Contract Manager

GSK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Healthcare

Pension plan

Shares and savings programme

Competitive salary

Job summary

GSK in the United Kingdom is seeking a Contract Manager to provide end-to-end contracting support for IIS, SCS and other academic agreements, partnering with study delivery teams to ensure contracts are executed on time.

You will draft, negotiate and finalize IIS, SCS, CDA, CSA and amendments, assess risks and fair market value, and help manage global clinical development activities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Strong contract negotiation experience with academic institutions.
• Knowledge of academic and clinical research contracting.
• Experience drafting and negotiating IIS, SCS, CDA, CSA and amendment agreements.
• Understanding of contract risks, mitigations and fair market value principles.
• Experience supporting global clinical development activities.
• Strong communication, prioritisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate understanding of IIS, SCS and other supported studies agreement types and their application.
• Draft, negotiate and finalize low to medium complexity IIS, SCS, CDAs, amendments, appendicies and related documents
• Lead contract development activities and determine scope of contract requests and agreements.
• Identify, facilitate and resolve business, legal, financial and risk-related contracting issues.
• Perform fair market value assessments and support milestone payment development.
• Track contract negotiations, approvals and documentation within centralized systems.
• Partner with study delivery teams and stakeholders to ensure contracts are executed on time.
• Promote GSK values and contribute to a collaborative, patient-focused culture.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Contract Management

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Sourcing Management

Vendor Management

Business Acumen

Influencing Without Authority

Interactive Storytelling

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

Contract Manager - CPO & Supported Studies Contract Management Team

This role provides end-to-end contracting support for Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS), Supported Collaborative Studies (SCS) and other clinical agreements with academic institutions, networks, consortia and research organisations.

In this role you will

• Demonstrate understanding of IIS, SCS and other supported studies agreement types and their application.
• Draft, negotiate and finalize low to medium complexity IIS, SCS, CDAs, amendments, appendicies and related documents
• Lead contract development activities and determine scope of contract requests and agreements.
• Identify, facilitate and resolve business, legal, financial and risk-related contracting issues.
• Perform fair market value assessments and support milestone payment development.
• Track contract negotiations, approvals and documentation within centralized systems.
• Partner with study delivery teams and stakeholders to ensure contracts are executed on time.
• Promote GSK values and contribute to a collaborative, patient-focused culture.
• Other duties as assigned

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Strong contract negotiation experience with academic institutions.
• Knowledge of academic and clinical research contracting.
• Experience drafting and negotiating IIS, SCS, CDA, CSA and amendment agreements.
• Understanding of contract risks, mitigations and fair market value principles.
• Experience supporting global clinical development activities.
• Strong communication, prioritisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Global clinical research contracting experience.
• Evidence generation and supported studies experience.
• Strong analytical and reporting capability.

Skills

• Business Acumen
• Contract Management
• Influencing Without Authority
• Interactive Storytelling
• Negotiation
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Sourcing Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Management

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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