Site Contracts Negotiator II

Site Contracts Negotiator II - Bulgaria or UK - home or office based

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.

As a Site Contracts Negotiator II at ICON, you will independently manage the negotiation and execution of clinical trial agreements (CTAs) and budgets with UK investigator sites across a range of clinical studies. You will work closely with sites and internal stakeholders to support efficient, compliant, and timely study start-up.

What You Will Do:

You will contribute to site contract management activities, taking ownership of your deliverables while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Negotiating clinical trial agreements (CTAs) and study budgets with UK investigator sites, ensuring alignment with sponsor requirements and applicable guidelines.
• Building effective relationships with site contracts teams, research offices, and key stakeholders to support successful negotiations.
• Reviewing and adapting contract language to reflect sponsor requirements, local regulations, and site feedback.
• Managing a portfolio of contracts, monitoring negotiation timelines, identifying risks, and proactively addressing barriers to execution.
• Collaborating with Legal, Finance, Clinical Operations, and Project teams to resolve contractual queries and ensure alignment.
• Maintaining accurate records of negotiations, approvals, and executed agreements within relevant systems.
• Supporting continuous improvement of contract templates, processes, and guidance, and sharing knowledge with colleagues where appropriate.

Your Profile:

You will bring relevant site contracting experience, with a strong understanding of UK clinical trial agreements and budget negotiations.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in law, business, life sciences, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Previous experience negotiating clinical trial agreements and budgets directly with UK investigator sites within a CRO, pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare environment.
• Good understanding of UK site contracting processes, CTA requirements, and clinical trial budget negotiation principles.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple contracts, priorities, and timelines while maintaining attention to detail and quality.
• Proactive, solution-focused mindset with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

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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 maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized 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, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

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.

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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