Senior Contract Management Specialist

Summary

Join AbbVie's team of outstanding professionals and make a remarkable impact on patients' lives. As a Senior Contract Management Specialist in Global Site Contracting/Clinical Development Operations, you will ensure the timely and appropriate execution of various clinical study agreements. You will work with R&D business teams, including Clinical Development Operations, Finance, Legal, and external parties. You will draft, negotiate, and execute agreements, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. This role involves acting as an Americas contract management expert, mentoring colleagues, and driving functional improvement projects. The position offers the possibility of remote work from Canada.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience; Health Care, business, legal, or scientific discipline preferred
• Significant (at least 5 years) Clinical Research and/or contract/budget experience. Awareness and understanding of compliance and regulatory matters in clinical research. Experience in cross-functional interactions and working within a global environment an advantage
• Proven negotiation, interpersonal and business skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills and the ability to work independently and effectively in a dynamic environment with competing priorities
• Sense of urgency and strong goal orientation; track-record of meeting deadlines and goals
• Strong written and verbal communication including written and verbal fluency in English and local language (if not English) and interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution and problem solving
• Proactive and positive team player. Able to maintain high performance during times of ambiguity and change in the work environment

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the timely preparation and execution of CSAs, CDAs, and budgets and associated vendor agreements. Americas, this role acts as point person for assigned country / region for legal, finance and CDO
• Negotiation of CSAs, CDAs, other site agreements and Budgets with investigator sites (directly or with support where language necessitates), using appropriate templates, guidance, and legal/budget playbooks, liaising with R+D legal for approval to changes not already described
• Provide input for ongoing update of applicable legal and budget playbooks and templates
• Ensure appropriate tracking of CSAs, CDAs, Country and Site Intelligence, and the maintenance of necessary documentation per AbbVie requirements
• Agree, manage, and communicate regarding priorities with CDO stakeholders, legal and finance, in alignment with Study and Priority planning. Effectively escalate / communicate to stakeholders and clinical teams in a diplomatic and timely way regarding contract issues that could impact project deliverables
• Lead process improvement projects for the Americas Contract Management Function and/or be a SME representing the Americas Contract Management function on process teams with broader impact. Drive for excellence and continuous improvement in delivery of global Contract Management responsibilities
• Demonstrates a high level of applicable competencies in contract management, critical thinking, highly competent in negotiation and contracting business standards
• Provide guidance to team members within the Contract Management function. May triage and assign workload within the department and mentor/train junior staff members within the work team as requested
• Partners with Country Operations Managers in the countries assigned line reports manage the contracts for, to ensure effective and efficient work processes. Ensure any issues are resolved

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in line or matrix management an advantage
• Experience in financial, budget, cost management/analysis, accounting, and/or financial planning skills are desirable

Benefits

This position can be remote from Canada