Contract & Budget Senior Specialist - Sponsor Dedicated

IQVIA LLC; Buenos Aires; Presencial; ARS 1.800.000 - 2.400.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

IQVIA LLC is seeking a Contract & Budget Sr Specialist to oversee regional contracting strategies and start-up activities for selected sponsors and studies. The role emphasizes coordinating grants, drafting contract language, budgets, and payments while ensuring compliance with sponsor requirements.

The successful candidate will collaborate across R&D, Legal, Finance and CROs, manage multiple contracts and deadlines, and mentor team members to uphold quality standards and process excellence.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years in pharma/biotech contract or budget management.
• Experience with vendor negotiations and CRO interactions.
• Experience using CLM systems (Agiloft, ICE360 or similar).
• Knowledge of contract lifecycle, drafting, review, and approvals.
• Cross-functional collaboration with R&D/Clinical Operations, Legal, Finance.
• Ability to identify risk and manage multiple contracts.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate development of investigator grants and contracting strategies.
• Develop contract language, payment terms and budgets templates.
• Collaborate with sponsors, RSU regions and countries to meet requirements.
• Provide legal, operational and financial contracting support to study teams.
• Contribute contracting intelligence to support studies and company needs.
• Ensure contracting efficiency and adhere to timelines and financial goals.
• Mentor colleagues and deliver training materials as needed.
• Deliver client presentations and maintain CTMS and other systems.

Conocimientos

Contract management

Budget management

Vendor negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Herramientas

Agiloft

ICE360

Descripción del empleo

Contract & Budget Sr Specialist.

Develop the regional contracting strategy and support the delivery of all required start-up contracting activities for selected sponsors, studies or multi-protocol programs as determined by the Sponsor’s requirements.

Essential Functions

• Coordinate the development of investigator grants and estimates, contracting strategies and proposal text to support the proposal development process.
• Develop contract language, payment language and budget templates as required as applicable to the position.
• Ensure collaboration, including communication with sponsors, stakeholders and RSU regions and countries as applicable to the position, to successfully deliver the agreed project scope in compliance with sponsor requirements and/or the RSU Management Plan.
• Provide specialist legal, operational and financial contracting support to the Study Teams, as applicable to site agreements to facilitate efficient business development and initiation and maintenance of clinical trials, whilst enabling compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to the collection, interpretation, analysis and dissemination of accurate contracting intelligence to support assigned studies and the wider company, as required.
• Ensure overall contracting efficiency and adherence to project timelines and financial goals as applicable to site agreements.
• Work with Quality Management to ensure appropriate contract management and quality standards.
• Mentor and coach colleagues as required including the delivery of training materials as required.
• Deliver presentations to clients as required.
• As applicable, eEnsure accurate completion and maintenance of internal systems (with emphasis on CTMS), databases, tracking tools, timelines and project plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech contract management or clinical budget management
• Experience with vendor negotiations and CRO interactions
• Experience using a contract lifecycle management system, with preference for candidates who have worked in Agiloft, ICE360, or a similar CLM platform.
• Strong understanding of the contract lifecycle, including drafting, review, approval workflows, and execution
• Experience working cross-functionally with R&D/Clinical Operations, Legal, Finance, Strategic Sourcing/Procurement, and vendors
• Ability to identify contractual risk, exercise sound judgment, and escalation appropriately
• Ability to manage multiple contracts and deadlines independently
• IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries.
• We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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