Exercise good judgment in balancing the risks to the client in making budget and contractual decisions against the impacts to client clinical trial timelines
Follow client processes to develop, negotiate, track and execute global clinical study agreements with institutions and investigators participating in sponsored clinical trials
Work with partners to develop and oversee the global site budget process
Work with clinical trial sites and directly negotiate cost, business and contractual terms and conditions with investigators/institutions, making changes to contract templates within the legal division approved parameters
Lead study level site contracting activities, direct other ICL and act as primary study point of contract for site contracting issues and timelines on assigned studies
Partner with Legal and other divisions to manage escalations in the site budgeting and contracting space
Partner with Legal, Finance, pCRO and other divisions to identify and implement areas of improvement in the site contracting space
Applies acquired job skills and procedures to complete substantive assignments, projects and tasks of moderate scope and complexity in applicable discipline
Collaboration
Lead and develop relationships with key investigational sites and Site Management Organizations across the contracting and budgeting interface
Collaborates with invoicing specialists and/or invoice service provider to ensure alignment with Investigative Site contracting and compensation requirements
Interacts with clinical site contracts & legal contacts, client and partner legal team, study management, site payments team, peer site contracting colleagues, CRO site contracting teams
Contributes to design, development and implementation of major business initiatives or special projects. Applies technical skills and discipline knowledge to contribute to achievement of client business objectives
Compliance with Parexel standards
Complies with required training curriculum
Completes timesheets accurately as required
Submits expense reports as required
Updates CV as required
Maintains a working knowledge of and complies with Parexel processes, ICH-GCPs and other applicable requirements
Skills:
Balance of general business, compliance, finance, legal, and drug development experience
Precise communications and presentation skills
Ability to plan, identify and mitigate risks to site contacting timelines
Ability to lead by influence rather than positional power to accomplish critical deliverables
Success in working in a highly matrix based organization