Clinical Trial Contract ManagerThe Clinical Trial Contract Manager is responsible for assurance that clinical trial/site budget is of high quality and allocations are within fair market values. This role is responsible for the development and maintenance of Sites Fee Framework as well as timely and accurate coordination, processing, monitoring, and administration of payments to sites according to budget and terms. The incumbent will be responsible for the support of management goals and objectives of the department.As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers.
Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance.
Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.Duties & Responsibilities:Prepares, negotiates, and executes a variety of agreementsReviews contract language and prepares responses to negotiate contract modificationsMaintains contract files and systemsMaintains close working relationship with all Clinical Operations as well as Legal, Ethics & Compliance and Clinical Development & Medical Affairs (CDMA)Ability to build clinical trial site budget and ensures it is of high quality and allocations are within fair market values (FMV); analyze protocol flowcharts to create costing, payment strategies, and budget estimates and negotiation parameters within FMVDrives development and maintenance of Site Fee FrameworkSets up, closes, re-opens, and submits payments within all grantsEffectively uses budget-specific and trial metrics and tools to report on, provide visibility into, and analyze performance and deliverablesMaintains a focused continuous improvement culture by identifying and executing strategies and priorities to enable the Budget group to deliver value and enhance overall operational effectivenessActively remains current with industry standards, trends, and competitive intelligence on budget best practicesInterfaces across Medical, all TAs, Finance, Legal, and external parties e.g., investigators, site personnel, third party vendorsLiaises within Clinical Trial Manager and TA Lead for review and approval of budgetLiaises with Clinical Finance/Accounting Department, Legal Department (if needed) and the local Head of Clin Ops and/or Clinical Operations Management for approval of payment related decisions (e.g., standard payment frequency) and maintain proper documentationRepresents Contract/Budget group processes on local/global working groupsEnsures commitment to customer-centric behaviorsMaintains high degree of responsiveness to both internal and external requestsSkills:Strong clinical background and budgeting understanding of cost drivers and benchmarks for clinical site budgetAbility to think strategically and initiate strong and persuasive contractual arguments to support business policies and objectivesTrack record in setting priorities, organization and problem-solving skills which support and enable sound decision makingExcellent customer service skills and high attention to detailDemonstrated analytical skills and critical thinking to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations requiring new solutionsExcellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to be clear and concise in a variety of communication settingsExperience in working with systems, applications related to clinical and/or project management planning and reporting systemsExcellent knowledge of computer applications (Excel, Word, Access) is essential. Knowledge of Veeva is a plus.Education:Bachelor's degree with minimum of five (5) years of relevant business experience in regulated pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry.