Overview
We are hiring! Home Based Senior Contract Managers required at short notice!
It is a very exciting time at ICON – ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.
Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.
Aligned with a global biopharmaceutical partner, in this role within the Trial Management team, you will actively support the coordination and setup of clinical studies by working across the Local Study Teams while ensuring quality and consistency of study deliverables to meet our time, cost, and quality objectives.
Responsibilities
Role
Our client’s clinical studies span various therapeutic areas including respiratory, oncology, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases. You will play an important role in driving costings and contract negotiations during study setup and modifications due to protocol amendments. You will communicate regularly with hospital trusts, study team members at trial sites, and other key external and internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for negotiating costings and contracts across our clinical studies from start-up through execution and close-out.
Specific tasks include:
* Drafting financial and study agreements with Investigators and Trusts / Health Boards
* Negotiating costings with Trusts / Health Boards and private healthcare institutions, covering the NIHR costings template, and maintaining records to support future negotiations
* Driving the prompt review and approval of contracts and costings with stakeholders
* Assisting in preparation, review, and tracking of documents for the clinical trial application process (regulatory and ethics)
Requirements
* Previous costings and negotiation experience within a healthcare/pharmaceutical environment (e.g., R&D contracts manager)
* Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
* Working knowledge of the Clinical Study Process and understanding of related procedures, ICH/GCP guidelines
* Strong organization and time management skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask in a high-volume, shifting-priority environment
If you are currently in an academic role within the NHS with experience in costings templates, this could be an excellent transition into the commercial sector with further development opportunities.
Qualifications
* What is Required
* Significant contracts and negotiation experience in healthcare/pharmaceutical environment (e.g., R&D contracts manager)
* University degree (minimum BSc)
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