Contract & Budget Senior Specialist - Sponsor Dedicated

IQVIA Argentina; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA Argentina seeks a Contract & Budget Senior Specialist to develop regional contracting strategy and support start-up contracting activities for selected sponsors and studies. You will coordinate grants, estimates, and budgets, while aligning with cross-functional teams across R&D, Legal, and Finance to ensure timely delivery and regulatory compliance.

The role requires strong CLM experience, vendor negotiations, and the ability to manage multiple contracts with sound judgment.

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 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 elevate appropriately.
• Ability to manage multiple contracts and deadlines independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop regional contracting strategy and support start-up contracting activities for sponsors and studies.
• Coordinate investigator grants, estimates, contracting strategies, and proposal text.
• Develop contract language, payment language and budget templates as required.
• Ensure collaboration with sponsors, stakeholders and RSU regions to deliver project scope on sponsor requirements.
• Provide specialist contracting support to Study Teams for site agreements and regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to contracting intelligence for assigned studies and the wider company.
• Maintain contracting efficiency, timelines and financial goals, and ensure quality standards with QA.

Skills

Contract management experience

Vendor negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Budget management

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Agiloft

ICE360

CLM systems

Job description

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 elevate 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

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.