Associate Contract Manager - Clinical Trials

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Job Description

Join Us as a Contract Manager – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

We have successfully supported the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and more than 750 biotechs, spanning 2,700 clinical trials across 100+ countries in the last 5 years.

The Associate Contract Manager serves as a regional lead in managing the preparation, negotiation and finalization of contract templates, process and negotiation parameters (including, contractual terms and conditions, and ancillary documents), and oversight of associated investigator grant budget(s), with an assigned workload of clients. Ensures quality, objectivity and risk analysis in the efficient delivery of contract templates, process and negotiation parameters. teams and Contract Specialists as directed by Contract Managers.

What You'll Do: 
• Lead the review, negotiation, and finalization of contract templates, process and 
negotiation parameters with clients in accordance with PPD contractual 
considerations and processes.
• Provide regional oversight and contractual risk assessment in accordance with 
established contractual considerations, and serve as the liaison with the legal 
department during country process improvement initiatives.
• Negotiate within approved parameters contractual terms and conditions in accordance with
company contractual considerations, client contractual considerations, 
established process with clients and follows established escalation routes.
• Communicate, train and provide approved contract templates, process and 
negotiation parameters and client expectations to assigned team members. 
• Ensure collaboration, quality alignment with terms and conditions, process and 
client expectations with assigned team members. 
• Identify and assess legal, financial and operational risks in accordance with 
approved PPD and client contractual considerations.
• Act as a lead regional interface and escalation contact with external clients for 
term & condition revisions outside of approved negotiation parameters, client 
expectations and process deviations.
• Provide recommendations and alternative resolutions to contract negotiations to 
internal and external clients.
• Work with internal functional departments to facilitate coordination of different 
site startup activities impacted by contractual activities upon mutually agreed 
upon timelines.
• Contribute to or may lead change initiatives within the department.
• Complete periodic quality reviews and peer feedback reports.
• Create and deliver training material to team members.
• Provide training and mentoring to junior staff.

Education and Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years) bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Mastery of the principles of contract law, including a general understanding of laws that influence 
contract language, such as business, intellectual property and local tax and stamp laws across several 
regions
• Capable of effectively negotiating investigator grant budgets within negotiation parameters
• Thorough understanding of business, contractual and financial principles that related to service 
agreements
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written) in English and in language spoken at your local place 
of work.
• Capable of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and decision based thinking
• In depth understanding of the clinical drug development and trial process, attained within the 
pharmaceutical and/or CRO industry
• Excellent organizational and time management skills to organize competing priorities while monitoring 
contractual risk and issues
• Excellent customer focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration
• Proficient in the use of automated systems and computerized applications, such as, Microsoft 
Outlook, Excel, Word, etc. 
• Excellent problem solving, risk assessment and impact analysis abilities
• Capable of leading and mentoring others

Working Environment:
Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Work is performed in an office/ laboratory and/or a clinical environment. 
• Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms. 
• Exposure to electrical office equipment. 
• Personal protective equipment required such as protective eyewear, garments and gloves.

Why join us? 
When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.