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 a contract management expert, mentoring colleagues, and driving process improvements. The position offers the opportunity to work remotely 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