Associate/Sr. Associate - Trial Capabilities, Budgets & Contracts - Dutch OR French Speaking

Eli Lilly and Company; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company located in Cork is seeking a Trial Capabilities Associate/Sr Associate. This role encompasses responsibilities for managing budgets and contracts for clinical trials while ensuring compliance with local regulations. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and at least two years of clinical research experience. Proficiency in English and either French or Flemish is also required. This position offers a hybrid work model and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working options

Healthcare benefits

Onsite gym

Travel subsidies

Subsidised canteen

Qualifications

• 2 years clinical research experience (CRO, sponsor or healthcare service provider) preferred.
• Fluency in English and either French or Flemish.

Responsibilities

• Initiate investigator site activities, including budgets and contracts negotiations.
• Ensure site initiation complies with local requirements and Lilly quality standards.
• Communicate directly with sites for effective collaboration.

Skills

Effective communication

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving

Self-management

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Eli Lilly Cork offers a premium workspace across our campus in Little Island, complete with flexible hybrid working options, healthcare, pension and life assurance benefits, subsidised canteen, onsite gym, travel subsidies and on‑site parking. In‑house People Development services, Educational Assistance, and our ‘Live Your BEST Life’ wellbeing initiatives are just some of the holistic benefits that enhance the career experience for our colleagues.

We’re committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and aim to create an environment where people from all backgrounds feel welcomed, respected and empowered to contribute their best.

Purpose

This position will cover Belgium and Netherlands. The Trial Capabilities Associate/Sr Associate, Budgets & Contracts French Speaking provides clinical trial capabilities in support of clinical development. The Associate, Budgets & Contracts is accountable to ensure the investigator sites meet requirements to enroll study participants into clinical trials from budgets and contracts perspective and support ongoing budgets and contracts activities during site maintenance and close‑out. The Associate, Budgets & Contracts is responsible for execution of the budget and contract, and activities related to clinical finance and records management. The Associate, Budgets & Contracts will ensure inspection readiness through contribution to a complete, accurate and readily available Trial Master File. Additional local responsibilities may be required as needed/appropriate for the local geography and/or to cover regional differences.

Clinical Trial Responsibilities

• Initiate investigator site activities, including communicating and negotiating budgets and contracts with site personnel, service providers and internal teams, negotiating and obtaining fully‑executed contracts, and effectively driving timelines aligned with company priorities
• Responsible for meeting and exceeding goals for clinical trial initiation for development programs in the region of responsibility
• Responsible for ensuring site initiation and maintenance activities comply with local/regional requirements, data privacy requirements and Lilly quality standards
• Communicate directly with sites to enable start‑up and maintain an active collaboration with sites regarding budgets and contracts activities during maintenance and close‑out
• Identify, communicate, and resolve issues related to budgets and contracts
• Ensure country‑specific regulatory and data privacy requirements are incorporated into budget and contract documents and any other documents/systems
• Leverage previous site / review board engagements to efficiently drive new work
• Populate internal systems to ensure accuracy of trial / site performance
• Understand and comply with procurements, legal and financial requirements and procedures
• Populate relevant Trial Master Files and libraries for future reference
• Provide feedback and shared learning for continuous improvement
• Leverage trial prioritization
• Anticipate and monitor dynamically changing priorities

Clinical Finance Responsibilities

• Collect and administer financial data from contracting partners and vendors
• Ensure financial‑specific requirements are administered in budget and contract documents
• Ensure internal financial requirements are communicated to contracting partners and vendors
• Ensure contracting partner and vendor financial requirements are communicated internally
• Support contracting partners, vendors and internal stakeholders during the payment process
• Identify, communicate, and resolve issues related to payments

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in a scientific, health‑related, engineering, economics or project management field, two years clinical research experience (CRO, sponsor or healthcare service provider) or relevant budget and contract negotiation experience preferred
• Understanding of the overall clinical development paradigm and the importance of efficient site activation
• Applied knowledge of project management processes and skills preferred
• Appreciation of/experience in compliance‑driven environment
• Ability to learn and comply with financial and legal guidelines and policies (budget and contract)
• Effective communication, negotiation, and problem‑solving skills
• Self‑management and organizational skills
• Language Capabilities – Fluent English and Fluent in either French or Flemish

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.