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At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.
Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.
Parexel's Site Contracts Team is growing! We are currently looking to hire an experienced Site Contract Associate (“SCA”) to join a dedicated global team in a very fast-paced environment.
This is a fully remote position, and you can be located in Argentina, Mexico or Brazil.
What you’ll do:
- As a Site Contract Associate (“SCA”), you would be responsible for negotiation with sites, finalization, and execution of all types of site contracts required for site activation including budget negotiations.
- Post site activation, you will manage the negotiation, finalization, and execution of any amendments to the original contracts.
- Our Site Contract team ensures the highest standard of quality of final documents, as well as their compliance with relevant regulatory requirements including ICH – GCP
- The SCA ensures that contracts meet needs of both clients and clinical trial sites, protecting best interests of clients and the company (as applicable), while nurturing and maintaining positive relationships with clinical trial sites.
What you need to be successful in this role:
- To succeed in this role your background must include experience in legal contracts, or project finance in the Clinical trials industry (Pharmaceutical or CRO).
- You must have excellent English communication skills and the ability to multi-task with great attention to detail.
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to successfully work in a “virtual” team environment
- Superior skills in Excel, writing, budgets/numbers are all required. You must have completed a University Degree ideally in Law or Translation.
- Conversational Portuguese is a plus but not mandatory!
Who you are:
- You have a minimum of 2 to 5 years of experience in clinical research site contracts support or a combination of clinical site contract support and a related field within the CRO industry.
- Experience negotiating, reviewing, and managing legal, commercial, or clinical trial-related agreements
- Experience working with contract language, budgets, and financial terms
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret legal language and budget information
- Excellent negotiation, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Fluent written and spoken English
- University degree in a related field; candidates with a degree in Law are highly relevant
- Conversational Portuguese is plus but is not mandatory.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Site Contracting, Legal, Contract Specialist, or Project Finance professional seeking to contribute to a global clinical research team while working in a collaborative and dynamic environment.
Skills Required
- 2 to 5 years experience in clinical research site contracts support or related CRO project finance
- Experience negotiating, reviewing, and managing legal, commercial, or clinical trial-related agreements
- Experience working with contract language, budgets, and financial terms
- University degree
- Degree in Law
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Conversational Portuguese
- Superior Excel skills
- Strong analytical skills to interpret legal language and budget information
- Excellent negotiation, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
- Ability to multi-task with great attention to detail
- Ability to work successfully in a virtual team environment
- Knowledge of ICH-GCP and relevant regulatory compliance for clinical trials
Parexel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parexel and has not been reviewed or approved by Parexel.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA options, and company-paid disability insurance. Descriptions often portray the package as strong or “top notch,” adding meaningful value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and, in some regions, generous pension contributions. Core financial protections are emphasized as a solid part of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include ample PTO or flexible/unlimited RTO alongside flexible schedules and remote/hybrid options. Work-life balance support from managers is highlighted as a practical advantage.
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What We Do
Parexel is among the world’s largest clinical research organizations (CROs), providing the full range of Phase I to IV clinical development services to help life-saving treatments reach patients faster. Leveraging the breadth of our clinical, regulatory and therapeutic expertise, our team of more than 21,000 global professionals collaborates with biopharmaceutical leaders, emerging innovators and sites to design and deliver clinical trials with patients in mind, increasing access and participation to make clinical research a care option for anyone, anywhere. Our depth of industry knowledge and strong track record gained over the past 40 years is moving the industry forward and advancing clinical research in healthcare’s most complex areas, while our innovation ecosystem offers the best solutions to make every phase of the clinical trial process more efficient. With the people, insight and focus on operational excellence, we work With HeartTM every day to treat patients with dignity and continuously learn from their experiences, so every trial makes a difference. For more information, visit parexel.com. Community Guidelines Because Parexel’s social media channels are open to the general public and employees, we are not responsible for views expressed other than our own. However, we do not tolerate posts that are: • Abusive, harassing or threatening to others. • Defamatory, offensive, obscene, vulgar or depicting violence. • Hateful targeting by race/ethnicity, age, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual preference or orientation, nationality or political beliefs. • Sexually explicit or pornographic. • Fraudulent, deceptive, libelous, misleading or unlawful. • Referencing criminal or illegal activity. • Spamming. We reserve the right to remove any comments that do not adhere to our guidelines as well as report users who violate the rules of our page.
