Senior Site Contracts Lead

**When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.**   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. **Key Accountabilities**: **Site Contract Lead Tasks:** * Oversee the site contracting process for clinical trials, ensuring that contracts are executed in a timely and effective manner.   * Monitor, drive, and report on site contract performance throughout the whole lifecycle, specifically metrics such as contract cycle times, contract aging time, contract quality and tracking compliance.   * Developing all Project set up documents for contracting, including but not limited to: Clinical Trial Agreement templates, Fallback languages, Site Contract Plan, etc. * Advise on investigator grant budgets/parameters in collaboration with a global team of Grant Strategy and Investigator fees.  * Ensuring that all terms and conditions are clear, effectively aligned with the overall project needs. * Participate on KOMs to provide feedback on preferable contracting strategies and beneficial tactics.  * Oversee project specific Site Contracts team, providing leadership, guidance, and necessary project/client specific training to the team members. * Develop and implement best practices for site contract management, including specific processes, procedures, and tools.   * May support the department through shared knowledge and other defined pathways, as well as deescalate issues.  * Conscientiously control the budget from a site contracting aspect, ensuring that costs are tracked, managed, and communicated timely and effectively.   * Identify and mitigate risks associated with the site contracting process, including risks related to timelines, costs, effectiveness of implemented strategy, and quality. Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders until resolution.   * Maintain frequent, clear and effective communication with all stakeholders involved with or dependent upon the site contracting process, including sponsors, key internal stakeholders, vendors, collaborative CROs and sites (as applicable).   * Build and maintain strong working relationships with external and internal stakeholders and facilitate alignment of relevant parties aiming at expedited contract execution.   * Provide necessary support to cross-functional teams including Start up, Global Clinical Operations, Investigator Payments, Business Development and Feasibility.    * Provide regular updates and reports on the site contracting process to clients, senior management and other stakeholders as needed.   * Monitor data accuracy and completeness. * Support Project Lead with implementation of project hour forecasting for Site Contracts team to ensure accurate planning, resource allocation and budgeting throughout trial lifecycle. **Skills:** * Possess strong diplomacy, leadership skills and excellent organizational ability. * Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.   * Ability to motivate both individuals and a team with strong influencing skills. * Ability to successfully work in a “virtual” multicultural team environment and across different time zones different time zones.   * Must have strong analytical skills with the ability to create or interpret legal language and budgets.   * Demonstrate thought leadership and innovation.   * Maintain grace under pressure while displaying a high level of professionalism.   * Align internal and external resources to achieve objectives.   * Demonstrated attention to detail.   * Comprehend and interpret contract language.   * Identify problems independently and execute solutions.  * Quickly comprehend desired end-result, goal or objective and act to accomplish.   * Demonstrated effective decision-making.   * Solid working proficiency of all MS Office Products specifically, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.   * Polished presentation skills.   * Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage complex contracts.   * Good project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.   * Relationship-building skills.   * Familiarity with relevant legal framework and regulations related to site contracting within the CRO industry.   * Experience with relevant software tools and technologies used in site contracting, such as eTMF and contract management systems.   **Knowledge and Experience**:  * Senior Site Contract Lead requires 5+ years of experience in site contracting or combination with a related field within the CRO industry. **Education:** * Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., law, economics, business, social sciences), equivalent training or industry experience.