Senior Study Contract Manager - single sponsor dedicated
- Denmark, Norway, Sweden
- ICON Strategic Solutions
- Clinical Trial Management
- Remote
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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.
In the role of Senior Study Contract Manager, you will get the chance to work fully embedded with a single sponsor.
Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to work in a solid partnership and an environment driven by innovation and continuous improvement. This program is for you if you are looking for an environment where people feel they belong and are empowered to reach their full potential, perform at their best and make a valued contribution to saving lives.
The Senior Study Contract Manager (SCM) play 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.
The SCM has regular communication with investigators and institutions as well as other key external and internal stakeholders.
Typical Accountabilities:
- Adapt global templates of agreements to local use in accordance with local requirements and SOPs.
- Develop and negotiate clinical site budgets based on Fair Market Value.
- Negotiate agreement language and budget with clinical study sites.
- Act as point of contact and interface with Legal if necessary to ensure the integrity of contracts
- For each agreement maintain the status of the 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 audit activities.
- Ensure compliance with the Company’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
Upon local decision, additional responsibilities may include*:
- Training and mentoring of new members of the local Study Team regarding financial/contractual issues and sharing experiences.
- Support preparation and negotiation of a Local Master Service Agreement
- Contribute to process improvements, knowledge transfer and best practice sharing.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in related discipline, preferably in life science, law, finance or equivalent qualification.
- 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 detail.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Good collaboration and interpersonal skills.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Ability to work in an environment of remote collaborators.
- Post-graduate training in contracts administration or work experience as a paralegal in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
- Manages change with a positive approach for self, team and the business. Sees change as an opportunity to improve performance and add value to the business.
- Ability to look for and champion more efficient and effective methods/processes of delivering quality clinical trials with reduced budget and in less time.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrates ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with conflicting deadlines.
- Familiar with risk-based monitoring approach including remote monitoring.
- Good cultural awareness.
- Ability to understand the impact of technology on projects and to use and develop computer skills while making appropriate use of systems/software in an e-enabled environment.
- Team oriented and flexible; ability to respond quickly to shifting demands and opportunities.
Good medical knowledge and ability to learn relevant Therapeutic Areas.
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
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 or submit a request here.
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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