Study Contracts Manager

Study Contracts Manager 

Introduction to role: 

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in the world of clinical trials? As a Study Contracts Manager, you'll be at the forefront of negotiating and budgeting, ensuring ethical and compliant practices in developing and managing contracts with investigators, institutions, and external vendors. Your expertise will drive costings and contracts, making a significant impact on the success of clinical studies. Regular communication with key stakeholders will be your forte as you navigate the complexities of clinical trial agreements. This position serves as a flexible contracting and budgeting resource, providing coverage across studies and teams based on business needs, workload balancing, and organizational priorities. 

Accountabilities: 

• Adapt global templates of agreements to local use in accordance with local requirements and SOPs. 

• Develop and negotiate clinical site budgets based on Fair Market Value. 

• Negotiate agreement language and budget with clinical study sites. 

• Act as point of contact and interface with Legal if necessary to ensure integrity of contracts. 

• Maintain the status of agreements, budgets, issues, payments, amendments, and communications for the duration of the study. 

• Ensure final contract documents are consistent with agreements reached at negotiations. 

• Ensure all agreements are executed in a timely manner, contributing to efficient site start-up timelines. 

• Support internal and external audit activities. 

• Ensure compliance with AstraZeneca’s Code of Conduct and company policies and procedures relating to people, finance, technology, and security. 

• Ensure that all contracts are included in the TMF. 

• Additional responsibilities may include training and mentoring new members of the local Study Team regarding financial/contractual issues and sharing experiences, supporting preparation and negotiation of a Local Master Service Agreement, and contributing to process improvements, knowledge transfer, and best practice sharing. 

Essential Skills/Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree required in related discipline with 4+ years of experience negotiating industry contracts such as Clinical Study Agreements, CDAs, and amendments for site, SMO, CRO, or Sponsor. 

• Experience developing clinical trial budgets from study protocols, including Fair Market Value assessments. 

• Ability to support multiple studies and agreement types, adapting quickly to changing business needs and priorities  

• Provide flexible contracting and budgeting support across multiple studies, including negotiation of CSAs, CDAs, amendments, and budgets creation  

• Excellent knowledge of international guidelines ICH-GCP, basic knowledge of GMP/GDP. 

• Good knowledge of relevant local regulations. 

• Basic understanding of the drug development process. 

• Good understanding of Clinical Study Management including monitoring, study drug handling and data management. 

• Excellent attention to detail. 

• Good written and verbal communication skills. 

• Good collaboration and interpersonal skills. 

• Good negotiation skills. 

Desirable Skills/Experience: 

• Ability to work in an environment of remote collaborators. 

• Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new studies and support contracting and budgeting needs with minimal training or oversight.  

• Post-graduate training in contracts administration or work experience as a paralegal in pharmaceutical or health care industry. 

• Manages change with a positive approach for self, team and the business. Sees change as an opportunity to improve performance and add value to the business. 

• Ability to look for and champion more efficient and effective methods/processes of delivering quality clinical trials with reduced budget and in less time. 

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Demonstrates ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with conflicting deadlines. 

• Familiar with risk-based monitoring approach including remote monitoring. 

• Good cultural awareness. 

• Ability to understand the impact of technology on projects and to use and develop computer skills while making appropriate use of systems/software in an e-enabled environment. 

• Team oriented and flexible.  

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our passion for science and innovation. Our commitment to exploring new frontiers in healthcare allows us to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide. We embrace curiosity and courage, empowering our teams to make bold decisions that lead to groundbreaking discoveries. With a collaborative environment that unites diverse expertise from academia, biotechs, and industry, we are dedicated to delivering life-changing medicines. Join us in our mission to redefine what's possible through science. 

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and be part of our journey towards transforming healthcare! 

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $112,154 to $168,232. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.