Clinical Trial Contract Manager # 26-28798

Us Tech Solutions; Ridgefield (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions in Ridgefield, CT seeks a Clinical Trial Contract Manager for a 12-month contract with possible extension. You will negotiate budgets and site payments, maintain contract files, and coordinate with Clinical Ops, Legal, and Finance to ensure FMV-aligned budgets.

The role requires strong budgeting expertise and the ability to drive site framework development and timely payments, with experience in CRO or pharma settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least five years in regulated pharmaceuticals or healthcare.
• Strong clinical budgeting background and ability to benchmark FMV.
• Experience negotiating master services, confidentiality, and trial agreements.
• Proven ability to manage contract files and systems with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated reporting and metric implementation for budgets and trials.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, negotiate, and execute a variety of clinical trial agreements and related contracts.
• Review language, respond to negotiations, and escalate as needed.
• Maintain contract files and systems and coordinate with Clinical Ops, Legal, and Finance.
• Develop and maintain Site Fee Framework and ensure timely payments within budget.
• Report on budgets, performance, and deliverables using trial metrics.

Skills

Clinical budgeting

Contract negotiation

Budget management

FMV benchmarking

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Word

Access

Veeva (plus)

Job description

Duration: 12 Months Contract (Extension Possible)

Note: There are the experience and skills that matter most to us. Candidates who line up with these tend to be the strongest fit for the contract manager.

• Contract negotiation experience across a variety of agreements. This includes master services agreements, confidentiality agreements and clinical trial agreements. The person should be comfortable reviewing contract language, drafting responses to negotiate modifications, and following escalation paths when needed.
• Clinical trial budget negotiation experience. They should be able to review budget terms, prepare responses, and elevate appropriately.
• Contract file and system management. They should have experience maintaining contract files and systems.
• Metrics and reporting. It's a plus if they've helped implement contracting and trial metrics or tools that give visibility into performance and deliverables.
• At least 5 years of experience at a clinical research site, a CRO or a pharma company. If a resume shows strong negotiation experience (especially CTAs and clinical trial budgets) and the 5+ years in a clinical research setting, that's a great sign. If those pieces are missing, it's probably not the right match for this particular role.

Duties:

• The Clinical Trial Contract Manager is responsible for assurance that clinical trial /site budget is of high quality, and allocations are within fair market values.
• This role is responsible for the development and maintenance of Sites Fee Framework as well as timely and accurate coordination, processing, monitoring, and administration of payments to sites according to budget and terms.
• The incumbent will be responsible for the support of management goals and objectives of the department.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares, negotiates, and executes a variety of agreements Reviews contract language and prepares responses to negotiate contract modifications.
• Maintains contract files and systems.
• Maintains close working relationship with all Clinical Operations as well as Legal, Ethics & Compliance and Clinical Development & Medical Affairs (CDMA).
• Ability to build clinical trial site budget and ensure it is of high quality and allocations are within fair market values (FMV); analyze protocol flowcharts to create costing, payment strategies, and budget estimates and negotiation parameters within FMV.
• Drives development and maintenance of Site Fee Framework Sets up, closes, re-opens, and submits payments within all grants.
• Effectively uses budget-specific and trial metrics and tools to report on, provide visibility into, and analyze performance and deliverables.
• Maintains a focused continuous improvement culture by identifying and executing strategies and priorities to enable the Budget group to deliver value and enhance overall operational effectiveness.
• Actively remains current with industry standards, trends, and competitive intelligence on budget best practices.
• Interfaces across Medical, all TAs, Finance, Legal, and external parties e.g., investigators, site personnel, third party vendors.
• Liaises within Clinical Trial Manager and TA Lead for review and approval of budget Liaises with Clinical Finance/Accounting Department, Legal Department (if needed) and the local Head of Clin Ops and/or Clinical Operations Management for approval of payment related decisions (e.g., standard payment frequency) and maintain proper documentation.
• Represents Contract/Budget group processes on local/global working groups.
• Ensures commitment to customer-centric behaviors.
• Maintains high degree of responsiveness to both internal and external requests

Skills:

• Strong clinical background and budgeting understanding of cost drivers and benchmarks for clinical site budget.
• Ability to think strategically and initiate strong and persuasive contractual arguments to support business policies and objectives.
• Track record in setting priorities, organization and problem-solving skills which support and enable sound decision making.
• Excellent customer service skills and high attention to detail.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and critical thinking to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations requiring new solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to be clear and concise in a variety of communication settings.
• Experience in working with systems, applications related to clinical and/or project management planning and reporting systems.
• Excellent knowledge of computer applications (Excel, Word, Access) is essential. Knowledge of Veeva is a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree with minimum of five (5) years of relevant business experience in regulated pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry.

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com. US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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