Site Contract Specialist
Bristol-Myers Squibb · Hyderabad · onsite · Posted 24d ago
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Duties/Responsibilities
Reporting Relationship
Qualifications
Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Education / Experience / Licenses / Certifications
Travel
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- Executes the end-to-end preparation, negotiation, and finalization of site contracts and investigator budgets within established SOPs, multilingual templates, fallback language, and approval matrices.
- Maintains complete and timely documentation in approved systems and collaborates with cross-functional partners to support on-time contract execution.
- Exercises decision authority on budget items up to the defined threshold per SOP; non-standard terms, out-of-threshold items, and complex/legal risks are escalated to negotiation governance lead or management, as applicable.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, negotiate, and finalize site contracts and budgets using approved templates, fallback language, and country playbooks; ensure alignment with protocol requirements and study timelines.
- Apply SOP-defined budget parameters and exercise decision-making up to the authorized threshold; route exceptions and out-of-threshold items for approval per governance.
- Ensure strict adherence to SOPs, WI/playbooks, approval matrices, and confidentiality standards; escalate non-standard clauses and risks to the appropriate stakeholder.
- Collaborate with study teams, Legal, Finance, CRO partners, and other stakeholders to resolve routine contracting questions and progress negotiations within established guardrails.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and complete records of negotiation status, decisions, and versions in required contracting systems (e.g., CLM/trackers, e-signature), enabling reliable dashboards and study reporting.
- Meet established KPIs for cycle time, quality, and data accuracy; proactively flag risks to timelines and compliance.
- Supports process improvement by identifying recurring issues and proposing practical enhancements; adopts new templates, standards, and tooling as rolled out by governance.
- Conducts targeted reviews of prior negotiated agreements to identify new ways to improve efficiency within approved boundaries.
Reporting Relationship
- Reports to Associate Director/Director Site Contracting Operations
Qualifications
Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Working knowledge of clinical study protocols, contract templates, investigator grants, and site budget negotiation processes; ability to negotiate within SOP-defined guardrails and thresholds.
- High attention to detail with strong organization and time management; able to manage multiple negotiations against agreed timelines.
- Effective negotiation and communication skills in multinational, multilingual settings; comfortable using approved translation resources/tools where applicable.
- Proficiency with contract management systems and e-signature platforms; strong MS Office skills.
Education / Experience / Licenses / Certifications
- Bachelor s degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration, or related field.
- Minimum 2 years in site contract negotiation or clinical operations (or equivalent combination of education/experience).
Travel
- Up to 10% travel for regional strategy meetings and cross-functional collaboration.
Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.
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We are a global biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. At Bristol Myers Squibb, we work every day to transform patients’ lives through science. We combine the agility of biotech with the reach and resources of an established pharmaceutical company to create a global leading biopharma company powered by talented individuals who drive scientific innovation.
We have the brightest people in the industry and believe that their diverse experiences and perspectives help to bring out our best ideas, drive innovation and achieve transformative business results. Each day, our employees around the world work together for patients – patients are at the center of everything we do. They inspire us. They are the reason we come to work each day.
We are proud of the advancements we have made in oncology, hematology, immunology, and cardiovascular disease, and we are dedicated to helping patients prevail over serious diseases through our diverse and promising pipeline and new scientific platforms. We are pursuing therapies at the forefront of scientific discovery with the goal of bringing an exciting new generation of life-changing treatments to patients. We aspire to be at the center of a vibrant healthcare innovation ecosystem, where academic research centers, biotech, and biopharma companies all contribute to continued scientific advancement.
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