Associate Contract Specialist

• 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

• 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