Contract Specialist - FSP - UK
RemoteUnited Kingdom
United KingdomRemoteFull TimeBachelors DegreeLarge
Full TimeBachelors DegreeLarge
Job Summary
Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize agreements with study sites in accordance with local processes and approved parameters. Liaise with sites and internal functional teams to ensure compliance with budgetary guidance, templates, and contractual considerations while identifying and escalating legal, financial, and operational risks. Coordinate with internal departments to align site startup activities with contractual timelines and critical paths for activation. Achieve target cycle times for site activations and manage out-of-parameter issues through established escalation routes.
Required Qualifications
- 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 2-5 years)
- Good understanding of the 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 and financial principles that related to service agreements
- Effective communication skills (verbal & written) in English and local language
- Capable, with appropriate oversight, of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters
- Demonstrated ability in attention to detail
- Excellent analytical and decision based thinking skills
- Understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs
- Working knowledge of PPD SOP & WPDs
- Ability to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications
- Ability to demonstrate a customer focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Ability to organize competing priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues
- 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
- Ability to perform under stress
- Ability to multi-task
- Regular and consistent attendance
- 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
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