Site Contracts Specialist II / Sr (ARG or MEX)

About the role

Syneos Health, a fully integrated life sciences services organization, is hiring a Site Contracts Specialist II / Senior for Argentina or Mexico, working in a hybrid setting in Buenos Aires. The role covers contract management for clinical trials, from coordinating agreement documents to negotiating budgets and contracts with sites and supporting site start-up.

Key responsibilities

• Administer contract management processes, coordinating protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant and customer agreements at project level.
• Lead (with supervision) multi-country projects, negotiating and preparing contracts, budgets and related documents for industry-sponsored clinical trials, and support the site start-up unit on country templates and submissions.
• Produce site-specific contracts from country templates, review them for completeness and accuracy, and ensure corrections are documented.
• Negotiate budget and contract with sites through the Site Contracts Service Centre and SSUL with the sponsor, and perform quality control and document archiving.
• Support business development, represent site contracts and site start-up at internal or customer meetings, and follow up on outstanding contract issues.
• Work within country/site contracting timelines, track milestones in the SSU tracking system, and escalate financial discrepancies and timesheet compliance issues.
• Collaborate with legal, finance and clinical operations, explain legal and budgetary issues, and facilitate contract execution by company signatories.
• Maintain contract templates, site files and databases, train and mentor junior staff on SOPs, and keep training materials and SOPs up to date.
• Act as liaison between site contracts staff and customers, keeping teams informed of contract statuses and pending issues.

Required profile

• BA/BS in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Health or a related field, or equivalent education and experience; advanced degree preferred.
• High level of contracts management experience; experience in a contract research organization or pharmaceutical industry is essential.
• Excellent understanding of clinical trial start-up processes, clinical protocols and study specifications, and of clinical trials across phases II-IV and ICH GCP.
• Project management experience in a fast-paced environment and good vendor management skills.
• Ability to mentor, lead and motivate junior staff, and to contribute to training and quality assurance plans.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of the clinical development process and legal and contracting parameters.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent written and oral communication, presentation and documentation skills, and strong negotiation and problem-solving skills.