Senior Contracts & Clinical Trials Associate

University of Maryland, Baltimore; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is seeking a Clinical Trials & Corporate Contracts Senior Associate within the Center for Clinical Trials and Corporate Contracts. The role works with UMB researchers and administrative teams to structure and negotiate basic-, service-, and clinical-research agreements with sponsors and partners.

Hybrid position with three days in-office, offering opportunities to influence contract strategy, ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as science, engineering, business, pre-law or other discipline appropriate to position.
• Juris Doctor is strongly preferred and may substitute for required experience.
• Experience in contract development and negotiation in health or medical research setting strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review, negotiate, analyze, and draft contract terms for corporate-sponsored research agreements (material transfer, confidentiality agreements, research (basic) agreements, sponsored and UMB-initiated CTAs, research services agreements, master agreements, and collaboration agreements).
• Ensure contract represents campus commitments and compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies.
• Provide ongoing in-service training to faculty and study teams.
• Evaluate and develop potential corporate-funded research collaborations and other corporate-funded research-driven business relationships.
• Coordinate project management including ensuring project compliance, scheduling, planning, change of scope impact analysis, reports on progress, and cost analysis.
• Provide sophisticated analysis and solutions to complex problems; initiate and develop plans and methods to address function goals and short-term projects; contribute to planning, executing, and status reporting of short and long-term projects; contribute to proposal and implementation of new or revised procedures, practices, or policies; guide and assist others in concepts in field of work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Juris Doctor preferred

Job description

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is seeking a Clinical Trials & Corporate Contracts Senior Associate within the Center for Clinical Trials and Corporate Contracts. The role works with UMB researchers and administrative teams to structure and negotiate basic-, service-, and clinical-research agreements with sponsors and partners.

Hybrid position with three days in-office, offering opportunities to influence contract strategy, ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and support