Hybrid Contract Specialist II Contract Specialist II with verification

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

As a Site Contract Specialist, you will prepare and negotiate contracts, as well as, finalize the contract process.

We hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We offer continued career advancement opportunities, training and benefits passionate about health and wellbeing of our employees.

A day in the Life:

• Drafts, reviews, negotiates and finalizes agreements with study sites in accordance with local/accepted.
• Negotiates within approved parameters both investigator grant budget negotiation parameters, contractual terms and conditions in accordance with company and client contractual considerations; established process with sites and follows established critical issue routes.
• Ensures compliance to established negotiation parameters, authority approval, contractual process and client expectations.
• Ensures compliance of budgetary mentorship, templates and process.
• Identifies and assesses legal, financial and operational risks and brings up to appropriate level of the organization per established processes.
• Provides recommendations and alternative resolutions to Investigator Contract negotiations through established issue channels.
• Coordinates with internal functional departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with contractual activities and mutually agreed up timelines; ensure alignment of contract negotiation process for sites and study are properly aligned to the critical path for site activation.
• Achieve target cycle times for site activations
• Ensures guidelines and processes are followed for efficient escalation of out of parameter issues as appropriate.
  
  

Education

Degree in Law or previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

Experience

Comparable to 2 - 5 years handling contracts processes

English, fluent and translation

Note

Fully remote role (meetings at the office, max 3 days per month)

For that reason candidates should be based CDMX or within proximity

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Understanding of the principles of contract law, including a general understanding of laws that influence contract language, such as business, intellectual property and local tax and stamp laws.
• Proven track record to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation.
• General understanding of business and financial principles that related to service agreements.
• Effective interpersonal skills (verbal and written) in English and in language spoken at local place of work.
• Capable, with appropriate oversight, of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical and decision based thinking.
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs.
• Able to work independently or in teams.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Able to organize priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues.
• Able to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications, such as, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.
• Ability to demonstrate a customer focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration.
  
  

Benefits

We offer driven remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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