Sr Site Budget & Contracts Lead

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IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, Technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

Job Overview

The Senior Site Budget & Contracts Lead is responsible for providing the suite of Site Budget & Contracts Services to clients. They will participate on a project team to deliver Site Budget & Contracts Services on time, within budget, and in accordance with applicable financial, contractual, and pharmaceutical R&D industry standards and regulations. Their focus will be on the more complex projects (i.e. multiple countries, challenging therapeutic area).

Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Serve as the client’s primary point of contact for projects that are using a single Site Budget & Contracts service;
• Lead internal project kick-off meetings for single solution engagements which will include a review of the Statement of Work (SoW) and the service delivery model that will be followed to execute the services;
• Develop the investigator grant budget for the per patient grant and related site pass-through costs;
• Work with the (Sr) Site Budget & Contracts Manager to develop site-specific Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs), Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), or other related contractual documents (collectively, the “contractual documents”) based upon client approved templates;
• Negotiate contractual documents using the negotiation and escalation plan that has been established with the client;
• Track the delivery of services against the SoW and ensure that agreed up project targets and/or milestones are being achieved;
• Lead client specific or departmental projects which may require oversight of other Site Budget & Contracts staff to ensure that these projects are delivered within the established timelines;
• Prepare ongoing unit based forecasts for assigned projects and measure performance against those forecasts;
• Serve as an internal escalation point for project related issues and challenges;
• Identify those elements that trigger an out-of-scope activity (i.e. additional tasks requested, timeline shift, sites added to the study) and work with the Associate Director, Site Budget & Contracts to prepare a Change Order;
• Serve as mentor to junior staff providing required training as well as addressing project questions/issues;
• Other duties as assigned

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• B.A./B.S. preferably in a business or science/health care discipline, nursing degree, or equivalent degree and/or related experience
• Five (5) years of prior experience in a client service role at a biotechnology or pharmaceutical company, CRO, or other organization supporting clinical research or healthcare activities;
• Prior experience leading staff, ideally in a clinical trials start-up group;
• Clinical study start-up experience with an emphasis on site contractual documents

We know that meaningful results require not only the right approach but also the right people. Regardless of your role, we invite you to reimagine healthcare with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there!

We invite you to join IQVIA™.

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 67,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.