Associate Director, Contract Management

At Genmab we are dedicated to building extranotordinary futures together by developing antibody products and groundbreaking knock-your-socks-off KYSO antibody medicines that change lives and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. We strive to create champion and maintain a global workplace where individuals unique contributions are valued and drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our patients care partners families and employees.

Our people are compassionate candid and purposeful and our business is innovative and rooted in science. We believe that being proudly authentic and determined to be our best is essential to fulfilling our purpose. Yes our work is incredibly serious and impactful but we have big ambitions bring a ton of care to pursuing them and have a lot of fun while doing so.

Does this inspire you and feel like a fit Then we would love to have you join us!

The Associate Director Site Contract Management provides operational leadership to a global team of Site Contract Managers. The role oversees the end-to-end management of Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) and other site contracting documents including negotiation FMV and site payments ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards. Acting as a key link between Legal Compliance Development Operations and Finance the position drives contracting efficiency consistency and quality. The Associate Director oversees team performance process optimization and delivery of timely audit-ready site contracts that support Genmabs clinical development objectives. May require occasional domestic and international business travel.

Key Accountabilities (including but not limited to)

• Leadership and People Management
  Provides direction and leadership to a team of Site Contract Managers ensuring effective performance engagement and professional development. Oversees resource allocation and prioritization to meet operational needs and foster a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.
  

• Strategic Oversight of Site Contracting
  Leads and manages the full lifecycle of Clinical Trial Agreements including negotiation FMV benchmarking execution and amendments. Drives standardization and efficiency through the implementation of process optimization strategies (e.g. MCTAs) and ensures adherence to global policies templates and processes to support timely study start-up.
  

• Legal Regulatory and Compliance Alignment
  Partners with Legal Compliance and Finance to ensure all site contracts meet legal regulatory and compliance requirements. Maintains audit-ready documentation proactively identifies risks and ensures seamless integration of evolving legal and regulatory expectations into daily operations.
  

• Stakeholder Management and Cross-functional Collaboration
  Acts as the main escalation point for complex negotiations and fosters strong partnerships with Clinical Operations Legal Compliance and Finance stakeholders. Ensures transparent communication of progress risks and performance metrics to internal stakeholders and senior leadership.
  

• Operational Excellence and Performance Management
  Defines and monitors KPIs for site contracting operations to ensure quality compliance and timely delivery. Leads continuous improvement initiatives and process optimization while supporting the development of SOPs tools and templates to enhance global consistency.
  

• Inspection Readiness and Quality Assurance
  Ensures all contract-related documentation is accurate complete and inspection-ready. Supports audits and inspections drives CAPA implementation and promotes a strong culture of compliance quality and data integrity within the team.

Qualifications/Experience

(preferred professional experience level)

• Bachelors Degree

• 10 years of direct experience in Site Contracting FMV Benchmarking and Site Payment tools and processes within the biotechnology/ pharmaceutical CRO or healthcare industry

• 3 years people management experience

• Substantial knowledge with GCP ICH Regulatory and relevant FDA/EMA guidelines

• Fluent in spoken and written English

Excellent stakeholder management concise written and verbal communication ability to influence clearly communicate and collaborate across an increasingly complex matrix advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook) Saas based platform tools and other industry standard programs

Attributes of a successful candidate

Self-starter; motivated by working in a fast-paced ambiguous environment

Detail oriented timeline driven and ability to work in a structured environment as an individual and team contributor

Applies Innovation and compliance mindset to process evaluation and improvement

Analytical approach to identifying relevant metrics and defining meaningful KPIs

Demonstrates self-awareness and ability to receive and provide constructive feedback for development.

About You

• You are genuinely passionate about our purpose

• You bring precision and excellence to all that you do

• You believe in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving

• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with a broad spectrum of backgrounds

• You take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team

• You can grapple with the unknown and be innovative

• You have experience working in a fast-growing dynamic company (or a strong desire to)

• You work hard and are not afraid to have a little fun while you do so!

Locations

Genmab maximizes the efficiency of an agile working environment when possible for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are crafted as open community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our powerful laboratories. Whether youre in one of our office spaces or working remotely we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

About Genmab

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose to improve the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For 25 years its hard-working innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and harnessed translational quantitative and data sciences resulting in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers antibody-drug conjugates next-generation immune checkpoint modulators and effector function-enhanced antibodies. By 2030 Genmabs vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999 Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen Denmark with international presence across North America Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information please visit and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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