About this Contract Management Assistant (FSP, sponsor dedicated) Hybrid/Remote role at Syneos Health
Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.
Job Responsibilities
As a Contract Management Assistant you will be responsible for providing assistance in the delivery of Site Start-Up (SSU) activities in one or more of the following functional areas: investigator site contracts, ethics and regulatory submissions, and essential documents required for site initiation.
Support projects within Clinical Operations on a global scale, with oversight from the SSU Country Manager and Central and Shared Services leadership.
Ensures regulatory and site contract documentation complies with sponsor and Company requirements.
Works with internal and external team members to implement solutions for project and/or individual site contract related problems. Establishes strong working relationships with customers, internal project teams and sites. Ensures all relevant documents are submitted to the Trial Master File (TMF) as per Company Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)/Sponsor requirements.
Job Responsibilities
Assists in administration of contract management and essential document processes, including coordination with relevant protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreement documents at a project, country and site level.
Assists with quality control processes and translation processes related to submissions, contracts and essential documents.
Under supervision may assist in negotiations of budget and contracts with site and via Site Contracts Service Center and SSUL with Sponsor until resolution of issues.
Assists in the reviews of contracts for completeness and accuracy, and ensures that corrections are appropriately made and documented.
Assists in providing and generating (amended) contract and/or budget documents as necessary, preparing contract management documentation for projects, and streamlining the contract/proposal or internal processes; initiates and introduces creative ideas and solutions.
Qualification Requirements
Fluent in both English and Chinese
Associate’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and training preferred.
Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher.
Energetic, adaptable, and quick-thinking with the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment supporting Italy;
Ability to interact effectively and appropriately with investigative site personnel and internal stakeholders.
Good organizational skills and good attention to detail, with proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.
Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.
No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.