[Hiring] Associate Contract Manager @Thermo Fisher Scientific

Role Description

Join Us as a Contract Manager – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

The Associate Contract Manager serves as a regional lead in managing the preparation, negotiation and finalization of contract templates, process and negotiation parameters with an assigned workload of clients. Ensures quality, objectivity and risk analysis in the efficient delivery of contract templates, process and negotiation parameters.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the review, negotiation, and finalization of contract templates, process and negotiation parameters with clients in accordance with PPD contractual considerations and processes.
• Provide contractual risk assessment in accordance with established contractual considerations, and serve as the liaison with the legal department during country process improvement initiatives.
• Negotiate within approved parameters contractual terms and conditions in accordance with company contractual considerations, client contractual considerations, established process with clients and follows established escalation routes.
• Communicate and provide approved contract templates, process and negotiation parameters and client expectations to assigned team members.
• Ensure collaboration, quality alignment with terms and conditions, process and client expectations with assigned team members.
• Identify and assess legal, financial and operational risks in accordance with approved PPD and client contractual considerations.
• Act as a regional interface and escalation contact with external clients for term & condition revisions outside of approved negotiation parameters, client expectations and process deviations.
• Provide recommendations and alternative resolutions to contract negotiations to internal and external clients.
• Work with internal functional departments to facilitate coordination of different site startup activities impacted by contractual activities upon mutually agreed upon timelines.
• Contribute to change initiatives within the department.
• Complete periodic quality reviews and peer feedback reports.
• Deliver training material to team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years bachelor's degree or equivalent).

Requirements

• Mastery of the principles of contract law, including a general understanding of laws that influence contract language, such as business, intellectual property and local tax and stamp laws across several regions.
• Thorough understanding of business, contractual and financial principles that relate to service agreements.
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written) in English.
• Capable of drafting and negotiating contract provisions within parameters.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical and decision-based thinking.
• In-depth understanding of the clinical drug development and trial process, attained within the pharmaceutical and/or CRO industry.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills to organize competing priorities while monitoring contractual risk and issues.
• Excellent customer-focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration.
• Proficient in the use of automated systems and computerized applications, such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.
• Excellent problem solving, risk assessment and impact analysis abilities.

Benefits

• Support for health and wellbeing of employees.
• Encouragement to create a healthy and balanced environment.

Company Description

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.