Clinical Contracts Specialist (Contractor)

12 hours, 9 minutes ago
Contract
Senior
Finance and Accounting
CareDx

CareDx

CareDx is a pioneering transplant company offering genomics-based solutions for personalized care throughout the transplant journey, including innovative products like AlloSure® and AlloMap®.

Pharmaceuticals
251-1K

Description

  • Lead end-to-end contracting for global clinical trial agreements, amendments, master service agreements, vendor agreements, work orders, and statements of work.
  • Negotiate complex contract terms, including budgets, payment schedules, termination clauses, and non-standard provisions.
  • Support study startup strategy and rapid site activation while meeting contracting timelines and deliverables.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert and escalation point for site contracts, budgets, and complex contracting issues.
  • Ensure contract language aligns with approved budgets, study timelines, operational assumptions, regulatory requirements, and institutional policies.
  • Collaborate with Clinical Operations, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Payments, and Study teams to maintain accurate financial systems and compliant agreements.
  • Review and approve site budgets, payment terms, amendments, and budget changes for consistency with executed contracts.
  • Track contract status and budget reviews, identify financial risks, reconcile payments, and resolve site payment disputes.
  • Manage amendments resulting from protocol changes, enrollment updates, or scope adjustments throughout the study lifecycle.
  • Develop contracting standards, templates, SOPs, and playbooks; support audits, inspections, and process improvements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, Legal Studies, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in clinical contracting, clinical budgets, clinical trial agreements, and negotiations with sponsors and institutions.
  • Demonstrated experience negotiating complex clinical trial agreements and budgets within fair market value parameters.
  • Deep understanding of clinical trial operations, budgeting, and payment workflows.
  • Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, ICH, and FDA standards.
  • Ability to work independently, manage multiple high-priority studies, and perform with minimal to no training.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and negotiation skills.
  • Experience supporting diagnostic clinical trials, including interventional and randomized controlled trials (preferred).
  • Experience with clinical trial financial systems such as Medidata, CTMS, or Grants Manager (preferred).
  • Strategic, risk-based judgment and experience independently managing complex, high-impact contracts (preferred).

Benefits

  • Contract position scheduled for 40 hours per week.
  • Remote-based, US-only role.
  • Hourly rate of $55.
  • Health and welfare benefits, including gym reimbursement.
  • 401(k) savings plan match.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits.
  • Eligible full-time employees may receive up to 30 days of paid annual leave for living organ or bone marrow donation.

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