Description The Site Budget and Contract Specialist is a key member of the Site Selection and Contracting team.
This person works closely with project teams as well as the legal / contract department in the preparation, negotiation and execution of budgets and contracts (clinical trial agreement – CTA) with investigator sites across EU, North America and other countries.
This role will be perfect for you if: You can easily achieve consensus while maintaining positive working relationships with external partners Your team can count on you to get things done You have an ease to work with numbers (standardized budgets).
Obtains the project-specific site CTA template from Legal Affairs and Contracts approved by the Sponsor.
Prepares the contract schedule (study information, timelines and payment information) in collaboration with the Project Manager.
Prepares and sends the Sponsor-approved contract and budget to sites for review.
Contracts and budgets negotiations Manages budget negotiation with the sites to ensure budget remains within the Sponsor-approved limits and escalate issues as necessary Manages contract negotiation with sites and escalates legal language requests to Legal Affairs and Contracts and to the Sponsor, as necessary Keeps track of progress with contract/budget negotiation and timelines for site activation using CTMS or other tracking system Keeps project team informed of progress and of any potential delays Finalizes the site contract/budget and obtains the necessary signatures Informs the appropriate parties of contract execution in a timely manner Updates CTMS, all necessary trackers, and ensures proper filing of the contract/budget and communications Follow up and close out Manages the site contract / budget amendments process during the course of the trial Performs site budget reco.