Manager, Site Contracts

Company Description:

Everest Clinical Research (“Everest”) is a full-service, global, contract research organization (CRO) providing a broad range of expertise-based clinical research services to worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. We serve some of the best-known companies and work with many of the most advanced drugs, biologics, and medical devices in development today.

Everest has been an independent CRO since 2004 with a strong foundation as a statistical and data management center of excellence. Building on this foundation, Everest has successfully developed and established itself as a full-service CRO, including clinical operations. Everest’s headquarters are located in Markham Ontario, Canada with additional locations in: Bridgewater, New Jersey; Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; and multiple offices in Europe.

Everest is known in the industry for its high-quality deliverables, superior customer service, and flexibility in meeting clients’ needs. A dynamic organization with an entrepreneurial origin, Everest continues to experience exceptional growth and great success.

Quality is our backbone, customer-focus is our tradition, flexibility is our strength…that’s us…that’s Everest.

To drive continued success in this exciting clinical research field, we are seeking a committed, skilled, and customer-focused individual to join our winning team as a Manager for our Site Contracts Team for our Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA on-site location, or remotely from a home-based office anywhere in the USA or Canada in accordance with our Work from Home policy.

Manager, Site Contracts:

This is an exceptional opportunity to step into a new department in a rapidly growing CRO with significant opportunities for career growth and development.

This role is expected to review and negotiate site contracts, budgets, CDA, facility agreements and notice letters. As part of the Clinical Operations Department, this role is strictly site contracting and would not encompass any regulatory or other legal duties. The candidate will work closely with the study teams in effectively activating sites in a clinical trial and will report milestones and achievements to senior management. This candidate will be client facing and will attend weekly study calls, providing negotiation status updates and escalating any language or budget costs for the sponsor’s review and approval. The candidate will raise awareness of any changes in site circumstances as they arise that may delay critical timelines. The candidate will help to identify the priority site list with the sponsor and will help to set realistic expectations with the sponsor.

This candidate will have a role in establishing internal processes and department SOPs as well as hiring, training and managing future clinical site contracts team members as the team grows.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required; JD preferred.
• 5+ years of investigative site contracting experience with both the legal language and the budget.
• Currently in a lead role overseeing and training junior negotiators.
• Understands timely project management, detail orientation and high-quality service delivery.