Budget and Contract Associate

Contract and Budget Associate - France - Remote

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development

As a Budgets & Contracts Associate Sponsor dedicated you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

You will prepare, negotiate and finalize agreements and budgets related to clinical trials and/or overseeing a Clinical Research Organization responsible for contract negotiations. Provide support to the clinical team in the pricing, planning, execution and control of site/investigator budgets and contracts.

What you will be doing
- Prepare, negotiate, and finalize clinical trial agreements and ancillary agreements for company sponsored and/or investigator-initiated studies through direct negotiation with clinical trial sites or via oversite of a Clinical Research Organization responsible for contract negotiations. Responsible for delivery on established targets/measurements.
- Work with global teams to review and analyze contractual terms and conditions. Assess legal and budget risks in conjunction with team support functions. Partner with Healthcare Compliance, Risk Management, Privacy and other stakeholders to obtain guidance and drive resolution. Escalate as appropriate.
- Analyze investigator fees in relation to fair market value pricing and ensure alignment with regional standards and the client pricing guidelines. Participate in and/or lead approval escalations as appropriate.
- Provide support for negotiations in confidentiality agreements, informed consent forms and other ancillary contract documents as required.
- Participate in discussions related to the development of site/investigator budgets aligned with fair market value.
- Manage the contract amendment lifecycle.
- Work with the global team as necessary to review and analyze contractual terms to reach resolution. Assess risks of budget and legal provisions in conjunction with members of the team and support functions. Escalate issues as appropriate.
- Work proactively to provide recommendations to improve processes and establish refinements that reduce cycle time, create savings and improve efficiency in the initiation of clinical trial sites.
- Assume responsibility for all aspects of legal document and metrics tracking.
- Provide support to review, authorize and/or understand aspects of site payments. Assist clinical operations or clinical team in ensuring that investigator grants comply with overall study costs and compliance guidelines.
- Track all aspects of legal document and metrics. Determine potential needs for contract amendments and manage amendment lifecycle.
- Work proactively to improve processes and establish refinements that reduce cycle time, create savings and improve efficiency in the initiation of clinical trial sites.
- Comply with requests from QA and auditors.
- Full utilization by timely and accurate time reporting.
- Ensures Inspection readiness by maintaining complete, accurate and timely data and essential documents in systems utilized for trial management according to expectations (metrics) and archiving retention requirements.
- Ensure inspection ready and comply with relevant training requirements and developing therapeutic knowledge to ensure service delivery.

Your profile
- Bachelor’s degree in appropriate scientific or business disciplines
- At least 4 years’ experience and/or equivalent competencies in legal/ pharmaceutical industry/clinical research.
- Excellent communication skills (both oral and written).
- Familiarity with healthcare compliance and other relevant guidance (HIPAA, FCPA, Safe Harbor, etc.).
- Familiarity with clinical research processes.
- Ability to work effectively in cross function teams.
- Able to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment.
- Strong and proven negotiation and problem resolution skills.
- Working knowledge of PCs (MS Office suite at a minimum) and database management
- Fluency in English and local language (French)

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What ICON can offer you:

- Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
- In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
- Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.- Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-h