Senior Clinical Trial Budget & Contracts Specialist

The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

EFAP

Job summary

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is seeking a Clinical Trial Budget Specialist II to develop budgets for increasingly complex clinical trials. This role coordinates activities within the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center and provides project management support to finalize budgets in collaboration with sponsors and internal teams.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in clinical research, with strong Excel and budget negotiation experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4 years of experience in clinical research, including industry-funded trials or exposure to budgets and contracts.
• Experience negotiating clinical trial budgets and contracts.
• Experience reviewing and developing clinical trial pricing aligned with institutional standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop clinical trial budgets, reviewing protocols and documents to capture costs and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with investigators, staff, administration, and sponsors to create accurate and timely budgets.
• Apply appropriate research rates to study budgets.
• Independently develop, negotiate, and finalize budgets of moderate complexity with sponsors and sites.
• Submit and maintain budget data in OnCore CTMS to ensure reimbursement and revenue integrity.
• Perform pre-award quality assurance before Medicare Coverage Analysis.
• Communicate budget updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Clinical trial budgeting

Budget development

Excel

OnCore CTMS

Communication skills

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OnCore CTMS

eBridge

Encore

Job description

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is seeking a Clinical Trial Budget Specialist II to develop budgets for increasingly complex clinical trials. This role coordinates activities within the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center and provides project management support to finalize budgets in collaboration with sponsors and internal teams.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in clinical research, with strong Excel and budget negotiation experience.