Entry Level Contract Specialist
Core
Negotiates and executes clinical study agreements (CSAs) and investigator grant budgets for clinical trials in the biopharma industry.
Role type
Entry-level contract specialist (clinical operations)
Builds
Clinical trial study start-up processes
Domain
Clinical research / Biopharma
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Contract negotiation, CSA document management, budget management, stakeholder communication, document status tracking
Preferred skills
Prior contract negotiation experience, relevant work experience
Technologies
Department tools/systems
Responsibilities
Oversees negotiations of clinical study agreements (CSAs) on a study level and drives CSA document finalization and execution. Acts as first-line subject matter expert for all such CSA elements on assigned studies for internal stakeholders. Plans contract execution strategy for assigned studies including forecast of site-specific contractual execution timelines. Works closely with internal stakeholders to prepare site contractual templates, including payment terms. Maintains document status reports, and updates department tools/systems and team members on a regular basis. Collaborates with internal legal, finance and clinical operations departments. Manages site level discussions with internal team stakeholders around fair market value of investigator budgets and payment terms.