The Senior Contract Associate is responsible for all aspects of preparation, negotiation, and execution of required site/investigator contracts. The Senior Contract Associate assumes responsibility on quality deliverables throughout the conduct of the study with a concentration on site/investigator contracts during Site Start Up and up to Site initiation.

What you will be doing:

• Serve as the primary contact between CBO and Global Clinical Operations, Legal, Sites and/or external service providers; serve as the primary site contracts lead at the protocol level.

• Draft, review, analyze, negotiate, finalize, amend, and terminate site, investigator, and clinical trial/service contracts with stakeholders including client Legal, study teams, and clinical sites.

• Prepare and document process flows for each study and manage contract execution including the signature process.

• Plan, forecast, and communicate fully executed planned dates of site contracts to Clinical and Study Start-up teams.

• Liaise with Legal to review/update contract templates (MCTA/CTA/PA/ancillary agreements) and legal Playbook guidance documents.

• Ensure site contracts and investigator grants align with client payment guidelines and are approved by Legal prior to execution.

• Revise legal contracting text using client Playbook process; escalate revisions as per CBO and Legal guidelines.

• Perform legal translation/proofreading of contracts, communicate legal/budgetary issues, and maintain communication with internal/external parties throughout the contract lifecycle.

• Assist in budget development, prepare amendments and related contract activities, maintain trackers and contract management records, and support project handoffs.

• Participate in meetings, train/mentor new and junior ICM team members, support new process implementation, and provide training on site contractual requirements.

• 2 years experience in site budget development and negotiations
• Ability to negotiate basic and moderate investigator contract and payment terms.
• University degree
• Czech and English language fluency

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What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.