Investigator Contracts Lead - FSP (Site Contracts Lead)

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve. At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do. Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference. Key Accountabilities: Contracting deliverables 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 Fluency in written and spoken English is required Knowledge and Experience: Experience with clinical study budgets and contracting negotiation principles, practices, processes, and activities Knowledge of the principles, concepts and theories in applicable business discipline Experience in drafting and negotiation of Clinical Trial Agreements with clinical trial sites in a global operation preferred Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and 5+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing OR Juris Doctorate or equivalent and 2+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing Apply To This Job