Freelance Clinical Contracts Specialist

Planet Pharma; España; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Planet Pharma is seeking a Clinical Contracts Specialist for a fully remote freelance role. You will draft, review, negotiate, and manage clinical and vendor agreements across international teams.

You will lead negotiations on specialty terms, assess risk, and collaborate with Legal, Procurement, Finance, and Clinical Operations to ensure timely execution.

This position offers potential extension and exposure to diverse programs in a fast-paced, global environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of contractual terms, risk assessment, and legal language.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance business priorities with compliance requirements.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience working in cross-functional and global teams.
• Minimum 2–4 years' experience in contract management, legal operations, procurement, or clinical agreements.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a broad range of clinical and vendor-related agreements.
• Lead negotiations for specialty agreements and complex contractual terms.
• Evaluate contractual risk, review redlines, and provide practical solutions.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure timely contract execution and issue resolution.
• Support FMV assessments and budget-related contract discussions.
• Manage contracts throughout their full lifecycle, ensuring compliance and documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors, CROs, consultants, and clinical partners to establish contractual agreements.
• Support outsourcing initiatives, including proposal evaluation, supplier selection, and contract finalisation.
• Escalate complex contractual issues to senior stakeholders where appropriate.
• Contribute to process improvements and operational excellence initiatives.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Global teams experience

Education

Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant contract negotiation or management experience

Advanced degree (JD, Master's, LLM, or equivalent) with 2+ years of relevant contracts experience

Job description

Duration: Initial Contract with Potential Extension

About the Opportunity

We're partnering with a leading global biopharmaceutical organisation to appoint an experienced Clinical Contracts Specialist on a freelance basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing, international team supporting innovative clinical research programs that ultimately help bring life-changing therapies to patients.

This role is ideal for a contracts professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys leading contract negotiations, managing complex stakeholder relationships, and driving agreements through to successful execution.

You'll play a key role in supporting global clinical operations by drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing a variety of clinical and vendor agreements while collaborating closely with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Clinical Operations, and external partners.

What You'll Be Doing

• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a broad range of clinical and vendor-related agreements.
• Lead negotiations for specialty agreements and complex contractual terms and conditions.
• Evaluate contractual risk, review redlines, and provide practical solutions to support business objectives.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure timely contract execution and issue resolution.
• Support Fair Market Value (FMV) assessments and budget-related contract discussions.
• Manage contracts throughout their full lifecycle, ensuring compliance and accurate documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors, CROs, consultants, and clinical partners to establish contractual agreements.
• Support outsourcing initiatives, including proposal evaluation, supplier selection, and contract finalisation.
• Escalate complex contractual issues to senior stakeholders where appropriate.
• Contribute to process improvements and operational excellence initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts within a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of contractual terms, legal language, and risk assessment principles.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance business priorities with contractual and compliance requirements.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience working effectively within cross-functional and global teams.
• Minimum 2-4 years' experience in contract management, legal operations, procurement, clinical agreements, or a related field.

Preferred Experience

• Experience within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, CROs, medical devices, healthcare, or clinical research.
• Knowledge of Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), vendor agreements, consulting agreements, and other research-related contracts.
• Experience negotiating complex terms and specialty agreements.
• Understanding of clinical development and outsourced service models.
• Previous experience supporting global or multi-country studies.
• Familiarity with highly regulated environments.

Nice to Have

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) knowledge.
• Contract and vendor management expertise.
• Experience interacting directly with external vendors and customers.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
• Additional European language skills (French, Spanish, German, Italian, etc.).

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant contract negotiation or management experience; or
• Advanced degree (JD, Master's, LLM, or equivalent) with 2+ years of relevant contracts experience.

Why Apply?

• Fully remote opportunity.
• Work with a globally recognised life sciences organisation.
• Exposure to innovative clinical research programs.
• Collaborate with international stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Opportunity for contract extension and long-term partnership.

If you're an experienced Clinical Contracts Specialist looking to make an impact within a dynamic and patient-focused organisation, we'd love to hear from you.