Associate Director, Contracts and Proposals - anywhere in Europe, home based

Job Overview
Manage and direct the Contracts and Proposals team ensuring information is reflected directly into the proposals and contracts and customer expectations are achieved.;

Essential Functions
• Manage staff in accordance with organization’s policies and applicable legislation.
• Collaborate with Management to set performance goals and meaningful objectives and identify measures for evaluating goal achievement.
• Monitor resource capability and capacity, complexity of proposals and contracts and assign and direct resource appropriately, appraising performance and guiding professional development, rewarding and disciplining employees.
• Evaluate and track peformance of the team against goals and address performance issues.
• Address employee relations issues and resolve problems and implement actions on human resources matters, including salary administration.
• Effectively collaborate with management team to manage project and team-related challenges.
• Assist in the coordination of projects and resources, ensuring quality deliverables to customers.
• May contribute to discussions on implementation of Contracts and Proposals strategy on a global basis and implement objectives as appropriate.
• Ensure staff have a consistent understanding and positive impression of business strategy for regional and global objectives.
• May have financial responsibility and accountability for team, responsible for monitoring growth and performance.
• May take a proactive role in developing long standing relationships with preferred IQVIA customers, and may take a leadership role in bid defence strategy and planning, as appropriate.
• Drive quality outputs and improve proposal, budgeting and contracting standards, and ensure compliance.
• Identifies opportunities for change, and leads change by removing barriers and resistance and promoting the benefits of change.
• May participate in strategic, quality or process initiatives, and support implementation of changes.
• Act as primary interface for customers and provide expert input on delivery of all Contracting and Proposals services required by assigned customers.
• Represent Proposals and Contracts Management on task forces as needed.
• Provide advice, support, guidance and training as needed and serve as a mentor to colleagues. Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing or other directly related field and a minimum of  10 years experience in Contracts Management, Business Development, Proposal and/or Budget preparation, with 2 years management experience or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.;    Req
• Knowledge of CRO Industry.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and understanding of costing models.
• Excellent knowledge of contract, proposals and budget processes and ability to interpret budgets and protocols.
• Possess strong analytical skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and customers.

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