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Job Title: RPH01I – Sr Contracts Manager
Brief Description: United BioSource (UBC) is seeking a talented contract and budget specialist prepared to support all aspects of the company’s commercial contracting requirements. Experience with a Contract Research Organization or experience supporting transactions in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry is strongly preferred. The position will report to UBC’s Director, Contracts.

DESIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 10 years relevant experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts (including contract budgets)
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Experience at a Contract Research Organization or in life sciences industry is preferred
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated financial and analytical skills
• Good understanding of clinical trial budget management
• Ability to interpret pricing/costing models, bid grids, and pricing proposals
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Salesforce.com
• Experience using or implementing Contracts Management software is preferred
• Must possess good organizational skills and flexibility to manage multiple priorities and take on new initiatives to support rapid growth
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational ability
• Self-motivated and proactive in resolving issues, with ability to multi-task and prioritize workload
• Ability to interact with senior leaders across multiple functions
• Adherence to established company procedures

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts (including statements of work, change orders, addenda, non-disclosure agreements, and the like) using UBC standard templates.
• With guidance from legal department, negotiate key terms in non-disclosure agreements.
• Identify and escalate issues as needed to various internal stakeholders (finance, operations, legal, privacy, etc.).
• Work cross-functionally with proposals, pricing, implementation, operations, and account management to develop internal resource budgets and client-facing contract budgets, ensuring the contract budget accurately reflects the written scope of work.
• Utilize budget information to develop payment schedules for customer and related vendor/subcontractor agreements.
• Work with Project Management team on client/vendor change order requests.
• Identify and apply cost factors to develop unit, task, and/or resource-based budget line items to develop client–requested pricing and estimates; Incorporate required client revisions into cost formulas and document the same.
• Review and analyze contract terms and advise business leaders as to contractual obligations (term and termination, budget and payment terms, scope of services, etc.).
• Manage outsourcing/vendor management activities in support of vendor selection and contract negotiations of other types of study-related agreements, including laboratory, consulting, other vendor service agreements and related scopes of work as needed.
• Support the contract management processes, including template development and translations, documentation of contract template and revision approvals, signature process, status tracking and reporting, scanning, filing and archiving original agreements.
• Maintain accuracy of contract templates as well as country specific budgets, requirements and timelines, and make available to project teams as needed. Monitor changes for potential template impact.
• Facilitate requests for pricing related to operational contract management as needed.
  Supervisory Responsibility: N/A