Site Contracts Specialist II / Sr - Argentina or Mexico

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 budgets.
• Produce site-specific contracts from country templates, support submissions and negotiations with sites through the Site Contracts Service Centre and SSUL, and perform quality control and document archiving.
• Review contracts for completeness and accuracy, support business development, and follow up on outstanding contract issues with Contract Managers.
• Work within country/site contracting timelines, track milestones in the SSU tracking system, and collaborate with legal, finance and clinical operations on legal and budgetary issues.
• Maintain contract templates, site files and databases, train and mentor junior staff on SOPs, and keep training materials and timesheets compliant.
• Act as liaison between site contracts staff and internal and external customers, prepare correspondence, monitor basic financial aspects of projects, and escalate discrepancies.

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, good vendor management skills, and ability to mentor and lead junior staff.

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, negotiation, problem-solving and organizational skills.