Site Contracts Lead
- Bulgaria
- Clinical Trial Support
- ICON Strategic Solutions
- Remote
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As a Site Contracts Lead you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
ICON Bulgaria are currently looking to recruit experienced Site Contract Negotiators to join our FSP team in a sponsor dedicated role. You will be responsible for negotiating budgets and clinical study agreements with sites in Bulgaria.
Responsibilities:
- Perform negotiation of legal terms and budget terms for Clinical Study Agreements (“CSA”) (i.e., investigator site agreements)
- Perform negotiation of legal terms and budget terms for amendments to CSAs
- Draft and negotiate ancillary site contracts (e.g. PI / Sub-I / department agreements /Study Coordinator) as required
- Utilize sponsor provided templates.
- Produce and maintain site-specific templates where needed to support the targeted investigator site list, but limited to the sites within the studies assigned
- Recommend country-specific and site /entity-specific modifications to templates based on site and local regulatory requirements
- Prioritize to meet study timelines to minimize impact to planned Site Initiation Visit (SIV) dates.
- Perform quality control checks of contracts and amendments prior to upload to DocuSign for electronic signatures
- Ensure signatory to CSA is authorized to sign on behalf of the part
- Support and provide country level intelligence into the selection of signing party at the country level which must consider payment impact, tax issues (VAT / R&D / WHT), establishment (i.e.corporate presence) and relationship to Sponsor
- Collection and submission of payment support forms, including, but not limited to Payee information forms and required tax forms
- Pre-populate site-specific budget items from prior negotiations following sponsor's provided guidelines.
- Negotiate site budgets following principles document and comments & fallbacks
- Actively participate in per-subject cost development meeting. The personnel will provide review and input into the country specific budget templates to minimize timelines for site budget negotiations.
- Provide country level expertise to budget related contract terms and conditions
Requirements:
- 12 months' previous experience in negotiation of clinical trial agreements with investigative sites is required
- Bachelor’s Degree or international equivalent in business, finance, health sciences or related field
- Read write and speak fluent English; fluent in Bulgarian 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, 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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