative resolutions contracts negotiations to internal and external clients.
• Works with internal functional departments to facilitate coordination of different site startup activities impacted by contractual activities upon mutually agreed upon timelines.
• Completes tracking and reporting as required.
• Contributes to change initiatives within the department.
• Completes periodic quality reviews and peer feedback reports.
• May assist with training material preparation or delivery of training to team 
members.

Job Knowledge:

Administers and executes policies, processes, and procedures that affect subordinate employees and the workflow of the unit. Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility.

Education and Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years) bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Demonstrated understanding of regional principles of contract law, including a general understanding of laws that influence contract language, such as business, intellectual property and local tax and stamp laws
• Demonstrated ability to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation

• General understanding of business, contractual and financial principles that related to service agreements
• Effective communication skills (verbal & written) in English and in language spoken at your local place of work
• Capable of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters
• Demonstrated ability to attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and decision based thinking skills
• Demonstrated depth of knowledge and expertise in clinical drug development and trial process, attained within the pharmaceutical and/or CRO industry 
• Able to work independently or in a team environment
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Working knowledge of PPD SOP & WPDs
• Able to organize competing priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues
• Ability to demonstrate a customer focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration
• Able to effectively use automated systems and computer applications
• Flexible and able to multitask and prioritize competing demands/workload
Management Role:
No management responsibility

Working Conditions and Environment: 
• Work is performed in an office/ laboratory and/or a clinical environment.  
• Exposure to electrical office equipment. 

Physical Requirements:
• Ability to work in an upright and /or stationary position for 6-8 hours per day. 
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. 
• Frequent mobility required. 
• Occasional crouching, stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck. 
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs. 
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. 
• Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups. 
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task. 
• Regular and consistent attendance.

Salary Transparency:

This is a salaried role that will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. Compensation will be initially discussed during the screening period, with actual compensation confirmed in writing at the time of offer.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our US colleagues and their families can count on, which generally include:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan

• A wellness program, and valuable health incentive opportunities for company contributions to a Health Reimbursement Accounts (HSAs) or Health Savings Account (HSA)

•Tax-advantaged savings and spending accounts and commuter benefits

• Employee assistance programs

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO). 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and volunteer rime off in accordance with company policy.

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Accessibility/Disability Access:

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

EEO & Affirmative Action:

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.