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Job Location drjobs

Menlo Park, CA - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

$ 168000 - 198000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

THIS POSITION WILL BE ONSITE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: San Francisco Bay Area / Dallas TX / Miami FL / New Jersey

*Relocation support will be considered for this role

Overview of Role:

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Associate Director to join our team. This role is crucial in managing site agreements to support our programs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in clinical outsourcing site contract and budget negotiation and managing relationships with clinical research sites. You will support clinical benchmarking and site budget development escalation and payment activities for the Clinical Operations department. You will partner with functional leads of departments to establish strategic approaches to fair market value negotiations and enable site activations.

Role and Responsibilities:

  • Under minimal guidance lead the development of pricing strategies for site budgets to enable contract and site activation
  • Collaborate with legal finance CRO and clinical teams to ensure site agreements comply with regulatory and company standards
  • Negotiate and finalize site agreements including budgets contracts and other necessary documentation. Knowledge of CTA legal risks and possible fallback language required.
  • Rigorous analysis of budgets with the goal of securing the best price
  • Confidently present the budget to the Chief Accounting Officer for approval ensuring full knowledgeable of all details
  • Partner with Clinical Finance team to provide studywide site payment estimates and forecasts
  • Work with legal counsel to ensure appropriate indemnification liability and confidentiality provisions are included in contracts
  • Provide regular updates to management on progress and key performance indicators related to trial agreements
  • Work with Finance and Clinical Leadership as needed to address budget invoice payment and PO concerns
  • Collaborate with external functional service providers (FSP) on site budget templates studylevel work orders and POs and site payment processes
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with CROs FSP providers and clinical sites
  • Monitor FSP providers and ensure adherence to project timelines quality standards and contractual obligations
  • Identify and implement departmental processes or standards
  • Assist and work with senior management on special projects
  • Develop and maintain outsourcing strategies to support clinical trials across various phases
  • Ensure timely and costeffective solutions that meet project timelines and budgets
  • Address and resolve any issues or disputes related to site agreements
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Legal Clinical Operations and Clinical Development
  • Develop and implement new ideas and solutions to increase the efficiency of the department
  • All other duties as assigned

Experience Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

The pay range for this role is $168000 to $198000 annually. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.

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Required Experience:

Director

Employment Type

Full-Time

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