Investigator Contract Lead 2 / Chef – Contrats des investigateur·trice·s, é at Pfizer
Alberta, Alberta, Canada -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Jul, 25

Salary

107400.0

Posted On

11 Jul, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Balance, Presentation Skills, Development Operations

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Description

Posting closing date: July 23rd, 2025
Date de fin d’affichage : Le 23 juillet 2025
Status: Regular, Full Time
Statut : Régulier, temps plein
(Français à suivre)
Investigator Contract Lead 2

Basic Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
  • Significant experience with clinical study budgets and contracting negotiation principles, practices, processes, and activities.
  • Balance of general business, compliance, finance, legal, and drug development experience.
  • Precise communications and presentation skills.
  • Ability to plan, identify and mitigate risks to site contracting timelines.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead by influence rather than positional power to accomplish critical deliverables.
  • Demonstrated success in working in a highly matrix-based organization

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing with a master’s degree.
  • 2+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing with a Juris Doctorate (or equivalent).
  • Expertise in drafting and negotiating of Clinical Trial Agreements with clinical trial sites in a global operation
Responsibilities
  • Exercise independent judgement and decision making in areas of site contracting with moderate supervision.
  • Effective management of contract and budget escalations from FSP / pCRO ICL with limited consultation.
  • Make appropriate decisions, with limited oversight while balancing the risks for Pfizer in making budget and contractual choices against the impacts to Pfizer clinical trial timelines.
  • Problem solving for site contracting issues of moderate complexity. This includes suggesting and implementing unique solutions, as needed, to achieve study goals
  • Follow site contracting processes to develop, negotiate, track and execute global clinical study agreements with institutions and investigators participating in sponsored clinical trials.
  • Work with partners to develop and oversee the global site budget process.
  • Work with clinical trial sites and directly negotiate cost, business and contractual terms and conditions with investigators/institutions, making changes to contract templates within the Legal division approved parameters.
  • Lead and develop relationships with key investigational sites and Site Management Organizations across the contracting and budgeting interface.
  • Lead other ICL, pCRO and FSP negotiators in achieving study goals with moderate support from site contracting team leads. Act as primary study point of contact for site contracting issues and timelines on assigned studies.
  • As delegated by their manager and qualified, perform Lead Reviews on peer contracts.
  • Partner with Legal and other divisions to manage escalations in the site budgeting and contracting space.
  • Partner with Legal, Finance, pCRO and other divisions to identify and implement areas of improvement in the site contracting space.
  • Has advanced knowledge of the principles, concepts and theories in site contracting and budgets.
  • Collaborates with invoicing specialists and/or invoice service provider to ensure alignment with Investigative Site contracting and compensation requirements.
  • Applies acquired job skills and procedures to complete substantive assignments, projects and tasks of moderate scope and complexity in applicable discipline.
  • Contributes to design, development and implementation of major business initiatives or special projects. Applies technical skills and discipline knowledge to contribute to achievement of business objectives at GPD or WSR Functional Line level – e.g., WSR Worldwide Safety, WSR Worldwide Regulatory Operations, GPD Clinical Development & Operations, etc.
    The ideal candidate possesses the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
  • Significant experience with clinical study budgets and contracting negotiation principles, practices, processes, and activities.
  • Balance of general business, compliance, finance, legal, and drug development experience.
  • Precise communications and presentation skills.
  • Ability to plan, identify and mitigate risks to site contracting timelines.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead by influence rather than positional power to accomplish critical deliverables.
  • Demonstrated success in working in a highly matrix-based organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing with a master’s degree.
  • 2+ years of experience in clinical development operations or clinical trial outsourcing with a Juris Doctorate (or equivalent).
  • Expertise in drafting and negotiating of Clinical Trial Agreements with clinical trial sites in a global operation.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $107,400.00 to $179,000.00 CAD.
The salary range provided applies to Canada only and does not apply to any other locations outside of Canada.
Work Location Assignment: Remote - Field Based


Chef – Contrats des investigateur·trice·s, échelon 2

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