Country Approval Specialist & Site Contract Specialist
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Job Location:
Mexico City - Mexico
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
16-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
As a Country Approval Specialist participates in the management and preparation review and coordination of Country Submissions in line with global submission strategy.
As a Site Contract Specialist you will prepare negotiate and finalize contracts.
Essential Functions and Other Job Information:
- Prepares reviews and coordinates under guidance local regulatory submissions (MoH EC additional special national local applications if applicable e.g. gene therapy approvals viral safety dossiers import license) in alignment with global submission strategy.
- Provides under guidance local regulatory strategy advice (MoH &/or EC) to internal clients.
- Provides project specific local SIA services and coordination of these projects.
- May have contact with investigators for submission related activities.
- Key-contact at country level for either Ethical or Regulatory submission-related activities.
- Coordinates under guidance with internal functional departments to ensure various site start-up activities are aligned with submissions activities and mutually agreed upon timelines; ensures alignment of submission process for sites and study are aligned to the critical path for site activation.
- Achieves PPDs target cycle times for site.
- May work with the start-up CRA(s) to prepare the regulatory compliance review packages as applicable.
- May develop country specific Patient Information Sheet/Informed Consent form documents.
- May assist with grant budgets(s) and payment schedules negotiations with sites.
- Supports the coordination of feasibility activities as required in accordance with agreed timelines.
- Enter and maintains trial status information relating to SIA activities onto PPD tracking databases in an accurate and timely manner.
- Ensures the local country study files and filing processes are prepared set up and maintained as per PPD WPDs or applicable client SOPs.
- Maintains knowledge of and understand PPD SOPs Client SOPs/directives and current regulatory guidelines as applicable to services provided.
- Drafts reviews negotiates and finalizes agreements with study sites in accordance with local/accepted process.
- Negotiates within approved parameters both investigator grant budget negotiation parameters contractual terms and conditions in per company contractual considerations client contractual considerations established process with sites and follows established escalation routes
- Ensures compliance to established negotiation parameters contractual process and client expectations
- Ensures compliance of budgetary guidance 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 escalation channels
- Coordinates with internal functional departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with contractual activities and mutually agreed up timelines;
- Achieve target cycle times for site activations
Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2 years).
- In some cases an equivalency consisting of a combination of appropriate education training and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Effective oral and written communication skill
- Excellent interpersonal skill
- Strong attention to detail and quality of documentation
- Good negotiation skill
- Good computer skills and the ability to learn appropriate software
- Good English language and grammar skills
- Basic medical/therapeutic area and medical terminology knowledge
- Ability to work in a team environment or independently under direction as required
- Basic organizational and planning skills
- Basic knowledge of all applicable regional / national country regulatory guidelines and EC regulations
- 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 ability to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation
- Capable with appropriate oversight of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters
- Able to organize competing priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Sales Experience
- Crane
- Customer Service
- Communication skills
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Microsoft Word
- Case Management
- OSHA
- Team Management
- Catheterization
- Microsoft Outlook Calendar
- EHS
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