Contract Analyst

ICON Strategic Solutions; España; Presencial; EUR 35.000 - 55.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

ICON Strategic Solutions is seeking a Contract Analyst to join their team. This role involves negotiating and overseeing clinical trial agreements, providing training, and identifying process improvements. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience in contract negotiation, particularly in a clinical research environment. A commitment to compliance and effective communication across global teams is essential.

Servicios

Annual leave entitlements

Health insurance options

Retirement planning

Global Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance

Optional benefits like childcare vouchers

Gym memberships

Travel discounts

Formación

• 3-5 years of experience in contract negotiation is required.
• Thorough understanding of GDPR and privacy regulations.
• Experience negotiating privacy clauses in clinical research.

Responsabilidades

• Overseeing clinical contract activities and providing process guidance.
• Communicating and negotiating contracts with stakeholders.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements in contract activities.

Conocimientos

Negotiation

Analytical

Organizational

Critical Thinking

Process-oriented

Educación

Bachelor’s degree

Descripción del empleo

As a Contract Analyst, you will join the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organization, powered by healthcare intelligence.

The Contracts group aims to provide clinical trial site budget and contract negotiations, purchase order creation, and payment support for clinical trial and medical research consulting agreements with institutions, investigators, and consultants worldwide.

Our vision is to develop clinical trial and medical research agreements through effective negotiations, timely execution, and accurate payments, while ensuring compliance with sponsor policies.

The Contract Analyst is responsible for overseeing specific clinical contract activities, including providing process guidance, conducting negotiations and analyses, facilitating compliance, and pursuing process improvements. They must balance controls with a streamlined, customer-focused, and timely contracting process.

What you will be doing:

1. Contract Negotiations: Communicate and negotiate contracts with site, team, or affiliate personnel, including:

• Communicating sponsor’s position on contract issues, identifying relationship opportunities, securing site contracts, collecting feedback, and facilitating communication; assisting with difficult negotiations and follow-up.
• Negotiating complex contracts, such as Phase I, PET Studies, Oncology Cooperatives, and Endocrine portfolio sites.
• Reviewing and approving contract exceptions with sponsor partners.

Training and Documentation: Maintain and conduct contract-related training, including:

• Developing and implementing training for new analysts and customers.
• Creating and maintaining contract templates, process documentation, and legal guidance documents.
• Mentoring contract analysts to enhance negotiation skills.

Clinical Trial Contract Guidance: Provide guidance to sponsor business partners by:

• Developing process documentation.
• Facilitating quality, speed, and value through information sharing and alignment with policies.
• Hosting meetings with contracting groups.
• Serving as the primary contact for interactions between TC and sponsor legal teams regarding process changes and documentation.

Process Improvements: Identify and implement improvements by:

• Standardizing and streamlining contract activities and using metrics to drive improvements.
• Sharing learning to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Evaluating issues and opportunities to anticipate changes and make recommendations to management.

You are:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of experience in contract negotiation
• Thorough understanding of GDPR and privacy regulations
• Experience negotiating privacy clauses in clinical research
• Experience working with global teams and partners
• Strong organizational, analytical, negotiation, and critical thinking skills
• Process-oriented

What ICON can offer you:

We prioritize building a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent. Besides a competitive salary, ICON offers various benefits focused on well-being and work-life balance, including:

• Annual leave entitlements
• Health insurance options
• Retirement planning
• Global Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Optional benefits like childcare vouchers, gym memberships, and travel discounts

Learn more at our careers website.

ICON values inclusion and belonging, providing an accessible environment for all candidates. We are committed to equal opportunity and a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, religion, gender, or other protected statuses.

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Interested but unsure if you meet all requirements? We encourage you to apply — you might be exactly who we’re looking for!