Global Site Agreements Specialist (JD Required)

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

What will you be doing?

The Global Site Agreement Specialist will be responsible for the development and analysis of contractual relationships including investigator grants including but not limited to drafting, negotiating, and finalizing agreements related to clinical trials. Provide support to the clinical team in the pricing, planning, execution and control of grants and contracts.

What do you need to have?

• Ensures the successful negotiation and on-going management of clinical trial agreements with investigative sites.
• Works cross functionally with Clinical Operations and Project Management in support of timely site start up for the conduct of clinical trials including accurate forecast of contract execution timelines.
• Collaborates with the Functional Manager who will partner with other compliance departments to ensure country specific laws and regulations are followed to minimize risk in clinical trials.
• Communicates and explains legal/ budgetary issues to internal and external parties per department guidelines.
• Reviews and evaluates client requested contract changes and based upon department guidelines escalates deviations as appropriate.
• In partnership with CTA CTAd and others as necessary, evaluates priorities and quickly readjusts priorities with the changing needs of business and the client.
• Identifies and proactively raises issues to the CTA CTAd or CM, as appropriate, prior to their becoming critical or creates risk.
• Appraises contracts for completeness and accuracy and ensures adherence to department guidelines; corrects documents and files changes to contracts.
• Participates in client meetings for the purpose of expediting the contract signing process as directed.
• Creates and maintains files for each contract. 
• Tracks all site interaction in data base in a timely and accurate manner and ensures that status updates are fully descriptive.

• 1-3 years’ Experience with contracts.
• Bachelor’s Degree/JD required
• Read write and speak fluent English.
• Familiarity with clinical contracts 
• Experience in relevant areas involving contracts, negotiation, or sales
• Familiarity with working in service industry or project management environment

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.