Site Contracts Lead

About the role

Syneos Health is hiring a Site Contracts Lead for its Clinical Solutions team, based in Buenos Aires with a hybrid arrangement. The role oversees clinical study agreement (CTA) negotiations and contract execution for assigned studies, working with a global team of site contract and budget negotiators and with sponsors.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee negotiations of CTAs on a study level, drive document finalization and execution, including contractual language and terms, financial attachments and investigator grant budgets.
• Monitor contact and budget negotiation status and escalate out-of-parameter budgetary and contractual queries to sponsor decision-makers across all regions of study conduct.
• Act as first-line subject matter expert on CTA elements for internal and sponsor stakeholders, advising on issue resolution.
• Plan the contract execution strategy for assigned studies, forecasting site-specific timelines and coordinating with the study team so CTA strategy aligns with study start-up plans.
• Coordinate communications between the study team and the global site contract and budget negotiators, including roll-up of status updates to a regular team forum and participation in regular study calls.
• Work with internal stakeholders and sponsors to prepare site contractual templates, including payment terms and negotiation parameters, and ensure they fit the global program strategy.
• Create and maintain document status reports, update department tools and systems, and keep appropriate documentation.
• Collaborate with legal, finance and clinical operations to explain legal and budgetary issues, and manage discussions on fair market value of investigator budgets and payment terms.
• Support the business unit and organization through help desk and other defined pathways, and perform other assigned duties. Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).

What we offer

• Career development and progression, supported by engaged line management.
• Technical and therapeutic area training, peer recognition and a total rewards program.
• An inclusive culture centred on the purpose "Driven to Deliver".