[Remote] Clinical Contracts Analyst (REMOTE)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Teleflex Incorporated is a global provider of medical technologies dedicated to improving health and quality of life. They are seeking a Clinical Contracts Analyst to develop and negotiate contracts and budgets for clinical trials, ensuring compliance with regulations and managing the lifecycle of contracts.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate negotiation, execution, and ongoing revisions of clinical study contracts based on substantial knowledge of financial/fair market value, regulatory, and clinical requirements while demonstrating clinical knowledge. Recommend new/or revised language for contract templates
- Function as the primary internal and external contact for contracts and payments
- Assure compliance with existing agreements and analyze the need for contract amendments or renewals, and make recommendations, and/or negotiate changes to terms and conditions
- Facilitate and direct internal legal review of contract language as appropriate
- Maintain contract negotiation correspondence and agreements in accordance with procedures
- Monitor changes to regulatory and legal requirements affecting clinical study contracts and reimbursement practices, in coordination with Legal and Regulatory
- Provide proper escalation of contractual and payment issues and actively engage with management to provide recommendations for mitigation
- Manage the clinical compensation process, database, and related reporting, including issuance of payments for investigator fees, IRB oversight, and other reimbursable costs for clinical trials
- Manage contractual and financial information in clinical trial databases with a high degree of accuracy
- Provide data management, analytics, reporting, and business intelligence support for clinical trials
- Track timelines and ensure contract and compensation requirements are met in coordination with project team expectations
- Develop a study compensation agreement template with support from project managers and management and obtain necessary approvals
- Ensure consistency with the study protocol, clinical contract template, informed consent language, and compensation agreement
- Collaborate with project team members on the development and testing of study payment programming
- Interface with Finance and Accounts Payable as needed on payment inquiries
- Regularly communicate contract and/or compensation agreement negotiation and execution status to the project team and clinical management
- Develop and/or negotiate investigator-initiated research contracts, data use agreements, third-party vendor clinical research contracts, and clinical consulting agreements upon request
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Identify opportunities for process improvement in collaboration with cross-functional teams; present and implement process improvement plans to management and/or key stakeholders
Skills
- BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience
- Experience in clinical research and related regulatory requirements
- Minimum of five years' experience in contract negotiation/administration and financial tracking/analysis against contracts
- Clinical contract work experience from pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, or Contract Research Organizations
- Experience with contractual agreements, including master services agreements (MSAs), statements of work (SOWs), data use agreements (DUA), non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), and amendments
- Understanding of regulatory requirements (e.g., CFR, GCP) and documents
- Moderate knowledge of the clinical research process, medical terminology, and healthcare compliance and privacy regulations pertaining to legal studies (e.g., HIPAA and Sunshine Act)
- Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, and SharePoint, and electronic data capture
- Basic understanding of relational databases, including query design, file manipulation, and table structure
- Ability to work in a team environment and represent the organization on specific projects
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills
- Proven problem-solving, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills
- Ability to work independently, prioritize, and work within a matrix team environment
- Clinical contract work experience from pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, or Contract Research Organizations
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Participation in a 401(k) savings plan
- Various paid time off benefits, such as PTO, short- and long-term disability, and parental leave, dependent on the position offered
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