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San Tan Valley, AZ, US

Newark, Delaware, US

• Partner with business teams to evolve and execute contracting strategy.
• Drive the contract management process: draft, negotiate, and execute language and budget terms to ensure. consistency with Gore’s business and legal requirements within the U.S. and abroad.
• Serve as primary liaison with site contracting representatives and drive site start-up as you coordinate, administer and monitor contracts through execution within business timelines.
• Coordinate with and advise internal clients on various contractual provisions and issues and communicates information to stakeholders about contract-related matters.
• Seek legal and/or regulatory advice when needed to assist in contract execution and negotiation.
• Monitor and track active agreements.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Aids in the preparation of contractual provisions and the administration of contract proposals.
• Responsible for preparing bids and negotiating specifications and contractual provisions.
• Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complex tasks.
• Works under general supervision; typically reports to a manager.

Redwood City, California, US

• Implement the coordination and management of outsourced contracting activities, and act as a primary point of contact for problem solving and escalation for assigned projects.
• Creates and maintains an ongoing positive, collaborative and customer service driven relationship with administrators, external vendors and internal business partners. Proactively determines the potential need for.
• Assure that contractual terms and provisions comply with legal counsel guidelines, corporate processes, systems, and strategies and in accordance with industry standards.
• Independently performs contract reviews and negotiations for multiple complex contracts, often utilizing external legal counsel as needed, as directed by the Senior Director, Contracts Management and Outsourcing.
• Perform special projects as identified by executive management or business needs.
• Provide central oversight and training of the Contracts Administration Database to include assignment of tasks and assisting with maintaining the integrity of the system.

Rockville, MD, US

• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated complex and/or non-standard commercial contracts from initiation to execution (e.g., CDAs, MTAs, CSAs, Proposals, MSAs, etc.) reporting to Executive Leadership, Head of Legal and.
• Supported across Commercial Manufacturing, Immunology, Innovation and Translation Business Units, providing essential stakeholder support to: Business Development, Project Management, Procurement, Facilities and HR.
• Provided strategic contractual guidance and risk management monitoring and insight to technical staff, project managers and executive management on contractual terms and conditions, and provided risk management advice.
• Developed and maintained dynamic, customer-centric relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients to efficiently execute contracts in a timely fashion.
• Designed and administered commercial contracting policies, controls and procedures in accordance with stated corporate objectives and requirements.
• Ensured that performance standards were met, and all contractual milestones and tasks were being executed in accordance with client expectations.

Burlington, North Carolina, US

• Ensures the successful negotiation and on-going management of clinical trial agreements with investigative sites.
• Works cross functionally with Clinical Operations and Project Management in support of timely site start up for the conduct of clinical trials including accurate forecast of contract execution timelines.
• Collaborates with the sponsor LM who will partner with other compliance departments to ensure country specific laws and regulations are followed to minimize risk in clinical trials.
• Communicates and explains legal/ budgetary issues to internal and external parties per department guidelines.
• Reviews and evaluates client requested contract changes and based upon department guidelines escalates deviations as appropriate.
• Evaluates priorities and quickly readjusts priorities with the changing needs of business.

Ghent, Flemish Region, BE

• Managed assigned contract management processes, including but not limited to the coordination and finalization of contract instrument terms and budgets.
• Reviewed protocol/budget amendments to clinical trial contracts and billing related changes due to changes in scope (i.e., work orders (WOs); change orders (COs), etc.).
• Negotiated and prepared R&D contracts, budgets, and related documents for participation in clinical trials.
• Communicated and explained legal and budgetary issues to internal and external stakeholders per company and departmental guidelines.
• Ensured R&D contractual terms were effectively transmitted to the Finance department.
• Ensured all executed R&D contracts and amendments were properly recorded in the appropriate contract databases.

• Negotiated and administered industry sponsored clinical trials and pre/ post Federal grant award activities.
• Reviewed clinical trial agreements, budget amendments, and vendor change orders (COs) when changes in scope occurred
• Worked in conjunction with Finance to manage, track, and forecast vendor accruals and expenses for each accounting period, including preparing associated journal entries.
• Reviewed contract and grant award terms and conditions to ensure the information is effectively transmitted into the Finance department databases.
• Ensured all executed R&D contracts and amendments were properly recorded in the contract databases and other repositories.

Rockville, MD, US

• Prepared, negotiated and reviewed complex R&D contracts on behalf of the Contracts and Finance Department.
• Provided contract management support for various Federal and industry sponsored contracts and related documents (i.e., work orders (WOs), change orders (COs), etc.) as either a Federal Prime contractor and/or in the.
• Managed and tracked vendor accruals working closely with assigned vendors.
• Managed assigned industry sponsored portfolios in accordance with sponsor requirements/instructions, company policies and procedures, and applicable laws.

Brentford, Middlesex, GB

• Prepared and negotiated contracts on behalf of R&D Legal department through close collaboration with clinical operations.
• Interfaced with the Clinical R&D, Legal, and Finance departments regularly to resolve pending contract and budget issues (i.e., billing/invoicing queries, etc.) for seamless execution of clinical trial agreements and.
• Ensured timely execution of multiple agreements, including clinical trial (phase I-IV), master clinical trial, site letters of indemnification (LOI), informed consent, CRO (i3Research, ICON, and Quintiles), clinical.
• Coordinated with clinical teams to develop protocol level budgets, determined study start-up activities, processed budget amendments, and negotiated clinical site budgets.
• Collaborated with the Procurement department during the Request for Information and Request for Proposal (RFI/RFP) process, ensuring alignment with company policy.
• Safeguarded and updated the legal contract templates, such as the Sunshine Reporting Act in accordance with new laws and company policies.

• Prepared and negotiated contracts on behalf of R&D Legal department through close collaboration with clinical operations.
• Interfaced with the Clinical R&D, Legal, and Finance departments regularly to resolve pending contract and budget issues (i.e., billing/invoicing queries, etc.) for seamless execution of clinical trial agreements and.
• Ensured timely execution of multiple agreements, including clinical trial (phase I-IV), master clinical trial, site letters of indemnification (LOI), informed consent, CRO (i3Research, ICON, and Quintiles), clinical.
• Coordinated with clinical teams to develop protocol level budgets, determined study start-up activities, processed budget amendments, and negotiated clinical site budgets.
• Collaborated with the Procurement department during the Request for Information and Request for Proposal (RFI/RFP) process, ensuring alignment with company policy.
• Safeguarded and updated the legal contract templates, such as the Sunshine Reporting Act in accordance with new laws and company policies.

Thousand Oaks, CA, US

I supported the clinical evidence generation team in managing the contracting process from the point of receipt until implementation. I started Amgen’s sponsored clinical trial agreements for assigned protocols. I bridged the communication gap between Legal, Accounts Payable (AP), Finance, Clinical Research Managers (CRMs), and Clinical Research Associates.