NuChem Sciences, une compagnie Sygnature Discovery, est une organisation de recherche contractuelle de découverte de médicaments intégrée de premier plan basée au Royaume-Uni et au Canada avec son siège social à Nottingham et des installations supplémentaires à Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Glasgow, Montréal et Québec. Son personnel de plus de 1 000 personnes, dont 900 scientifiques, s’associe à l’industrie pharmaceutique mondiale, de biotechnologie et des organisations BNL.
Depuis 2004, Sygnature Discovery a livré plus de 56 nouveaux composés précliniques et 35 composés cliniques, avec ses scientifiques nommés sur plus de 225 brevets. Les domaines d’expertise thérapeutiques comprennent l’oncologie, l’inflammation et l’immunologie, les neurosciences, les maladies métaboliques, les maladies infectieuses, les maladies fibrotiques et plus encore. Pour en savoir plus, veuillez visiter www.sygnaturediscovery.com et www.nuchemsciences.com

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in a relevant subject such as Business, Law, or Life Sciences is desirable

• Significant experience in commercial contract management, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of agreements.

• Strong understanding of commercial contract development, intellectual property (IP) processes, SLAs, SOPs, and service delivery - ideally within a regulated sector.

• Proven experience in negotiating contracts and managing customer relationships.

• Demonstrated commercial acumen, particularly in complex, multi-customer environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships.
• Highly developed planning and organisational abilities, with the capacity to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or drug discovery/development sectors is desirable but not essential.

ABOUT THE ROLE

To support our continuing growth, we are recruiting a Commercial Contracts Manager as part of our Business Development team either in Nottingham or Montreal. The Contracts Manager will support a broad range of contract support activities that the team provides to the wider company. The role-holder will play a pivotal part in the business to enables us to deliver exceptional Life Science research for our broad range of domestic and international customers.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Liaise with customers regarding the negotiation, drawing-up and facilitating the design of robust commercial agreements. This will include, but not limited to, Letters of Intent, Contracts, Master Service Agreements and associated Work Orders, Confidentiality Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, IP Assignments and Amendments to Contracts.
• Build and maintain effective business relationships with customers and internal stakeholders ensuring alignment with the company’s goals, policies and industry regulations.
• Negotiate contracts with customers regarding content, scope, and effective delivery, identifying risks, develop solutions and strategies.
• Provide advice and guidance to colleagues on the scope and nature of customer contracts.
• Support the department with the full contract life cycle, including developing and administering internal processes and contract template improvements.
• Mitigate risks and liability exposure for the business in line with company policies and obligations.
• Provide commercial and contract awareness training to the business when necessary.
• Provide post-contract management support.