Senior Site Contracts Negotiator

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

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Site Contract Negotiator to work for a global biopharmaceutical company in Bulgaria.

This particular role is a client dedicated one where you will work exclusively on one sponsors trials and SOPs; you will work for a client that values their staff and puts an emphasis on career development.

Senior Site Contracts Negotatior plays an important role in driving the costings and contracts being responsible for negotiation and budgeting in clinical trials and for developing and managing contracts and annexes with investigators and institutions or external vendors ensuring ethical, fair and compliant practices.  In this job you will have regular communication with investigators and institutions as well as other key external and internal stakeholders.

• Adapt global templates of agreements to local use in accordance with local requirements and SOPs
• Develop and negotiate clinical site budgets 
• Negotiate agreement language and budget with clinical study sites.
• Act as point of contact and interface with Legal if necessary to ensure integrity of contracts.
• For each agreement maintain the status of agreement, budgets, issues, payments, any amendments for the duration of the study, and communications with internal and external sources
• Ensure final contract documents are consistent with agreements reached at negotiations.
• Ensure all agreements are executed in a timely manner contributing to efficient site start-up timelines
• Support internal and external audits activities
• Ensure compliance with sponsor’s Code of Conduct and company policies and procedures relating to people, finance, technology and security
• Ensure that all contracts are included in the TMF

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in related discipline, preferably in life science, law, finance or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in negotiations of clinical trial agreements and budgets with investigative sites
• Excellent knowledge of international guidelines ICH-GCP, basic knowledge of GMP/GDP.
• Good knowledge of relevant local regulations.
• Basic understanding of the drug development process.
• Good understanding of Clinical Study Management including monitoring, study drug handling and data management.
• Excellent attention to details.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Ability to travel nationally/internationally as required.

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, 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 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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