Celerion is hiring a
Scoping and Budgeting Specialist

Summary

The job is for a Clinical Research Scoping and Budgeting Specialist in the Proposal and Financial Management team at Celerion. This full-time position involves generating and managing multiple initial and revised clinical research budgets, proposals, and project awards. The role can be located in Phoenix, AZ or Lincoln, NE or 100% remote.

Requirements

Ability to quickly identify key proposal and budgeting parameters based on knowledge and experience, ability to prioritize workflow quickly and efficiently against deadlines, strong verbal and written communication skills, adept at cross-functional team collaboration

Responsibilities

• Development of early-phase clinical research budgets through evaluation of RFPs, review of early phase clinical research protocols, consultation with internal subject matter experts, communication and coordination of third-party vendors, development of comprehensive, accurate, and timely project-specific budgets, modification or re-bidding of all budget revisions
• Participation in bid defense meetings, project scoping calls, ad hoc budget review calls with sponsor and internal teams, responding to sponsor questions regarding proposed budget and operational strategy via written and verbal communications, generation and submission of project-specific documents to legal department, managing the budget through the entire contracting process, hosting project alignment and hand-off calls to operational managers

Preferred Qualifications

BA/BS in business/finance/life sciences or equivalent education and experience, 3-5 years of experience in early phase clinical research, 3-5 years of experience reading, reviewing, and understanding information contained within clinical research protocols, previous experience with clinical trial proposal processes and budget generation

Benefits

This full-time benefited position can be located in our Phoenix, AZ or Lincoln, NE locations or 100% remote