Lead Regional Contract Manager

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Support in the creation and maintenance of Clinical Trial Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements and negotiation guidelines. Support in the development of training related to Clinical Trial Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements and negotiation guidelines as required. Lead/support on the review and negotiation of customized and complex templates. Expedite contract negotiation and execution by acting as resource for first line negotiators to streamline requests to law department and avoid duplication of efforts among negotiators. Act as a point of contact with legal department to resolve complex legal issues while ensuring compliance with company process and strategy and subsequently disseminating information to negotiators.
 

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

Approximate Percentage of Time Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities:

25%

• Support creation and maintenance of contract templates in accordance with changes in laws, regulations, or corporate policies
• Support creation and maintenance of fallback language and negotiation guidelines related to contract templates
• Support training on contract templates and fallback language and provide training to first line negotiators and others as required
• Provide specialized support and guidance on the negotiation of CTAs and CDAs to first line negotiators

25%

• Work with the legal department to build risk assessments to support the decision making process
• Access risks of legal terms and conditions independently and communicating them to stakeholders such as clinical team, law department, and internal team where appropriate. Provide mentorship to 1st line negotiators, partners and others as required

25%

• Lead negotiations on Master Agreements and custom templates or those requiring extensive modifications and identify potential risks to the business
• Lead contract negotiations on terms and conditions of high-risk and complex agreements and other relevant legal documents as they relate to clinical trials and company/departmental policies
• Coordinate with cross-functional departments to ensure consistency and compliance with process, external communications and policies
• Assist in coaching/mentoring staff members
• Liaise with all members of clinical team as needed in addition to representatives of investigator sites, academic research organizations, contract research organization, and site management organizations as directed

25%

• Identify and promote standard methodologies. Carry out SOPs, ethics and departmental compliance as resolved by GCDO management as well as R&D companies, corporate, HCC and QA guidelines
• Collaborate with internal partners to ensure accurate dissemination and management of knowledge
• Monitor departmental processes to ensure compliance with corporate policies

Other Duties: This is not an extensive, comprehensive listing of job functions. Other duties may be performed as assigned.

Qualifications
 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree, Master of Laws (LLM) degree, paralegal degree, or local equivalent required
• At least 5 years’ experience with contract law in the pharmaceutical/clinical research industry and/or equivalent proficiencies in meaningful fields with confirmed ability to conduct contract negotiation, legal research and analysis
• Must have a working knowledge of the clinical development process
• Proficiency in English is required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and sensitivity to cross-cultural communication
• Positive relationship management skills and experience
• Strong ability to work across different geographic regions
• Ability to work reliably across all levels of management
• Strong and validated issue identification and problem resolution skills
• Sense of urgency with ability to handle contending priorities while meeting deadlines
• Working knowledge of PCs, MS Office, and database management
• Eye for business and complex project management skills
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal and leadership skills with a strong aim to mentor and coach team members

Decision-making and problem-solving:

• Adhere to SOPs, ethics and departmental compliance as resolved by JRP management as well as business partners, operating companies, corporate, HCC and QA guidelines.
• Ensure familiarity with departmental and corporate processes including but not limited to the relevant processes associated with JRP, GCDO and operating companies.
• Align with requests from QA and auditors.
• Onboard and train new staff and meet regularly with team members to ensure studies are properly supported and identify contracting issues and potential solutions.
• Assist in resolution of site/study related concerns.
• Mentor and guide teams on processes and procedures.
• Serve as a key liaison with management on staff performance and development.
• Facilitate clear and consistent communications between management and other team members.
• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Drive accountability and results.
• Able to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment.

Travel: 10%

Primary Location
Europe/Middle East/Africa-Netherlands, Europe/Middle East/Africa-Belgium, Europe/Middle East/Africa-Switzerland-Zug-Zug