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Job Description

As a Site Contract Specialist, you will prepare, negotiate and finalize contracts

A day in the Life:
Drafts, reviews, negotiates and finalizes agreements with study sites in accordance with local/accepted process.
Negotiates within approved parameters both investigator grant budget negotiation parameters, contractual terms and conditions in per company contractual considerations, client contractual considerations, established process with sites and follows established escalation routes
Ensures compliance to established negotiation parameters, contractual process and client expectations
Ensures compliance of budgetary guidance, templates and process
Identifies and assesses legal, financial and operational risks and brings up to appropriate level of the organization per established processes
Provides recommendations and alternative resolutions to Investigator Contract negotiations through established escalation channels
Coordinates with internal functional departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with contractual activities and mutually agreed up timelines;
Achieve target cycle times for site activations

Keys to Success:

Education and experience:
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 2-5 years’) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Understanding 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
Proven ability to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation
Effective interpersonal skills (verbal and written) in English and Brazilian Portuguese

Capable, with appropriate oversight, of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters
Strong attention to detail
Excellent analytical and decision based thinking
Understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs
Able to work independently or in a team environment
Good organizational and time management skills
Able to organize competing priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues
Able to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications, such as, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.
Ability to demonstrate a problem solving and teamwork skills