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Job Description

Investigator Contracts Lead is responsible for direct site-facing contract and budget negotiations thought contract execution with assigned clinical investigator sites including initial agreements and amendments and oversight of other contracting professionals on assigned studies. This also includes managing the Per-Subject Cost (PSC) process for assigned studies, managing escalation and resolution for budget and non-legal term issues from other ICL or pCRO and collaborating with other lines to plan site contracting timelines though start-up.

• Exercise good judgment in balancing the risks for Pfizer in making budget and contractual decisions against the impacts to Pfizer clinical trial timelines.
  
• Follow GPD processes to develop, negotiate, track and execute global clinical study agreements with institutions and investigators participating in sponsored clinical trials.
  
• Work with partners to develop and oversee the global site budget process.
  
• Work with clinical trial sites and directly negotiate cost, business and contractual terms and conditions with investigators/institutions, making changes to contract templates within the Legal division approved parameters.
  
• Lead and develop relationships with key investigational sites and Site Management Organizations across the contracting and budgeting interface.
  
• Lead study level site contracting activities, direct other ICL and act as primary study point of contract for site contracting issues and timelines on assigned studies.
  
• Partner with Legal and other divisions to manage escalations in the site budgeting and contracting space.
  
• Partner with Legal, Finance, pCRO and other divisions to identify and implement areas of improvement in the site contracting space.
  
• Has knowledge of the principles, concepts and theories in applicable business discipline.
  
• Collaborates with invoicing specialists and/or invoice service provider to ensure alignment with Investigative Site contracting and compensation requirements.
  
• Applies acquired job skills and procedures to complete substantive assignments, projects and tasks of moderate scope and complexity in applicable discipline.
  
• Contributes to design, development and implementation of major business initiatives or special projects. Applies technical skills and discipline knowledge to contribute to the achievement of business objectives at GPD or WSR Functional Line level - e.g., WSR Worldwide Safety, WSR Worldwide Regulatory Operations, GPD Clinical Development & Operations, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing and a bachelor's degree.
  
• Experience with clinical study budgets and contracting negotiation principles, practices, processes, and activities.
  
• Balance of general business, compliance, finance, legal, and drug development experience.
  
• Precise communications and presentation skills.
  
• Ability to plan, identify and mitigate risks to site contacting timelines.
  
• Demonstrated ability to lead by influence rather than positional power to accomplish critical deliverables.
  
• Demonstrated success in working in a highly matrix-based organization.
  

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing and a US Juris Doctorate or equivalent legal degree.
  
• Experience in drafting and negotiating of Clinical Trial Agreements with clinical trial sites in a global operation.
  

Work Location Assignment: Remote

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives - In order to fulfill our corporate purpose, a value-oriented corporate culture guides our actions. Pfizer's values are: Courage, Excellence, Equity & Joy.

Courage: One bold way we are achieving our goals is our company-wide digital transformation strategy. Our flat hierarchies enable short decision-making paths.

Excellence: We focus on what is really important, take responsibility, measure progress and work together in a spirit of trust. Together we rely on an agile way of working that encourages our employees to balance their private and work lives and to promote personal development.

Equity: We believe that different experiences are valuable, which is why every opinion is heard and valued. These experiences and opinions enrich the entire company. In this way, we promote a diverse and inclusive working environment in which colleagues in various , Equity & (DE&I) working groups such as, e.g. Engage Empowered Women, LGBT*IQ , , X-Gen.

Joy: If we experience our work as meaningful, we get a lot in return. We achieve this by being proud of the contribution we make, appreciating each other and sharing this with joy and recognition. Our BRAVO Award program gives us an appreciative opportunity to do so. Our employees benefit from a comprehensive company health management "Pfizer in Balance" also during working hours.

Living our values extends well-beyond the workplace, you get the opportunity to support people in need and to carry out our efforts around , & equity, environmental sustainability and against any form of exclusion through volunteering e.g., during our annual engagement days.

For us, it goes without saying that we offer fair remuneration in accordance with the IG BCE framework collective agreement, as well as a pension scheme and many other attractive benefits.

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