CDMA Clinical Contract Manager - Compass Consulting

Our client develops, manufactures and supplies a wide array of innovative medical diagnostic products, services, tests, platforms and technologies.

Role Overview:

The Clinical Contracts Specialist Sr. (position title may be Clinical Contracts Manager) works closely with project, people, and functional leaders across Clinical Operations & Biometrics, Procurement, Legal, Finance, and Suppliers to ensure appropriate contracts are in place for COBM projects and payments associated to contracts are issued to vendors.

Responsibilities:

• This is a job requiring a combination of advanced skills and experience in drafting, negotiating, and finalizing contracts for COBM related services.
• Drafts, reviews and negotiates clinical trial agreements (Master Service Agreements, Work Orders, and Clinical Trial Agreements) and site budgets with US and ex-US institutions.
• Evaluate changes in study protocols to determine the impact on clinical trial site budgets; develop, negotiate and finalize budget amendments.
• Provide continuing support on executed agreements (e.g., drafting amendments, extensions and terminations, interpreting contractual language in response to issues or questions that arise).
• Work closely and communicate with members of the Lifecycle Finance teams and other internal stakeholders; provide timely updates on contract and site budget status, identifying and escalating any potential critical path items as appropriate.
• Track, maintain and update assigned contract information within the COBM Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) and other tracking tools, to ensure completeness and accuracy, as applicable.
• Works with Supplier Relationship Manager and Legal to establish Master Services Agreement (MSA) for as many suppliers as possible.
• Works with Supplier Relationship Manager to incorporate Key Performance Indicators into contracts for applicable suppliers.
• Establish Purchase Orders (PO), review related Invoices, track spend against contracts / POs, and report spend as necessary.

Education:

• (Required) Bachelor's Degree in Business / Finance or industry related field
• (Preferred) Masters Degree in Business / Finance or industry related field