Senior Contract Analyst

As a Senior Contract Analyst you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

What you will be doing:

• Draft, review, and maintain Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) and Confidentiality Agreements (CDAs)

• Develop and update fallback language and negotiation guidelines for contracts

• Provide specialized support and guidance to first-line negotiators

• Lead negotiation of Master Agreements and highly customized contract templates

• Act as a legal liaison to streamline requests to the legal department and avoid duplicate efforts

• Collaborate with legal to resolve complex contract-related legal issues

• Conduct legal risk assessments and communicate findings to internal stakeholders

• Deliver training to negotiators and internal teams on templates, fallback language, and negotiation best practices

• Ensure contract-related documents comply with internal SOPs, policies, and regulatory requirements

• Coordinate with cross-functional departments (Legal, HCC, GCDO, etc.) to maintain alignment and consistency

• Monitor contract processes for compliance with corporate policies

• Identify, promote, and implement contract-related best practices

• Provide coaching and mentoring to junior staff or first-line negotiators

• Engage and coordinate with clinical teams, CROs, investigator sites, and other external partners as needed

• Contribute to knowledge management and dissemination across contract teams

You are:

• JD, LLM, Paralegal degree, or equivalent

• 5+ years' experience in contract law within pharma/clinical research

• Strong understanding of the clinical trial process

• Fluent in English; excellent written/oral communication

• Skilled in cross-cultural and cross-regional relationship management

• Strong stakeholder and issue resolution skills

• Able to manage competing priorities under deadlines

• Proficient in MS Office and database systems

• Business-savvy with project management experience

• Leadership experience with mentoring/coaching capabilities

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, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values.   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.

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.