CDMA Clinical Contract Manager

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Our client, a leading global pharmaceutical company based in Rotkreuz, is looking for a new team member for a very exciting role:

CDMA Clinical Contract Manager

Rotkreuz

Background

The Clinical Contracts Manager works closely with project, people, and functional leaders across Clinical Development and Medical Affairs (CDMA), Procurement, Legal, Finance, and Suppliers to ensure appropriate contracts are in place for CDMA projects and payments associated to contracts are issued to vendors.

General Information

• Start date: Asap / 16.02.2023

• latest Start Date: 16.03.2023

• End date: 1 year after start

• Extension: very likely

• Workplace: Rotkreuz

• Workload: 100%

• Home Office: Partly possible

• Department: Clinical Development and Medical Affairs

• Working hours: Standard

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Drafts, reviews and negotiates clinical trial agreements (Master Service Agreements, Work Orders, and Clinical Trial Agreements) and site budgets with US and ex-US institutions
• Evaluate changes in study protocols to determine the impact on clinical trial site budgets; develop, negotiate and finalize budget amendments
• Provide continuing support on executed agreements (e.g., drafting amendments, extensions and terminations, interpreting contractual language in response to issues or questions that arise)
• Work closely and communicate with members of the Lifecycle Finance teams and other internal stakeholders; provide timely updates on contract and site budget status’, identifying and escalating any potential critical path items as appropriate
• Track, maintain and update assigned contract information within the CDMA tracking tools, to ensure completeness and accuracy, as applicable
• Works with Legal to establish Master Services Agreement (MSA) for suppliers as requested
• Other tasks may be assigned from time to time to support the overall CDMA function

Must Haves

• Min. 5 years hands-on experience in contract drafting, negotiation, and finalizing (*****), ideally within the Diagnostic or Pharmaceutical industry
• Direct experience in working with internal legal (*****)
• Finished University Degree or apprenticeship (*****)
• Good IT skills, and knowledge of Microsoft Office/Google (****); SAP skills are a plus
• Very good spoken and written skills in English, ideally German skills
• Able to work in a face paced environment with routine changes
• Self-motivated

Nice to Haves

• Experience with requests for information/pricing events and contract budget reviews

We are fully committed to equal opportunity engagement and strive for diversity among our external workforce.

Do not miss the opportunity to apply for this position! Looking forward to receiving your e-application.

Fulvio Santimaria

Tel. +41 (0)76 358 13 34

*All applicants MUST have full legal authorization to work in the EU region independently and be fluent in both spoken and written English language.

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