Associate Director, Global Clinical Site Contracting

Site Name: UK - London - Brentford, Netherlands - Amersfoort, Warsaw

Posted Date: Apr 5 2024

The Associate Director, Global Clinical Site Contracting is a key role within the Global Site Budgets & Contracts (GSBC) group responsible for driving upper quartile performance by overseeing key processes relating to site contracting ensuring they are optimized to enable country study teams to accelerate the time to site initiation.

This role will provide functional leadership and oversight within a central team of subject matter specialists / experts for the business-critical area of clinical site contracting. This team will function as a global Centre of Excellence for the entire end-to-end process (i.e., from protocol development to study conclusion), providing an integrated, consistent approach where applicable clinical to site contracting across Rx and Vx. Further this team will be accountable for:

• Functioning as a global connection and business expert to countries for consistency and issue escalation and resolution for site related contracts
• Serving as central POC to share best practices and local efficiencies across countries, as well as providing central, consistent direction
• Streamlining site contracting related processes and ways of working that minimizes the need for consultation with GSK Legal
• Database accountability for GSK and GSK-CRO hybrid approved clinical site related agreement templates (e.g., Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement, Clinical Study Agreement)
• Establishing and maintaining contract related training materials, guidance documents and GSK contract playbooks
• Evaluating global tech-enabled solutions to increase efficiency and reduce errors (e.g., Contract Lifecycle Management systems/tools)

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As the functional subject matter expert for site contracting, the responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee the management of contract data within the related site contracting systems/tools. Generate reports and analytics to provide strategic insights into contract performance, risk exposure, and other key metrics
• Identify and gather industry and/or, internal site contracting data, intelligence and key metrics to provide strategic solutions and to mitigate risks associated with contractual obligations, compliance issues, legal and financial risks
• Independently identify, escalate, and manage CRO performance issues relating to site contracting, by monitoring, developing, and implementing solutions to ensure overall performance, compliance, and quality
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Tech, Purchasing, Finance, Clinical Operations, Vendors to improve, update and streamline contract processes, templates, playbooks, and contract management systems/tools
• Ensure that contract management processes adhere to relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Monitor compliance with internal policies and external regulations, and make through collaboration with appropriate stakeholders make necessary adjustments to systems/tools or, process as needed
• May lead or, participate in providing education to internal GMASE/GCD stakeholders (e.g., Local Operating Company - LOC, Country Clinical Operational Heads) and CROs on changes to global contractual terms and obligations to ensure compliance and understanding

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Relevant experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotech or Healthcare Industry with an emphasis on clinical contracting practices within a clinical research/drug development environment.
• Bachelor's degree in business, science, healthcare or, legal related discipline.
• Operational knowledge of clinical research with experience in all stages of study lifecycle (start-up, recruitment and close out) and understanding of R&D and drug/vaccine development process.
• Strong business acumen, planning, negotiation and organizational skills. Able to use professional concepts, strategic innovation and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
• Demonstrates track record in quality decision-making and problem resolution that impacts study/program direction. Recognizing potential risks and can implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Confidence in working in an environment that is constantly evolving with new processes, tools and systems, internally and externally. Understands and effectively utilizes change management tools and approaches.
• Independent and proactive with experience with internal and external team stakeholders to drive process improvement initiatives and implement solutions.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Extensive knowledge of industry benchmarking technology and tools, fair market value analysis, budget development (i.e. translation of schedule of assessments for site budgets and payment setup) and budget forecasting.
• Good understanding of medical terminology and procedural, material, and administrative costs associated with the site work performed in clinical trials.

Closing Date for Applications – 26th April 2024 (COB)

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