Site Contracts Negotiator II

Site Contracts Negotiator - Office or Home - India

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.

We're currently seeking a Site Contracts Negotiator II to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Site Contracts Negotiator at ICON, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful negotiation and ongoing management of clinical trial agreements and related documents with study sites. Your expertise will help facilitate timely site start-up, maintain regulatory compliance, and protect ICON’s interests—contributing directly to the smooth execution of global clinical trials.

What you'll be doing:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize clinical trial agreements, complex amendments, and ancillary agreements with study sites, ensuring alignment with client and ICON policies.

• Maintain consistent communication with study sites and internal teams, providing transparency and collaboration throughout contract lifecycles.

• Track the progress of site contracts and related documents using ICON and client systems, providing updates to support project timelines.

• Proactively identify contractual risks and issues, raise them promptly, and recommend mitigation strategies to meet study milestones.

• Ensure all contractual documents are accurately filed in accordance with departmental, ICON, and client requirements to support audit readiness.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Project Managers, Regulatory, and Finance teams to support timely site activation and study start-up.

• Ensure contracts meet department, client, and regulatory standards while completing all required training and adhering to SOPs for compliance.

• Attend and contribute to study team project calls as necessary, providing contract expertise and updates.

Your profile:

• 3+ years of experience negotiating and managing clinical trial agreements within a global or regional clinical research environment.

• Strong understanding of clinical trial contract terminology, processes, and regulatory requirements.

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with sites and internal teams.

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Proactive problem solver who can identify risks early and work collaboratively on mitigation plans.

• Familiarity with ICON and client contract management systems and tools is preferred.

• Commitment to compliance with SOPs, GCP guidelines, and internal policies.

• Ability to work cross-functionally and contribute positively to team goals.

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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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