Senior Research Contracts Negotiator

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 31,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health seeks a Senior Contracting Specialist to draft, negotiate and execute research agreements, including subcontracts, sponsored research, MTAs, data transfers, and confidentiality agreements. You will work closely with the Senior Director Technology Transfer, Executive Director Research Administration, Principal Investigators, and collaborators.

The role emphasizes standard template development, timely processing, IP provisions, and compliance with Federal, State, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Doctoral degree preferred.
• 3-5 years related work experience, with experience in contract negotiation and federal grants.
• Licensing experience in academic and medical research preferred.
• Strong organization and time management skills with ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously in a time sensitive environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.
• Ability to work with a varied caseload with minimal supervision, exercising strong judgment and applying the appropriate legal principles and Joslin policies and practices to specific legal issues.
• Outstanding verbal and written skills proven in either a legal, university or academic medical center setting are required.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a point of contact during negotiation and review of agreements. Oversees agreement process through final signature.
• Negotiates, drafts, executes and maintains research contracts including subcontracts, material transfer, data transfer, collaboration, and confidentiality agreements.
• Develop and maintain standard agreement templates and updates standard operating procedures as needed.
• Timely enter and maintain agreements in repository and other database systems. Schedules progress reports and deliverables on all awards and contracts in database systems with appropriate notifications.
• Determines the appropriate intellectual property provisions to include in agreements, in light of existing institutional commitments and likelihood that an invention will be made in the proposed work.
• Understands and keeps current with regulations, policies and processes, applicable to grants and contracts, as well as state and federal laws.
• Finalizes research agreements including securing approvals, signatures, overseeing handoff of completed agreements to OSR administration and to related stakeholders.
• Responsible for subrecipient risk assessment process for federal awards and FFATA reporting.
• Educates OSR and other Joslin personnel on the contracts process and components.
• Participates proactively in ad-hoc committees/workgroups to optimize agreements workflows, accountability and transparency.
• Performs systems audit as needed or required.
• Will participate in special tasks or duties as requested for the needs of the office, including but not limited to, the intake process from the centralized web-based grant portal, patent and trademark docketing and other items as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Project management

Interpersonal communication

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Doctoral degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Beth Israel Lahey Health seeks a Senior Contracting Specialist to draft, negotiate and execute research agreements, including subcontracts, sponsored research, MTAs, data transfers, and confidentiality agreements. You will work closely with the Senior Director Technology Transfer, Executive Director Research Administration, Principal Investigators, and collaborators.

The role emphasizes standard template development, timely processing, IP provisions, and compliance with Federal, State, and