Senior Site Contracts Lead - Remote (Poland)

IQVIA Inc; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 151,000 - 374,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global clinical programs

Collaborative environment

Influence contracting strategy atScale

Career progression

Job summary

IQVIA Biotech seeks an experienced Senior Site Contracts Associate to manage contract strategy and oversee start-up contracting for selected sponsors. You will support complex studies and multi-protocol programs, ensuring high-quality delivery and operational excellence. The role may include line-management responsibilities.

If you are a strategic thinker with strong expertise in international clinical trial contracting, we’d love to speak with you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of site contracting experience within a sponsor or CRO.
• Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience will be considered.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills with the ability to challenge and influence.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven success in matrix teams.
• Advanced legal, financial, and technical writing abilities.
• Solid understanding of regulatory requirements, GCP/ICH, and drug development process.
• Knowledge of local and global regulatory requirements, SOPs, and corporate standards.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and take calculated risks.
• Strong project leadership skills and experience mentoring others.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office tools.
• Deep knowledge of clinical trial contract management processes.
• Ability to leverage metrics to establish timelines and deliverables.
• Ability to initiate and grow programs across departments to drive impact.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex investigator grant estimates, contracting strategies, and proposal text to support business development.
• Create and maintain contract and budget templates, systems, tools, processes, and training materials for complex studies and multi-protocol programs.
• Collaborate with sponsors, stakeholders, and RSU regional teams to ensure successful delivery and sponsor compliance.
• Provide legal, operational, and financial contracting expertise to support site agreements and start-up.
• Create and review scientific, technical, and administrative documentation for study initiation.
• Assess contracting landscape and share contracting intelligence across the company.
• Ensure contracting efficiency, timelines, and achievement of financial targets.
• Track and report contracting performance metrics and out-of-scope activities.
• Partner with Quality Management to uphold contracting standards.
• Mentor and coach colleagues, delivering training and technical guidance.
• Present to clients and professional bodies as needed.
• Maintain CTMS, trackers, and project plans.
• Build relationships with preferred clients as liaison for key accounts.

Skills

Site contracting

Contract negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Project leadership

Mentoring

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

CTMS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

CTMS

Job description

IQVIA Biotech seeks an experienced Senior Site Contracts Associate to manage contract strategy and oversee start-up contracting for selected sponsors. You will support complex studies and multi-protocol programs, ensuring high-quality delivery and operational excellence. The role may include line-management responsibilities.

If you are a strategic thinker with strong expertise in international clinical trial contracting, we’d love to speak with you.