.Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job DescriptionAt Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.Our global Clinical Operations colleagues within our PPD clinical research services provide end-to-end support for clinical trials from study start up to monitoring through to study close out, across commercial and government contracts. Together, we help clients define and develop clinical programs, minimize delays, and execute high-quality, cost-efficient clinical studies.We are currently seeking a Site Contract Specialist to join our Clinical Operations team in Spain who will prepare and negotiate contracts, as well as finalise the contract process. A day in the Life:Draft, review, negotiate and finalize agreements with study sites in accordance with local/accepted process.Negotiate within approved parameters both investigator grant budget negotiation parameters, contractual terms and conditions in accordance with Company contractual considerations, client contractual considerations, established process with sites and follows established escalation routes.Ensure compliance to established negotiation parameters, authority approval, contractual process and client expectations.Ensure compliance of budgetary guidance, templates and process.Identify and assess legal, financial and operational risks in accordance with company and client contractual considerations, and escalates to appropriate level of the organization per established processes.Provide recommendations and alternative resolutions to Investigator Contracts negotiations through established escalation channels.Coordinate with internal functional departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with contractual activities and mutually agreed upon timelines; ensure alignment of contract negotiation process for sites and study are properly aligned to the critical path for site activation.Achieve target cycle times for site activations.Ensure guidelines and processes are followed for efficient escalation of out of parameter issues, as applicable.Complete tracking and reporting as required.May provide training and mentoring to junior staff
