Remote Senior Site Contracts Navigator

Syneos Health, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health is seeking a Senior Site Contracts Specialist/Contract Navigator to support end-to-end contracting for internal stakeholders and external parties, including professionals, institutions, and vendors. The role requires strong critical thinking, risk assessment, and the ability to influence across a matrix organization.

Based in the US and remote-friendly, you will guide contract development and negotiation, ensure compliance, and help optimize processes to accelerate project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, business, law, operations, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Guide stakeholders through the contracting process to reduce administrative burden and accelerate project execution.
• Manage contract-related activities from intake through completion, including coordination, tracking, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Apply critical thinking to evaluate requests, clarify business needs, identify risks and gaps, and recommend appropriate paths forward.
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion when addressing complex, high-priority, or time-sensitive matters.
• Build and maintain productive relationships across a matrix organization, aligning stakeholders with different priorities, responsibilities, and decision-making authority.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner who can influence outcomes without direct authority and promote timely, transparent, and informed decisions.
• Coordinate with internal partner functions and external parties during contract development and negotiation, including discussion of business terms and financial considerations.
• Implement applicable strategies, standards, processes, and controls in alignment with business needs and operational objectives.
• Maintain visibility into contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and related activities so stakeholders can monitor project status, risks, and next steps.
• Proactively identify and resolve process, purchase order, invoice, and vendor issues, escalating when appropriate.
• Identify improvement opportunities, remove barriers, share best practices, and help develop scalable tools and processes.
• Promote customer focus, enterprise thinking, cross-functional collaboration, compliance, ethics, safety, and responsible risk management.

Education

Bachelor's degree in science, business, law, operations, or a related field

Job description

Syneos Health is seeking a Senior Site Contracts Specialist/Contract Navigator to support end-to-end contracting for internal stakeholders and external parties, including professionals, institutions, and vendors. The role requires strong critical thinking, risk assessment, and the ability to influence across a matrix organization.

Based in the US and remote-friendly, you will guide contract development and negotiation, ensure compliance, and help optimize processes to accelerate project