Manager, Site Budgeting and Contracting

Role Summary

Manager, Site Budgeting and Contracting, remotely based and reporting to the Associate Director, Site Budgeting and Contracting. This role supports the delivery of global SB&C tasks, partnering with Sites, CROs, and internal/external Study and Startup teams to ensure timely contract execution and accurate study startup forecasts. It drives negotiation and administration of Master Clinical Trial Agreements and contributes to the development of processes, data, and technologies that improve SB&C delivery. Location: Massachusetts - Virtual.

Responsibilities

• Supports delivery of global site budgeting and contracting (SB&C) tasks, partnering with Sites, CRO and internal/external Study and Startup team members.
• Manage escalations and review of global site budgets and contracts from CRO partners to ensure timely contract execution and study startup forecasts are achieved.
• Drive negotiation and administration of master clinical trial agreements.
• Support the development of creative processes, methodologies, data, and technologies that will ensure ongoing improvements in the delivery SB&C services.
• Manage negotiations, finalization and administration of Master Clinical Trial Agreements.
• Responsible for assigned study level SB&C function to develop, negotiate, administrate and execute assigned Clinical Trial Agreements and budgets.
• Oversight of budget setup including parameters for assigned studies.
• Partner with Study Start up Managers, CROs, Clinical Operations teams, and TAU partners to improve overall SB&C metrics and implement processes.
• Ensure standards are applied to the SB&C processes across project portfolios and support continuous improvement activities while developing TA-aligned strategies.
• Partner with Study Startup, CRO and Clinical Operations teams as an escalation point for global budget escalations outside of budget parameters.
• Leverage leading industry tools and data sources to provide budget and contract feedback aligned with Takeda parameters and fair market value guidance.
• Promptly recognize and improve potential delays providing solutions to resolve and escalate non-performance.
• Manage site contracts and budgets negotiation timelines to ensure sites are "Ready To Enroll" to the Startup Project Plan.

Qualifications

• BS degree or international equivalent.
• 4 or more years of experience in clinical research site contracting and budgeting with evidence of increasing responsibility within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant industry vendor.
• 2 or more years of global site budgeting and contracting oversight and/or negotiation.
• Ability to explain data, facilitate decision making processes to be data driven.
• Expertise in principles driving country/site budgeting and contracting strategies.
• Excellent organizational skills, decision making, communication and negotiation skills.