Senior Site Contracts Lead

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.

At Parexel , we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel , contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

Key Accountabilities :
Site Contract Lead Tasks:

- Oversee the site contracting process for clinical trials, ensuring that contracts are executed in a timely and effective manner.

- Monitor, drive, and report on site contract performance throughout the whole lifecycle, specifically metrics such as contract cycle times, contract aging time, contract quality and tracking compliance.

- Developing all Project set up documents for contracting, including but not limited to: Clinical Trial Agreement templates, Fallback languages, Site Contract Plan, etc.

- Advise on investigator grant budgets/parameters in collaboration with a global team of Grant Strategy and Investigator fees.

- Ensuring that all terms and conditions are clear, effectively aligned with the overall project needs.

- Participate on KOMs to provide feedback on preferable contracting strategies and beneficial tactics.

- Oversee project specific Site Contracts team, providing leadership, guidance, and necessary project/client specific training to the team members.

- Develop and implement best practices for site contract management, including specific processes, procedures, and tools.

- May support the department through shared knowledge and other defined pathways, as well as deescalate issues.

- Conscientiously control the budget from a site contracting aspect, ensuring that costs are tracked, managed, and communicated timely and effectively.

- Identify and mitigate risks associated with the site contracting process, including risks related to timelines, costs, effectiveness of implemented strategy, and quality. Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders until resolution.

- Maintain frequent, clear and effective communication with all stakeholders involved with or dependent upon the site contracting process, including sponsors, key internal stakeholders, vendors, collaborative CROs and sites (as applicable).

- Build and maintain strong working relationships with external and internal stakeholders and facilitate alignment of relevant parties aiming at expedited contract execution.

- Provide necessary support to cross-functional teams including Start up, Global Clinical Operations, Investigator Payments, Business Development and Feasibility.

- Provide regular updates and reports on the site contracting process to clients, senior management and other stakeholders as needed.

- Monitor data accuracy and completeness.

- Support Project Lead with implementation of project hour forecasting for Site Contracts team to ensure accurate planning, resource allocation and budgeting throughout trial lifecycle.

Skills:

- Possess strong diplomacy, leadership skills and excellent organizational ability.

- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

- Ability to motivate both individuals and a team with strong influencing skills.

- Ability to successfully work in a “virtual” multicultural team environment and across different time zones different time zones.

- Must have strong analytical skills with the ability to create or interpret legal language and budgets.

- Demonstrate thought leadership and innovation.

- Maintain grace under pressure while displaying a high level of professionalism.

- Align internal and external resources to achieve objectives.

- Demonstrated attention to detail.

- Comprehend and interpret contract language.

- Identify problems independently and execute