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Manager Clinical Vendor Management

  1. United States
2024-112584
  1. ICON Strategic Solutions
  2. Contracts Administration
  3. Remote

About the role

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As a Manager Clinical Vendor Management you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.


Responsibilities

This person will need to be very well versed in Excel.  Having a strong budgeting background and understanding about clinical trial budgeting is essential.

• Support outsourcing and contracting needs of global clinical development programs
• Lead the vendor outsourcing, including Request for Proposal and analysis of bid responses, at the clinical study level
• Generation, negotiation and execution of clinical trial vendor contracts required to meet study timeline deliverables and ICH GCP compliance requirements
• Act as the primary contact with vendors for negotiation of the scope of work, study assumptions and budget
• Ensure that the contract terms and budget meet SOPs, department processes, and financial/legal requirements while working within the boundaries of the vendor specific master agreements
• Has a clear understanding of customer's needs and use this knowledge to advocate for, and drive delivery of, improvements that provide clear benefits to the customer
• Provide financial analyses support for various vendors to meet or exceed the cost reductions within the Procurement department
• Has a thorough understanding of the industry and trends and continually provides solutions based on this experience
• Assist with onboarding of new Team Members
• Well versed in the Lifecycle management of clinical vendors and anticipate impact of any vendor addition or changes
• Provide mitigating risk initiatives to ensure seamless vendor delivery and support
• 
Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment


Qualifications

Knowledge of vendor capabilities, systems and related processes.

Demonstrated leadership and a track record of success implementing corporate programs/projects.

Proven verbal, written, and presentation skills to communicate at multiple levels of the organization.

Inquisitive with strong analytical skills.

Ability to support change.

Ability to provide input, solutions, and recommendations regarding vendor use.

Ability to assist with business case development to aid in the selection of the right vendors

Additional needs:

Experience in process management

Experience in change management

BA/BS degree

 

 

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.

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