Manager, Site Budgets And Contracts (Contractor) (Office Or Remote)

The Manager, Site Budgets and Contracts is accountable for possessing industry experience to enable Clinical Contracts & Outsourcing ("CC&O") to effectively deliver on business partner goals for all aspects of end-to-end contract operations process (including, contract request validation, contract drafting, negotiation of budget and financial terms, advising of other CC&O team members and functional service provider ("FSP"), and supports internal business partners by helping them to navigate through the contracting process with Health Care Providers ("HCPs"), and academic and research institutions globally. This position will report directly to the Associate Director of Site Engagement & Optimization within the CC&O group.

As Manager, Site Budgets and Contracts you will focus on supporting our internal business partners and site support processes through budget and contract drafting, advising and negotiation using independent judgement and expertise in the legal and financial elements required in a wide variety of research and development contract types, including, clinical trial agreements, investigator initiated studies, and Health Care Provider consulting/fee for services agreements. Additionally, you may be asked to serve as a single point of contact for one/or more internal customer/stakeholder groups, thereby enabling the ClinOps team to deliver consistent high quality results.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide support on one or more studies

• Routinely makes independent decisions within assigned studies and/or assigned work groups

• Day-to-day management of assigned studies, under minimal supervision

• May serve as subject matter expert on initiatives and/or working groups, as assigned

• Work with cross-functional team members to support timely site start-up activities, including, providing accurate forecast of timelines for completion of site budget and/or contract activities

• Performs in a fast paced environment with the ability to create and reset priorities as necessary, identify and raise issues before they become critical, and adjust quickly to the changes of a dynamic organization

• Contribute to the completion of specific study/project goals and milestones by participating in planning and coordination of study assignments and/or providing input within area of expertise

• Collaborate with Arcus Legal and CROs to ensure country-specific laws and regulations are followed to minimize risk to our clinical trials

• Generates ideas and solutions to improve budget and contract processes while appropriately partnering with functional leads to implement

• Participates in developing courses of action that may impact multiple functions in the organization

• Build constructive and strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Network with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise

• Work under minimal direction and guidance on day-to-day activities, with general instructions on new assignment; work results are reviewed upon completion

• Recommend work priorities, timelines, and resources to manager

• Demonstrate good judgement and decision making in selection methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results

• Coach and provide technical advice to junior individuals across work groups and project teams

Qualifications:

• B.A./ B.S., and/ or combination of 7+ years equivalent related business/ industry experience

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, academia, CROs (Clinical Research Organizations)

• Clinical Study Start-up/ management experience

• Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder influencing without authority and negotiation skills

• Strong knowledge of a wide variety of clinical-related contract types, including, clinical trial site agreements, investigator sponsored trial agreements, research collaboration agreements, consulting agreements and confidentiality agreements

• Demonstrated experience with clinical budget development (FMV) and negotiation

• Strong analytical and contract administration skills, verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to interact effectively with internal and external business partners.

• High degree of dedication, motivation, and ability to work under pressure with a drive for results and the ability to engage and deliver through others

• Business level fluency in English

• Additional specialized professional legal, compliance or related certifications highly desirable

• Experience working in global environment

• Skilled facilitator and presenter

Arcus Biosciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Arcus is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other legally protected status. EOE/AA/Vets