Clinical Contracts Administrator

Neurocrine Biosciences; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 55,655 - 75,960; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Retirement savings plan with company match

Paid vacation and personal days

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

Neurocrine Biosciences in San Diego is hiring a Clinical Contracts Administrator to manage the contract lifecycle of clinical sites. Responsibilities include developing budgets, negotiating contracts, and collaborating with multiple teams to ensure a smooth startup process for studies.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience. This position offers a competitive hourly rate ranging from $40.40 to $55.14, an annual bonus, and comprehensive benefits including medical and retirement savings.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of contracts administration or similar transactional experience directly interacting with clinical sites.
• Understanding of company business objectives and knowledge of services and customers.
• Knowledge of the clinical trial process, regulations and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Support negotiation and administration of clinical site contracts.
• Collaborate with clinical research sites and in-house run studies.
• Build site budgets and handle negotiations.

Skills

Contracts administration

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Job description

About the Role

We are hiring Clinical Contracts Administrators to support the site contract lifecycle management. Responsibilities include developing clinical site budgets, negotiating and executing contracts, ensuring timely study startup, and collaborating with clinical sites, legal, finance and study teams across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Support a timely and successful negotiation and ongoing administration of clinical site contracts, including CDAs, CTAs, CTA amendments and other site‑contract related agreements.
• Collaborate with clinical research sites for in‑house run studies, assist with site‑specific challenges and study‑related documentation.
• Build site budgets, handling negotiations, triage, review, and identifying issues for escalation.
• Find solutions for potential roadblocks and challenges in the study start‑up process, such as site budget constraints and contract discrepancies.
• Effectively communicate site budget issues and facilitate problem resolution.
• Present CDA and CTA updates in team meetings.
• Utilize strong analytical skills to assess issues and propose solutions.
• Check clinical site contracts for completeness and accuracy, ensuring adherence to department guidelines and correcting documents as necessary.
• Facilitate the contract signing process as directed.
• Track all site interactions in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring status updates are fully descriptive.
• Create files for all site‑related contracts.
• Facilitate the CTA start‑up process and develop CTA and payment terms templates, site budgets and supporting documentation, serving as the site contract and budget point person with sites or CRO.
• Submit web requests and coordinate with Legal on CTA executions.
• Negotiate site budget with clinical sites based on parameters set by the Head of Clinical Operations (or designee).
• Co‑manage site payments for in‑house run studies and related accounting activities to ensure timely payments based on executed site contracts.
• Collaborate with finance/accounting departments to support site contract budgets.
• Contribute to the development and organization of site contracting and budgeting processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least 2 years of contracts administration or similar transactional experience directly interacting with clinical sites and internal stakeholders.
• Understanding of company business objectives and knowledge of our services and customers.
• Experience in a specific functional discipline while acquiring higher‑level knowledge and skills.
• Comfortable using tools and processes that support the functional area.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Strong computer skills.
• Strong communication, problem‑solving, and analytical thinking skills.
• Detail oriented with a focus on accuracy.
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines across a variety of projects/programs.
• Knowledge of the clinical trial process, regulations and guidelines.
• Ability to read and interpret contracts, ensuring contract language/terms meet company standards.
• Excellent contract administration skills, including budgeting, billing/invoicing, issue resolution, and point‑of‑contact responsibilities for CRO and/or study teams.
• Knowledge of clinical contract accounting and budgeting process.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with experience supporting multiple teams.

Compensation & Benefits

Hourly rate: $40.40–$55.14, dependent on location, role complexity, and experience. This position offers an annual bonus with a target of 20% of earned base salary and eligibility to participate in the company’s equity‑based long‑term incentive program. Benefits include a retirement savings plan with company match, paid vacation, holidays and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage per plan terms.

EEO Statement

Neurocrine Biosciences is an EEO/Disability/Vets employer. We are committed to building a workplace of belonging, respect, and empowerment.