About this role
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:
Site Contract Lead Tasks:
• Oversee the site contracting process for clinical trials, ensuring that contracts are executed in a timely and effective manner. • Monitor, drive, and report on site contract performance throughout the whole lifecycle, specifically metrics such as contract cycle times, contract aging time, contract quality and tracking compliance. • Developing all Project set up documents for contracting, including but not limited to: Clinical Trial Agreement templates, Fallback languages, Site Contract Plan, etc. • Advise on investigator grant budgets/parameters in collaboration with a global team of Grant Strategy and Investigator fees. • Ensuring that all terms and conditions are clear, effectively aligned with the overall project needs. • Participate on KOMs to provide feedback on preferable contracting strategies and beneficial tactics. • Oversee project specific Site Contracts team, providing leadership, guidance, and necessary project/client specific training to the team members. • Develop and implement best practices for site contract management, including specific processes, procedures, and tools. • May support the department through shared knowledge and other defined pathways, as well as deescalate issues. • Conscientiously control the budget from a site contracting aspect, ensuring that costs are tracked, managed, and communicated timely and effectively. • Identify and mitigate risks associated with the site contracting process, including risks related to timelines, costs, effectiveness of implemented strategy, and quality. Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders until resolution. • Maintain frequent, clear and effective communication with all stakeholders involved with or dependent upon the site contracting process, including sponsors, key internal stakeholders, vendors, collaborative CROs and sites (as applicable). • Build and maintain strong working relationships with external and internal stakeholders and facilitate alignment of relevant parties aiming at expedited contract execution. • Provide necessary support to cross-functional teams including Start up, Global Clinical Operations, Investigator Payments, Business Development and Feasibility. • Provide regular updates and reports on the site contracting process to clients, senior management and other stakeholders as needed. • Monitor data accuracy and completeness. • Support Project Lead with implementation of project hour forecasting for Site Contracts team to ensure accurate planning, resource allocation and budgeting throughout trial lifecycle.
Skills:
• Possess strong diplomacy, leadership skills and excellent organizational ability. • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. • Ability to motivate both individuals and a team with strong influencing skills. • Ability to successfully work in a “virtual” multicultural team environment and across different time zones different time zones. • Must have strong analytical skills with the ability to create or interpret legal language and budgets. • Demonstrate thought leadership and innovation. • Maintain grace under pressure while displaying a high level of professionalism. • Align internal and external resources to achieve objectives. • Demonstrated attention to detail. • Comprehend and interpret contract language. • Identify problems independently and execute solutions. • Quickly comprehend desired end-result, goal or objective and act to accomplish. • Demonstrated effective decision-making. • Solid working proficiency of all MS Office Products specifically, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. • Polished presentation skills. • Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage complex contracts. • Good project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. • Relationship-building skills. • Familiarity with relevant legal framework and regulations related to site contracting within the CRO industry. • Experience with relevant software tools and technologies used in site contracting, such as eTMF and contract management systems.
Knowledge and Experience:
• Senior Site Contract Lead requires 5+ years of experience in site contracting or combination with a related field within the CRO industry.
Education:
• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., law, economics, business, social sciences), equivalent training or industry experience.