Senior Site Contract Specialist / Contract Manager III (Remote, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil)

About the role

Syneos Health is looking for a Senior Site Contract Specialist / Contract Manager III to join a Sponsor-Dedicated, remote team supporting a leading global biopharmaceutical company. The role covers U.S. site contract and budget negotiations, working independently with investigative sites and partnering with legal, finance and clinical operations teams to drive study start-up success.

Key responsibilities

• Review contract language and budgets for completeness and accuracy, and document corrections.
• Maintain internal project trackers with accurate, timely information.
• Negotiate site contracting language using fallback language provided by sponsor legal.
• Negotiate study budgets within approved parameters and follow the escalation pathway.
• Attend weekly internal and external progress meetings and update stakeholders on active negotiations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align goals with contract execution dates and site activation timelines.
• Identify contractual or operational risks early and prepare contract and budget escalations.
• Draft and finalize documents for study start-up (templates, start-up plans) and prepare and lead the kick-off meeting with the study team.
• Prepare final contracts once negotiations are complete and escalations approved, and take part in pilot and stretch projects.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Health, Life Sciences or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• For Contract Manager III: at least two years of direct site contract and budget negotiation, with one year of progressive experience leading site contract negotiations as client-facing point of contact in a sponsor-sponsored trial setting.
• Preferred: previous Sponsor-Dedicated/FSP experience, leadership or mentoring experience, CRO experience, and experience supporting process improvement in site start-up or site contracts.

Required skills

• Independent management of Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), CTA amendments, site budget negotiations and contract lifecycle management.
• Understanding of CTA drafting, contract templates, budget development, Phase II-IV trials, ICH-GCP and clinical development processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.