Investigator Contracts Lead

Investigator Contracts Lead is responsible for direct site-facing contract and budget negotiations thought contract execution with assigned clinical investigator sites including initial agreements and amendments and oversight of other contracting professionals on assigned studies.   

What Do you Need to Have?

• Exercise good judgment in balancing the risks in making budget and contractual decisions against the impacts to clinical trial timelines.
• Follow GPD processes to develop, negotiate, track and execute global clinical study agreements with institutions and investigators participating in sponsored clinical trials.
• Work with partners to develop and oversee the global site budget process.
• Work with clinical trial sites and directly negotiate cost, business and contractual terms and conditions with investigators/institutions, making changes to contract templates within the Legal division approved parameters.
• Lead and develop relationships with key investigational sites and Site Management Organizations across the contracting and budgeting interface.
• Partner with Legal and other divisions to manage escalations in the site budgeting and contracting space.
• Partner with Legal, Finance and other divisions to identify and implement areas of improvement in the site contracting space.
• Has knowledge of the principles, concepts and theories in applicable business discipline.
• Collaborates with invoicing specialists and/or invoice service provider to ensure alignment with Investigative Site contracting and compensation requirements.
• Applies acquired job skills and procedures to complete substantive assignments, projects and tasks of moderate scope and complexity in applicable discipline.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in clinical study contracts at pharma or CRO environment with a JD
• Minimum 5 years of experience in clinical study contracts at pharma or CRO environment without a JD
• Bachelor degree or graduation on law, finance, business administration, health science or related field.
• preferred soft skills: Negotiation capacity, proactivity, effective priorization & organization and problem solving mindset.

Why ICON?

Our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises, not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career - both now, and into the future.

Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That’s why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture – one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, 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.

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.