Job Title: Contract Manager

Job Location: Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Job Duration: 06 Months contract on W2

Job Description:

This individual contributor role has task-level responsibility for in-house and outsourced studies while ensuring adherence to the client's outsourcing strategies within a specific therapeutic area(s) and is accountable to support clinical trial vendor partnerships across select or multiple service categories of clinical trial activities in R&D.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive outsourcing activities by interfacing with operational teams, support groups and service providers for
• successful selection, contracting and execution of outsourced studies while ensuring compliance with
• regulatory standards, ethical practices, outsourcing and procurement policies and procedures.
• Drive the success of projects to meet short-term objectives & adhere to project schedules.
• Support Outsourcing team in a variety of tasks across outsourcing, alliance management, FSP operations and
• Financial/ Resource accountability
• Communicate with business partners and internal clients regarding contractual issues as needed.
• Provide operational expertise and support, guidance and training to teams on all aspects of outsourced work.
• Ensure alignment of teams to the related Client outsourcing strategies.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of a BA or BS Degree in Legal, Life science, Business Administration or equivalent. Advanced degree a plus.
• Clinical development experience of 3 to 5 years of relevant industry experience (pharma, biotech, CRO) required.
• Experience engaging with a wide range of suppliers (e.g., Contract Research Organizations, Cooperative groups, Clinical laboratories, Core laboratories including ECG and Imaging service providers): initiating, negotiating, and executing legal and/or financial agreements in the clinical trials environment- biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven experience in managing key internal and external stakeholders effectively by frequently soliciting input and gathering and incorporating feedback into processes as appropriate.
• Effective management of cross-functional, multi-cultural teams and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure.
• Proven time management skills and ability to be flexible to meet job demands, manage multiple priorities, and take on new initiatives and improvement efforts.
• Demonstrates a high level of adaptability in dealing with ambiguous and complex work environment and balances multiple demands on role in a responsive and professional manner.
• Ability to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.

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