Senior Manager, Contracts Management and Outsourcing

Senior Manager, Contracts Management and Outsourcing

W2 Contract

Salary Range: $156,000 - $176,800 per year

Location: Redwood City, CA - Hybrid or Remote PST

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Director, you will be responsible for successfully implementing the Contracts Management and Outsourcing goals and objectives. You will provide dedicated contracting and outsourcing support for our company and its affiliated companies, including independent contract drafting, negotiation, training, administration of the contracts database, and general legal issue spotting in this area. This position will also support vendor selection, management, and outsourcing support for all cross-functional departments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement the coordination and management of outsourced contracting activities and act as a primary point of contact for problem-solving and escalation for assigned projects.
• Create and maintain an ongoing positive, collaborative, and customer service-driven relationship with administrators, external vendors, and internal business partners.
• Proactively determine the potential need for contracts, including contract amendments with direction from the Senior Director, Contracts Management, and Outsourcing as needed.
• Assure contractual terms and provisions comply with legal counsel guidelines, corporate processes, systems, and strategies following industry standards.
• Independently perform contract reviews and negotiations for multiple complex contracts, often utilizing external legal counsel as needed, as directed by the Senior Director, Contracts Management and Outsourcing.
• Work on special projects as identified by executive management or business needs.
• Provide central oversight and training of the Contracts Administration Database, including task assignment and maintaining system integrity.
• Contribute to improving processes and establishing refinements that reduce cycle time and improve efficiency in initiating clinical trial sites.
• Collaborate with other Contracts Management and Outsourcing team members to ensure proper dissemination and management of knowledge and to meet team goals and objectives.
• As directed, train other group members on departmental processes and operational activities.
• Support study teams in the RFP process, selection of vendors, and management of vendor contracts.
• Use broad expertise or unique knowledge and skills to contribute to developing company objectives and principles and achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
• Identify and implement methods, techniques, procedures, and evaluation criteria for assigned projects to achieve results.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in a related discipline and 5+ years of related experience; MS/MA degree in a related discipline and 3+ years of related experience
• At least 3+ years of experience in life sciences, legal, or contract management
• Highly motivated, thorough, and detail-oriented concerning in-depth contract language review, analysis, and negotiation.
• Strong analytical and business communication skills
• Robust contract language drafting and negotiation skills for a wide variety of complex vendor and clinical research contracts with extensive knowledge of appropriate fallback language
• Proficient with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Biotech/Pharmaceutical Outsourcing experience.
• Understanding of Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Phase I through Phase IV.
• Excellent oral and written communication in multicultural settings
• Contract database management experience.
• Paralegal certification or extensive contract management and negotiation experience in biotech is strongly preferred.
• Direct communication and contract management experience with legal counsel or external legal firms is highly preferred.
• Working knowledge and direct experience managing contracts within the Conga Contracts Database is preferred.

Desired Skills and Experience

Contract management, vendor management, legal, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, contract database management, Conga, clinical trial, drug development

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