About This Role:
As a Site Contracts Manager, you will be an integral part of the Qualitative Sciences & Development Operations team, focusing on the preparation and negotiation of Clinical Trial Agreements and related contracts. Your role is crucial in ensuring that contract terms align with study needs while safeguarding Biogen’s interests. You will work closely with study and legal teams to meet startup timelines, fostering strong relationships with clinical sites and ancillary facilities. Managing status tracking, you ensure Biogen is always ready for inspection and audit. Additionally, you will support CROs in contract negotiations and serve as an escalation point for language issues. Your insights will drive continuous process improvements, enhancing our institutional knowledge and negotiation strategies.
What You’ll Do:
- Negotiate Clinical Trial Agreements with assigned sites to ensure alignment with Biogen’s interests.
- Manage status tracking and reporting, keeping all stakeholders informed and updated.
- Attend study team meetings to collaborate on study progress and contract execution.
- Negotiate Master Clinical Trial Agreements as necessary to support study objectives.
- Support CROs with contract negotiations and serve as an escalation point for unresolved issues.
- Analyze contract trends to identify and implement process improvements.
Who You Are:
You are a highly organized individual with a knack for negotiation and a strong attention to detail. Your ability to manage time and priorities independently sets you apart, allowing you to handle a high volume of work efficiently. You thrive in cross-functional teams, where your excellent communication skills foster collaboration and drive results. Your proactive approach and problem-solving mindset ensure that you effectively navigate complex contractual negotiations, making you a valuable asset to the team.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree in a scientific or business discipline. JD/Paralegal Certification preferred.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry, specifically in site contract negotiation and execution across Phase I-IV clinical trials.
- Thorough understanding of GCP, relevant ICH standards, and FDA/EMA guidelines.
- Excellent negotiation, conflict resolution, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage time and priorities independently with minimal oversight.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to achieve operational goals.
- Strong analytical skills for identifying contract trends and implementing improvements.
- Familiarity with budget negotiation and financial analysis in clinical trial settings.
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive and often perceived as fair across roles, with total compensation framed as strong when bonus and equity are included. Compensation sentiment is described as above-average overall, though it varies by function and business cycle.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs are repeatedly highlighted as a meaningful part of the total package, including stock programs and an employee stock purchase plan. Equity and bonus elements are portrayed as important contributors to feeling well rewarded beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are described as distinctive, including a year-end shutdown and a paid sabbatical after extended tenure. Vacation, holidays, sick time, and personal-significance days are also presented as supportive of work-life needs.
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What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics. With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries. For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.
