Thermo Fisher Scientific Hiring for Site Contract Specialist Job at Brussel Full Time

We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD clinical research services — thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.

Our goal-driven teams combine and deliver start up activities for the clinical trials, collaborating to improve processes, cycle and flexibility. We partner with our sites, businesses and colleagues around the world to decrease startup timelines and exceed expectations.

As a Site Contract Specialist, you will prepare and negotiate contracts, as well as finalize the contract process.

At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We offer continued career advancement opportunities, award winning training and benefits focused on the health and wellbeing of our employees.

Summarized Purpose:
Prepares and negotiates contracts, as well as, finalizes the contract process. Liaises and establishes effective relationships with sites and internal functional teams. Ensures quality, objectivity and risk analysis in the efficient delivery of contracts.

Essential Functions:

Education and Experience:

• 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 2-5 years’) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.
• Years of experience refers to typical years of related experience needed to gain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. Years of experience are not to be used as the only determining factor in establishing the job class or making employment selection decisions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Understanding 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
• Demonstrated ability to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation
• General understanding of business and financial principles that related to service agreements
• Effective communication skills (verbal and written) in English and either Dutch or French
• Capable, with appropriate oversight, of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and decision based thinking
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs
• Able to work independently or in a team environment
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Working knowledge of PPD SOP and WPDs
• Able to organize competing priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues
• Able to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications, such as, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.
• Ability to demonstrate a customer focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration.

What we offer:

At PPD clinical research services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD clinical research services you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organisation but with a local feel.

Our 4i Values:

Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – Involvement

If you resonate with our 4i values above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, submit your application – we’d love to hear from you!

As we are likely to receive many applications, sometimes we are unable to provide feedback to everyone.

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