Strategic Contracts Manager, Research & Partnerships

Alliance Data Systems; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in Atlanta seeks an Associate Manager, Contract Management within the Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) team. The role focuses on negotiating and executing research and partnership contracts to support business objectives, with emphasis on compliance and stakeholder alignment.

You will liaise with cross-functional teams, manage complex negotiations, and help streamline contracting workflows while ensuring timely, ethical, and value-driven outcomes. Travel 0–10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific/medical or related field.
• Minimum of six years in a scientific/medical or academic research environment.
• Advanced experience in budget and contract negotiations with clear understanding of financial schedules and KPIs.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to construct persuasive contractual arguments.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex contracting negotiations including service agreements, research partnerships, sponsorships, memberships, data sharing, non-disclosure, and master service agreements across a broad spectrum of external entities with a focus on budget, quality, compliance and alignment with business needs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on key policies and processes related to contracting and vendor management, including key financial assumptions, KPIs and milestones.
• Support the strengthening and streamlining of the end-to-end internal contracting workflow, focusing on creating efficiencies, expediting timelines and driving contracting best practices.
• Serve as an effective liaison between Line of Business and key stakeholders in the contracting workstream, communicating pertinent contract scope details to ensure targeted and transparent contract review and processing.
• Proactively identify and explain potential contract engagement risks to LOB and external contracting entities and propose effective solutions for mitigation.
• Ensure compliance with government rules and regulations relating to contracting and budgetary aspects, including fair market value and transparency reporting for health-care systems and professionals.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Budgeting

Stakeholder mgmt

MS Excel

Cross-functional work

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Word

Job description

Novo Nordisk in Atlanta seeks an Associate Manager, Contract Management within the Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) team. The role focuses on negotiating and executing research and partnership contracts to support business objectives, with emphasis on compliance and stakeholder alignment.

You will liaise with cross-functional teams, manage complex negotiations, and help streamline contracting workflows while ensuring timely, ethical, and value-driven outcomes. Travel 0–10%.