Site Contracting Team Lead (Director)

JOB SUMMARY

Site Contracting Team Lead is responsible for leading a team of Investigator Contracts Leads to plan and achieve contract execution targets while raising and managing risks to those targets. This role also works with other functional lines and planners to appropriate plan, prioritize and resource for studies within their remit. The Team Lead will also provide expertise and support to their team and other site contracting professionals supporting their team in independently resolving issues related to site contracting and cross functional dependencies.  Manage leadership-level escalated issues to resolution.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Resolve site contracting impacts to quality or timelines by exercising independent judgment and making timely decisions, through risk analysis, in areas of global site contracting.  

• Determine global site contracting sourcing options during study sourcing meetings.

• Forecast and provide appropriate ICL and FSP resourcing based on study priority levels.

• Align with therapeutic area department heads on portfolio forecasting to analyze future resourcing impacts.

• Provide timely solutions related to global contract negotiation issues escalated through study teams or ICLs.

• Analyze study reports to keep global site contracts off the critical path on prioritized studies.

• Serve as the site contracting SME on various groups projects to include business acquisitions and other initiatives.

• Onboard, train and manage the workload of ICLs and contractors by therapeutic area.

• Responsible for relationship management with CROs and FSP performing site contracting activities

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• 10+ years of experience with a 4-year degree (BA/BS or equivalent) 

• Expert in one or more areas of clinical site contracting.

• Knowledge of clinical development process.

• Ability to oversee third-party vendor deliverables to agreed quality and timelines.

• Experience leading cross functional teams.

• Experience in interaction with senior leaders within the organization.

• Experience with clinical study budgets and contracting negotiation principles, practices, processes, and activities.

• Balance of general business, compliance, finance, legal, and drug development experience.

• Clear communications and presentation skills.

• Ability to problem solve unique issues and prioritize.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams.

• Demonstrated success in working in a highly matrix-based organization.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of relevant experience with a US Juris Doctorate or equivalent legal degree.

• Previous functional management experience.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Clinical site contracts & legal contacts, Pfizer and Partner legal team, Study management, Study Start-up, site payments team,  peer site contracting colleagues, CRO site contracting teams.

RESOURCES MANAGED

Direct management of 7-12 headcount in a mix of contingent and colleague and /or 15 FSP resources.

  
Work Location Assignment: Remote - Field Based

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.