Associate II Vendor Outsourcing

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for an Associate II Vendor Outsourcing in the Parsippany NJ; Foster City CA; Seattle WA area.
• Hybrid Onsite T/W/Th
• The selected candidate will have the opportunity to support sourcing and contracting for full service CRO contracts.
• This role responsibilities include facilitating vendor selection RFI RFP contracting and negotiation with a focus on CRO services outsourced in support of company clinical trials.
• This person must be familiar with the contracting framework and general legal terms.
• Must be able to review contracts quickly and to negotiate business terms and support negotiation of legal terms.
• Strong organizational and technical skills are a must to ensure appropriate cataloging of terms and conditions into a database.
• Assists other Vendor Outsourcing staff in resolving moderately complex issues relating to contract negotiation or management and with the support of internal customers and the Legal department assists in the contract negotiation process.
• Has excellent communication skills and is comfortable interacting with internal and external teams such as clinical operations finance legal business conduct vendor management and payments.
• Completes tasks and projects under minimal supervision and has the ability to managing competing priorities effectively and proficiently.
• Has experience in contract management
• Implements global clinical development vendor strategy for a program or therapeutic areas
• Manages contract activities for clinical development programs providing consistent customer service and delivering quantitative value through cost savings and transformation/innovation.
• Supports the contract negotiation process across the entire life cycle including RFI vendor identification RFP vendor selection decision contracting negotiation change orders and ensures proper closeout of agreements to maximize contract value and achieve target savings.
• Ensure the vendor selection process is compliant by managing risks.
• Partners with other functions such as Compliance Legal and Regulatory as necessary
• Collaborates with internal customers in vendor bidding and proposal development (RFP creation and analysis)
• Partners with internal customers to develop study specifications and leverages benchmarking tools as appropriate.
• Supports the contract negotiation process for complex or high value contracts
• Demonstrates understanding of regulatory and legal issues pertinent to clinical development.
• Partners with internal stakeholders working on contracts in supporting resolution of complex issues relating to contract negotiation or management
  

Experience:

• Relevant experience with a BA or MS in a relevant discipline
• MBA or JD preferred
• PMP/CPSM certification or equivalent a plus
• Has experience resolving complex issues relating to contract negotiation and management
• Ability to understand analyze and develop recommendations from multiple complex sources such as financial and operational perspectives
• Demonstrated ability to identify and highlight the need for critical decisions related to clinical vendor agreement negotiations and escalations
• Excellent communication skills and comfort level interacting with internal and external teams across all levels including regular interface with stakeholders and leadership team members
• As necessary trains internal stakeholders in contract budgeting development and administration
• Experience in providing consistent customer service
• Knowledge of the endtoend sourcing and contracting process including RFx contract negotiation and change order management
• Experienced in using systems and technologies in support of sourcing and contracting activities
• Knowledge of the clinical research process and the regulatory environment across functions
• Demonstrated productivity while working in fast paced and changing environment
• Financial acumen to review analyze and understand cost drivers of complex budgets
• Legal clinical operations and regulatory acumen