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Contract Specialist II / Sr. Site Contract Specialist

Contract Specialist II / Sr. Site Contract Specialist

Syneos Health, Inc.Indianapolis, IN, US
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Contract Specialist II / Sr. Site Contract Specialist

Updated : September 25, 2025

Location : IND-Client

Job ID : 25101892

Job Description

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

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 accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know :

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

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 our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
  • We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Responsibilities

  • May lead multi-country projects including negotiating and preparing contracts, budgets, and related documents for participation in industry-sponsored clinical trials.
  • Produces site-specific contracts from country clinical trial agreement (CTA) template. Reviews and owns site-specific contracts from country template. Submits proposed CTA and investigator budget for site review.
  • Negotiates budget and contract with site and via Site Contracts Service Centre and SSUL with Sponsor until resolution of issues.
  • Performs quality control and arranges execution of CTAs as well as archival of documents into repositories and capture of metadata. Reviews contracts for completeness and accuracy, and ensures that corrections are appropriately made and documented.
  • Administers all contract management processes, including coordination with relevant protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreement documents at a project level.
  • Generates 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.
  • Works closely with Site Contract Service Center and Legal to harmonize site contract to reflect sponsor's master service agreement terms.
  • Works closely with SSU lead, Clinical Operations and Finance to validate the load of departmental budgets and corresponding backlog.
  • Identifies possible contract or process operational risk and proactively works within the team to provide solutions. Establishes strong working relationships with SSU lead, customer and internal project teams. Escalates deviations to department leadership and / or Site Contract Service Center and / or Legal Department.
  • Provides support to business development and represents site contracts / Site Start-Up (SSU) at internal or customer meetings.
  • Works within the forecasted country / site contracting timelines, ensures they are complied with and tracks milestone progress in real time.
  • Collaborates with internal and external legal, finance, and clinical operations departments, including communicating and explaining legal and budgetary issues.
  • Maintains and actively supports review and development of contract templates, budget templates and site specific files and databases.
  • Serves as key communication liaison between site contracts staff and internal and external customers. Provides functional guidance and keeps internal and external teams aware of all contract statuses or pending issues. Prepares correspondence as necessary.
  • Trains and mentors less experienced staff members on departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and ensures quality of team work products. Maintains and updates training material for site contract team.
  • Actively participates in higher level discussions about overall company goals, departmental objectives, and specific project aims.
  • Facilitates the execution of contracts by company signatories.
  • Monitors basic financial aspects of the project and the number of hours / tasks available per contract; escalates discrepancies in a timely fashion.
  • Reviews and complies with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) in a timely manner, keeps training records updated accordingly and ensures timesheet compliance.
  • Qualifications

  • BA / BS degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Health, related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Advanced degree preferred
  • Moderate contracts management experience that includes experience in a contract research organization or pharmaceutical industry
  • Management experience preferred
  • Strong knowledge of the clinical development process and legal and contracting parameters
  • Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Customer focused and ability to manage challenging priorities and to remain flexible and adaptable in stressful situations
  • Excellent understanding of clinical trial process across Phases II-IV and ICH GCP
  • Good understanding clinical protocols and associated study specifications
  • Excellent understanding of clinical trial start-up processes
  • Project management experience in a fast-paced environment
  • Good vendor management skills Strong organizational skills with proven ability to handle multiple projects
  • Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
  • Quality-driven in all managed activities
  • Strong negotiating skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Ability to mentor and motivate more junior staff
  • Demonstrate an ability to provide quality feedback and guidance to peers
  • Contribute to a training and Quality assurance plan within SSU and update SOPs / WI
  • 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.

    http : / / www.syneoshealth.com

    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.

    Summary

    Roles within the Site Start-Up / Site ID job family are responsible for managing and executing the site identification process in accordance with regulations, SOPs, and project requirements. This includes completing and negotiating site confidentiality agreements (CDAs) and site information forms (SIFs) with sites, maintaining, reviewing, and reporting on site performance metrics, serving as the primary point of contact for investigative sites, and tracking the completion of site identification for sites.

    Impact and Contribution : Individual contributors with responsibility in a professional or technical discipline or specialty, but may manage two or fewer employees. May direct the work of lower level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of the time is spent contributing to the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs, and policies, using knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. Established and productive individual contributor. May manage defined components of projects or processes within area of responsibility. Requires practical knowledge of a professional area, typically obtained through education combined with experience.

    At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your pastexperience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we take intoconsideration transferrable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

    Discover what our 29,000 employees already know : work here matters everywhere. We work hard,and smart, all in the name of getting much-needed therapies to thosewho need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday work improvespatients' lives around the world. Selecting us as an employer secures a career inwhich you're guaranteed to :

    Syneos Health (Nasdaq : SYNH) is a leading integrated biopharmaceutical solutionsorganization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical,medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern marketrealities. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies and applyadvanced business practices to speed our customers' delivery of importanttherapies to patients. We support a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.

    Phone : 919 876 9300

    Fax : 919 876 9360

    Toll-Free : 866 462 7373

    Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receiveconsideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status,ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protectedveteran status, disability or any other legally protected status and will not bediscriminated against. If you are an individual with a disability who requires reasonableaccommodation to complete any part of our application process, including the use of thiswebsite, please contact us at : Email : jobs@syneoshealth.com One of our staff members will workwith you to provide alternate means to submit your application.

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