Clinical Trial Contract Manager

Job Title: Clinical Trial Contract Manager

Job Description

As a Clinical Trial Contract Manager, you will play a crucial role in preparing, negotiating, and executing a variety of agreements related to clinical trials. You will collaborate closely with Clinical Operations, Legal, Ethics & Compliance, and Clinical Development & Medical Affairs teams. Your expertise will be vital in building clinical trial site budgets, ensuring high-quality allocations within fair market values, and developing payment strategies. You will also drive the development and maintenance of Site Fee Frameworks and manage payments within grants.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, negotiate, and execute a variety of agreements.
• Review contract language and prepare responses for contract modifications.
• Maintain contract files and systems.
• Build clinical trial site budgets and ensure allocations are within fair market values.
• Analyze protocol flowcharts to create costing, payment strategies, and budget estimates.
• Develop and maintain Site Fee Frameworks.
• Set up, close, re-open, and submit payments within all grants.
• Use budget-specific and trial metrics to report on and analyze performance.
• Identify and execute strategies for continuous improvement in the Budget group.
• Stay current with industry standards and trends related to budget best practices.
• Interface with Medical, TAs, Finance, Legal, and external parties like investigators.
• Liaise with Clinical Trial Manager and TA Lead for budget review and approval.
• Collaborate with Clinical Finance/Accounting and Legal for payment-related decisions.
• Represent Contract/Budget group processes in local/global working groups.
• Ensure commitment to customer-centric behaviors and maintain high responsiveness.

Essential Skills

• Contracts management and negotiation skills.
• Ability to think strategically and create persuasive contractual arguments.
• Proven organizational and problem-solving skills for sound decision-making.
• Excellent customer service skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and critical thinking for resolving complex issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with systems and applications related to clinical and project management.
• Proficiency in computer applications like Excel, Word, and Access.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of Veeva is a plus.

Work Environment

1. You will work in a collaborative environment interfacing with various departments including Medical, Legal, and Finance. The role requires effective use of budget-specific tools and metrics to report and analyze performance. The position demands high responsiveness to internal and external requests, ensuring a customer-centric approach.

This is a Contract position based out of Ridgefield, CT.

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $69.17/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on May 22, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

Salary : $60 - $69