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Location : Wilmington, DE-USA 19850

Duration: 08/15/2016 to 02/15/2017

Posting Title: Contracts Advisor

Job Description:

• A managing position providing leadership during the contract management and negotiation process to ensure ethical, fair and compliant practices are followed when developing, negotiating and executing contracts and confidentiality agreements for US Medical Affairs activities.

• This position is expected to provide leadership, direction, and guidance through process improvement, interactive communication and stakeholder management. This role requires a high level of interactive communication to set clear direction for the study teams and external Institutions.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Draft appropriate agreements in accordance with legal Principals and Global SOPs

• Negotiate complex contracts in accordance with company policy and legal and customer requirements

• Interpret and communicate business commitments, review and negotiate terms and conditions of contracts

• Advise leadership and team with regard to potential contractual and business risks

• Lead contractual aspects including compliance with requirements of FMV

• Interpret complex contracts and respond effectively to inquiries using original or innovative techniques or style

• Review submitted vendor budgets to determine FMV and relevant benchmarks in collaboration with Procurement, if applicable

• Suggest and define strategies for avoiding potential compliance issues and reduce risk

• Responsible for producing Payment Schedule based on the MSA, rate card, tactics provided by the team and policies/guidelines

• Act as point of contact and interface with Legal if necessary to ensure integrity of contracts

• Maintain the status of all agreements, budgets, issues, and communications with both internal and external sources, for assigned projects

• Update and utilize the AMP database and performance metrics for comparison to industry standard

• Ensures final contract documents are consistent with agreements reached at negotiations.

• Support internal and external audits and litigation activities

• Approve Agreements with final signature, according to Delegation of Authority

• Develop and maintain professional and dependable relationships with both internal and external customers

Other Skills and Capabilities:

• Effective relationship building and stakeholder management skills across functions, geographical boundaries and cultures

• Good reasoning ability to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

• Understanding of US Open Payments/Sunshine Law reporting requirements

• Understand the implications of transparency in relation to Open Payments

• Creative and innovative approach to influence the development of more efficient and effective practices while operating within required policies and regulations

• Proven ability to understand and articulate common industry negotiating models within business and legal context

• Demonstrated deep knowledge of industry contractual standard terms and conditions; ability to identify non-standard terms and access business impact

• Proven negotiating and problem solving abilities supported by exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Flexibility and adaptability

• High levels of enthusiasm and energy

• High levels of organization

• Effective, succinct communication style

Minimum Requirements - Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree within a scientific or healthcare field

• Minimum of 3+ years of contract negotiation experience

• Project Management qualification or significant and comparable experience

• Experience within the pharmaceutical industry ideally working within a clinical study/investigator initiated study/clinical development field

• Experience and knowledge of the clinical study and drug development processes and relevant guidelines, e.g. GCP/ICH for a specific therapeutic and geographical area

• Legal/paralegal or experience preferred

Leadership Capabilities:

• Commitment to Customers and Integrity: Level 3

• Strategic Leadership: Level 3

• Acts Decisively: Level 3

• Drives Accountability: Level 3

• Works Collaboratively: Level 3

• Develops People & Organization: Level 2

Minimum Requirements - Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree within a scientific or healthcare field

• Minimum of 3+ years of contract negotiation experience

• Project Management qualification or significant and comparable experience

• Experience within the pharmaceutical industry ideally working within a clinical study/investigator initiated study/clinical development field

• Experience and knowledge of the clinical study and drug development processes and relevant guidelines, e.g. GCP/ICH for a specific therapeutic and geographical area

• Legal/paralegal or experience preferred

Thanks,

Divya Tiwari

973-967-3569