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FSP Associate – Contract Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific. Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize amendments and budgets with study sites .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize amendments and budgets with study sites
- Negotiate investigator grant budgets and contractual terms within approved parameters
- Ensure compliance with negotiation parameters, authority approvals, contractual processes, and client expectations
- Ensure compliance with budgetary guidance, templates, and processes
- Coordinate with internal functional departments on site startup activities and contractual timelines
- Align contract negotiations with the critical path for site activation
- Achieve target cycle times for site activations
- Escalate out-of-parameter issues according to established guidelines and processes
- Complete tracking and reporting and assist other specialists with tracking and reporting
- Liaise with internal functional teams and establish effective working relationships
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- Previous experience comparable to 0–2 years
- Basic understanding of clinical trial agreements
- Basic ability to apply investigator grant negotiation principles
- General understanding of business and financial principles related to service agreements
- Effective verbal and written communication skills in English and the local language
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent analytical and decision-based thinking
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Working knowledge of PPD SOPs and WPDs
- Ability to organize competing priorities and review outstanding contractual risks and issues
- Ability to use automated systems and computerized applications
- Customer-focused communication, problem solving, and collaboration skills
- Ability to work in an upright and/or stationary position for 6–8 hours per day
- Ability to perform repetitive hand movements and frequent mobility
- Ability to lift and carry 15–20 lbs
- Regular and consistent attendance
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote work arrangement
- Standard Monday–Friday work schedule