• Execute build and management, including all maintenance activities, of global site study budgets using industry tools and fair market value strategies.
• Execute study forecasting of global study site budgets, including reporting and oversight through life of study.
• Facilitate global site budgets negotiations escalations and communication with internal and external team members to ensure prompt contract execution and study timelines are achieved.
• Perform negotiation and administration of global master clinical trial agreements rate cards.
• Support the development of creative processes, methodologies, data, and technologies that will ensure ongoing improvements in the delivery of Site Budgeting & Contracting (SB&C) services.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Build Study specific budget templates, parameters and payment terms to ensure timely setup of individual site budgets globally.
• Manage all assigned study site budget maintenance activities through life of study.
• Negotiate directly with globally assigned sites master clinical trial agreements rate cards.
• Support escalations and complex decisions on study site specific budgets, ancillary budgets, payment terms and amendments.
• Accountable for study site budget forecasting, including maintenance and amendment reforecasting.
• Partner with site payment department to ensure site budget and payment terms compatibility with payment systems and EDC requirements.
• Partner with internal Study Startup team, CROs, Clinical Operations teams, and TAU partners to improve overall SB&C metrics and implement processes.
• Ensure standards are applied to the SB&C processes across projects, portfolios and support continuous improvement activities while developing TA-aligned strategies.
• Leverage leading industry tools and data sources to provide budget and payment terms feedback aligned with parameters and fair market value guidance.
• Promptly recognize and improve potential delays and escalate non-performance.
• Support training and onboarding of SB&C team members.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors degree or international equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in clinical research within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant industry vendor, at least 1 year of global clinical research experience. 
• Relevant industry experience and site budgeting and contract experience preferred.
• Ability to explain data, facilitate decision making processes to be data driven.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of clinical study protocols and schedule of assessments.
• Strong knowledge of key principles to drive country/site budgeting and contracting setup and negotiation strategies.
• Excellent organizational skills, decision making, communication and negotiation skills.

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location. 

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.