[Hiring] Site Contract & Budget Manager @Indero

Role Description

The Site Contracts & Budget Manager provides operational leadership for site contracting and budget negotiation activities across awarded clinical trials. The role is primarily accountable for:

• Contracting strategy
• Clinical Trial Agreement negotiation and execution
• Site budget negotiations, amendments, and resolution of complex contractual and financial issues

Working in close partnership with the Site Budget & Proposal Manager, the role translates proposal-stage budget assumptions into effective study- and site-level contracting and negotiation strategies. Together, the roles provide complementary leadership across the site budget and contracting lifecycle, with distinct primary areas of accountability.

The Site Contracts & Budget Manager serves as a key contact and escalation point for sponsors, sites, and internal stakeholders and provides functional guidance, training, and support to Site Budget & Contracting personnel.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. or in a relevant field of study
• 5+ years of experience in clinical research, clinical trial budgeting, or related financial management roles within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or CRO industry
• Strong negotiation and communication skills to engage with sponsors, external budget contacts, and internal stakeholders
• Experience creating and maintaining budget templates tailored to global regions and therapeutic areas
• Collaborative mindset to partner with operational leads
• Experience representing the organization in bid defense meetings and client calls
• Technical proficiency to maintain pricing tools, cost databases, and budget models
• Leadership abilities to train and mentor junior specialists
• Demonstrated success in partnering with senior team members to refine internal processes
• Strategic thinking to engage with leadership on process improvement initiatives
• Good knowledge of good clinical practices, and applicable Health Canada and FDA regulations/guidelines

Requirements

• Lead and manage Site Budget & Contracting staff, providing direction, coaching, development, workload oversight, and support
• Oversee site contracting and budget negotiation activities across the portfolio
• Provide oversight of site contracting for awarded clinical trials
• Establish and maintain contracting strategies, standards, and negotiation approaches
• Serve as functional escalation point for complex or high-risk contract and budget negotiations
• Oversee the operational implementation of study-specific site budgets
• Translate proposal-stage budget assumptions into executable study- and site-level budget and contracting strategies
• Collaborate with Legal Affairs, Project Management, Study Start-Up, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, Finance, and other stakeholders
• Provide site contracting expertise during proposal development
• Participate and/or support bid defence meetings, client presentations, and sponsor strategy discussions
• Monitor portfolio-level contracting and budget performance
• Own and oversee the business assets supporting Site Budget & Contracting
• Ensure business assets remain current, fit for purpose, consistently applied, appropriately governed
• Oversee the integrity, consistency, and usability of Site Budget & Contracting data
• Use contracting and negotiation outcomes to strengthen institutional and country intelligence
• Lead functional process improvement initiatives
• Support digital transformation and automation opportunities
• Establish and monitor relevant performance indicators
• Ensure Site Budget & Contracting staff are appropriately trained
• Partner with senior leadership on resource and capacity planning
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, proactive risk management, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement

Benefits

• Permanent full-time position
• Flexible schedule
• Vacation
• Home-based position
• Ongoing learning and development

Company Description

At Indero, you will work with brilliant and driven colleagues. Our values are collaboration, innovation, reliability, and responsiveness. We offer a stimulating work environment and attractive advancement opportunities.

Indero is a world-renowned expert and clinical research leader in dermatology with over two decades of experience. We are a dual-focus CRO for dermatology and rheumatology, with capabilities in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

Indero is committed to providing equitable treatment and equal opportunity to all individuals. Accommodations will be provided throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities, upon request.