FSP 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
• Ensure compliance with negotiation parameters, authority approvals, contractual processes, client expectations, budgetary guidance, templates and processes
• Coordinate with internal functional departments to align site startup and contractual activities with agreed timelines
• Align contract negotiation processes with the critical path for site activation
• Achieve target cycle times for site activations
• Escalate out-of-parameter issues according to established guidelines and processes
• Complete required tracking and reporting
• 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
• Equivalency may consist of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience
• Basic understanding of clinical trial agreements
• Basic ability to apply investigator grant negotiation principles
• General understanding of business and financial principles related to service agreements
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in English and 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 contractual risks and issues
• Ability to use automated systems and computerized applications
• Ability to demonstrate customer-focused communication, problem solving and collaboration
• Ability to work upright and/or stationary for 6-8 hours per day
• Ability to perform repetitive hand movements
• Frequent mobility required
• Ability to lift and carry 15-20 lbs
• Regular and consistent attendance