Contract Analyst I

ICON Clinical Research; France; Remote; EUR 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

ICON Strategic Solutions seeks a Contract Analyst I to manage contracting and invoicing processes for an assigned portfolio. You will collaborate with internal teams to ensure timely and accurate SB&C activities, leveraging industry tools to support budget and contract decisions.

Required are a BS degree and 2+ years in clinical research site contracting with strong negotiation and data interpretation skills to drive compliant, efficient processes.

Qualifications

• BS degree or international equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience in clinical research site contracting and budgeting within pharma, CRO or related vendor.
• Ability to explain data to facilitate data-driven decision making.
• Knowledge of clinical study protocols and schedule of assessments.
• Strong organizational, decision making, communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate with sites on contracting items including clinical trial agreements and budgets.
• Collaborate with Study Startup teams, CROs and partners to improve SB&C metrics.
• Ensure standards are applied to SB&C processes across projects.
• Provide budget and contract feedback aligned with fair market value guidance.
• Track actions and negotiations to meet study/site timelines.

Skills

Contract management

Budgeting

Negotiation

Communication

Education

BS degree or international equivalent

Job description

Contract Analyst I

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.

As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

As a Contract Analyst I at ICON, you will prepare, verifying, and carrying out invoicing via electronic processing and reporting activities for an assigned portfolio of accounts.

What You Will Do:

You will contribute to contract management activities, taking responsibility for your deliverables and working collaboratively.

Key responsibilities include:

• Negotiate directly with assigned sites on all site related contracting items including clinical trial agreements, budgets, payment terms, ancillary agreements and amendments.
• Partner with internal Study Startup team, CROs, Clinical Operations teams, and TAU partners to improve overall SB&C metrics and deliver processes.
• Ensure standards are applied to the SB&C processes across projects.
• Leverage leading industry tools and data sources to provide budget and contract feedback aligned with parameters and fair market value guidance.
• Promptly recognize and improve potential delays and elevate to appropriate team members.
• Track all actions and negotiations to ensure timelines are achieved for studies and sites assigned.
• Support resolving escalated issues identified by the site activation sub-team in partnership with the internal Study Startup team.

Your Profile:

You will bring relevant contract management experience, along with the following qualifications and skills.

Required qualifications and experience:

• BS degree or international equivalent
• 2 or more years of experience in clinical research site contracting and budgeting within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant industry vendor.
• Ability to explain data to facilitate decision making processes to be data driven.
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical study protocols and schedule of assessments
• Strong organizational skills, decision making, communication and negotiation skills.

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well‑being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country‑specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site (https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits) to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here (https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable‑accommodations)

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.