Site Contracts Lead

About the role

Syneos Health is hiring a Site Contracts Lead in Buenos Aires, working in a hybrid setting. The role oversees clinical study agreement (CTA) negotiations and contract execution for assigned studies, acting as the first-line subject matter expert for sponsors and internal stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee negotiations of CTAs on a study level and drive document finalization and execution, including contractual language and terms, financial attachments and investigator grant budgets, with a global team of site contract and budget negotiators.
• Monitor the status of contact and budget negotiations and escalate out-of-parameter budgetary and contractual queries to sponsor decision-makers across all regions of study conduct.
• Act as first-line expert on CTA elements for assigned studies, advising stakeholders on issue resolution and seeking additional support when needed.
• Plan the contract execution strategy for assigned studies, forecasting site-specific timelines and coordinating with the study team so that CTA strategy aligns with overall 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 the Sponsor to prepare site contractual templates, including payment terms and negotiation parameters, and maintain document status reports and department tools.
• Collaborate with legal, finance and clinical operations teams 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%).