Fortrea is looking for an experienced Contract and Budget Lead to support our key client in EMEA
Role objectives
Role objectives
- Manage escalations and review of assigned site budgets and contracts to ensure timely contract execution and study startup forecasts are achieved.
- Support the development of creative processes, methodologies, data, and technologies that will ensure ongoing improvements in the service delivery
- Responsible for assigned country level SB&C function to develop, negotiate, administrate and execute assigned Clinical Trial Agreements and budgets.
- Oversight of assigned country budget setup including parameters development.
- Partner with Study Startup, SB&C team 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 company 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.
- BS degree or international equivalent
- 4 or more years of experience in clincal research site contracting and budgeting, including country budget build with evidence of increasing responsibility within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant industry vendor.
- At least 2 years of site budgeting and contracting oversight
- 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.