Clinical Vendor Contracts Analyst, Contracts Optimization and Strategy Team

W2 Contract

Pay Rate: $60 - $80 per hour

Location: Redwood City, CA - Hybrid Role

Job Summary:

We are seeking a motivated individual who will be responsible for the implementation and leading continuous process improvement initiatives within COST. Additional activities will consist of the management of vendor contracts up to and including obtaining signatures. The Vendor Contract Analyst will work closely with Clinical Operations and other functions, Legal, and Finance teams, to ensure that the review and execution of vendor contracts are processed in a timely manner.  =These responsibilities include coordinating various workflows, identifying potential gaps, recommending solutions, and sharing best practices. This role is an individual contributor with team leadership responsibilities, reporting to the Director, Vendor Contracting Relations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Liaise with legal during the legal review process.
• Route finalized agreements for signature.
• Assist legal in maintaining ongoing contract cycle workflows across multiple studies.
• Identifying potential gaps, ensuring contracts are aligned to strategy, customer negotiations, and sharing preferred practices.
• Provide ongoing updates of applicable legal contracts.
• Develop, assess, and improve processes for tracking and reporting site contracts to various business units.
• Ensure appropriate tracking of various agreements.
• Review Invoice and PO trackers as provided by the Accounting System (Coupa) and analyze for business follow-up as needed.
• Create business-friendly reporting from status reports from the different systems provided.
• Update and manage different trackers for contracts, POs, payments, and other activities as required.
• Preparation, participation, and follow-ups to Vendor and/or study Finance meetings.
• Execute other responsibilities as needed and requested to accomplish the COST business objectives.
• Contributor to COST process innovations in a collaborative and growth mentality environment.
• Process, negotiate, prepare, and route non-disclosure agreements for signature.
• Assist in processing, negotiating, preparing, and routing other agreement types as directed.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• BS degree or equivalent degree/experience. Minimum of 5 years clinical and/or Vendor payment experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Understanding of the drug development process.
• Motivated self-starter who can work in a fast-paced environment.
• Creative problem solver with good communication and written skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are needed, with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Proficient with the MS Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Ability to work with minimal direction.
• Thrives in a collaborative team setting and is driven by a desire to deploy innovative approaches and technologies in a high-energy environment.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, prioritize options, anticipate challenges, and execute goals as a member of an interdisciplinary team is extremely important.

Bayside Solutions, Inc. is not able to sponsor any candidates at this time. Additionally, candidates for this position must qualify as a W2 candidate. 

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