Contract Associate
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“At ICON, it's our People that set us Apart”
Are you passionate about improving the quality of human life? If so, we invite you to join us in creating a healthier world tomorrow.
ICON is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. We specialize in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support Clinical Development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies.
We started as a team of 5 members in 1990 & today we are ranking at top 4 worldwide based on revenue of 2015. Currently we have 12200+ employees across the globe. ICON is a $1.575bn company having its presence across 89 offices in 37 countries.
Job Title : Contract associate
Reporting to : Manager
Location : Bangalore
The department role is to coordinate, develop, and execute all client/sponsor contracts and change orders for newly awarded and on-going projects at ICON Clinical Research.
The role of the Contract Associate is to coordinate, develop and execute all client/sponsor contracts and change orders for newly awarded and ongoing projects including but not limited to direct to contract (DTCs), Consultancy and single service agreements.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
- Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values which are based on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance.
Contract/Change Order Development
- Coordinate and develop contracts and change orders for newly awarded and on-going, single service, direct to contract and consulting projects at ICON.
- Work simultaneously on numerous contracts and/or change orders.
- Interact with ICON Legal, the Sales Team, and their respective Contracts Manager, as necessary, to determine the appropriate terms and conditions to be included in the contracts (inclusive of Start-up Agreements) and change orders.
- Develop an understanding of applicable ICON costing tools and how budgets are built, client budget grids, and any tools and templates developed within the Client Contract Services group as required.
- Solicit input and review of contracts and change orders from the relevant operational departments.
- Ensure that payment terms follow ICON's recommended payment guidelines
- Work with respective Contract Manager on any issues that need to be escalated within ICON or the client and to be able to recognize when client questions/comments need required input and review by Legal and/or operations/senior management.
- Update Salesforce in a timely and consistent manner with concise, accurate information on status of the contract or change order.
- Develop and maintain client/project files and tracking tools.
- Review
client/project documents and budgets prior to submission to their
respective Contract Manager for final QC review.
- With
ICON project teams, sales, proposals, finance, and project analysis.
With clients, other ICON service areas, and third party vendors if needed.
- Ensure clear and direct communication when corresponding (verbally or written) with the project team and client on the status of the contract and/or change order.
- Provide the relevant information required for negotiations and discussions with clients regarding cost proposals/change orders/contracts to the Contract Manager, the respective Sales personnel, and project teams.
- Lead and/or assist internal meetings required related to contracts and change orders
- Assist with client meetings with respective Contracts Manager required related to contracts and change orders.
- As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.
- Due to the nature of this position it may be required for the employee to travel. Therefore, dependent on the employee’s location, the employee may be required to possess a valid Drivers license.
- Travel (approximately 5% or less) domestic and/or international.
- To undertake other reasonably related duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Typically requires a college or university degree or the equivalent work experience that provides knowledge and exposure to fundamental theories, principles and concepts.
Benefit Working with ICON:
Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive salary and benefits package that includes an excellent pension scheme, private health care, and life assurance and staff recognition schemes. This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage.
When you spot an opportunity you’re interested in and submit an application, one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists will contact you to evaluate your suitability for this position, as well as for other openings within the business.
The evaluation will look at your technical skills and your competencies – for example, delivering excellence.
After this, we’ll let you know if we’ll be progressing with your application. If you have been successful at this stage, we will talk you through a telephone interview. This will then be followed by an interview with our Hiring Manager, either face to face or by tele-conference.
If you’re successful, we will notify you with details of the offer, talk you through our culture and values, answer any questions you may have – and above all, welcome you to the ICON team.
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