Contract Analyst

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

As a Contract Analyst II at ICON, you will design and analyse clinical trials, interpreting complex medical data, and contribute to the advancement of innovative treatments and therapies.

What You Will Do:

You will take responsibility for contract management deliverables, applying your skills to ensure quality and efficiency. Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for assigned country level SB&C function to develop, negotiate, administrate and execute assigned Clinical Trial Agreements and budgets.
• Oversight of assigned country budget setup including parameters development.
• Partner with Study Start up Managers, SB&C team, Clinical Operations teams, and TAU partners to improve overall SB&C metrics and implement processes.
• Ensure standards are applied to the SB&C processes across project portfolios and support continuous improvement activities while developing the process.
• Partner with Study Startup, SB&C team and Clinical Operations teams as an escalation point for global budget escalations outside of budget parameters.
• Leverage leading industry tools and data sources to provide budget and contract feedback aligned with client parameters and fair market value guidance.
• Promptly recognize and improve potential delays providing solutions to resolve and escalate non-performance.
• Manage site contracts and budgets negotiation timelines to ensure sites are "Ready To Enroll" to the Startup Project Plan.

Your Profile:

You will bring relevant contract management experience, along with the following qualifications and skills. Required qualifications and experience:

• BS degree or international equivalent
• 4 or more years of experience in clincal research site contracting and budgeting, including country budget build with evidence of increasing responsibility within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant industry vendor.
• At least 2 years of site budgeting and contracting oversight
• Ability to explain data, facilitate decision making processes to be data driven.
• Expertise in principles driving country/site budgeting and contracting strategies.
• Excellent organizational skills, decision making, communication and negotiation skills.

What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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