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Contract Specialist Jobs in United States at Vanqua Bio
Title: Contract Specialist
Company: Vanqua Bio
Location: United States
Sr Paralegal, Contract Specialist
The Senior Paralegal and Contract Specialist is responsible for the execution of all contracts and agreements across the organization. This role supports cross-functional teams—including Clinical, Finance, Regulatory, and external legal counsel in full lifecycle of global clinical site and ancillary development contracts, including agreements for studies outsourced to third-party functional service providers and vendors.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the main point of contact for coordinating contracting activities across the organization.
- Collaborate with internal business partners, cross-functional stakeholders, third-party vendors, and external legal counsel as needed to manage and complete the end-to-end contracting process.
- Coordinate deadlines, priorities, and reporting to support legal operations.
- Review a wide range of agreements with clinical sites, vendors, and suppliers, including Clinical Trial Agreements, Master Services Agreements, Confidential Disclosure Agreements, Consulting Agreements, SOWs, Data Protection Agreements, and amendments.
- Ensure alignment between Clinical Trial agreements and Informed Consent Forms
- Develop, update, and maintain contract templates and standard terms.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks.
- Advise internal teams on best contracting practices and legal developments impacting agreements.
- Ensure continuous contract coverage by monitoring expiration dates, engaging internal teams on renewal priorities, and drafting term extension amendments.
- Manage and maintain the company’s contract database and official repository of executed agreements.
- Primary individual responsible for tracking key contract milestones and communicating to appropriate stakeholders for contract actions (i.e.. Upcoming contract end-dates requiring extension or close-out).
- Oversee and manage outside legal counsel to ensure quality and timely delivery of work product within budget.
- Accountable for vendor contracting process in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders, including contracting, PO initiation, revision (increases, decreases), and close-out.
- Accountable for clinical site contracting and budgeting (and associated Contract Research Organization (CRO) vendor management) ensuring contracts and budgets required for clinical studies are executed in a compliant and timely manner.
- Develop and implement plans to ensure negotiation of clinical contracts do not delay the critical path to start-up of clinical studies.
- Accountable for ensuring contracts are compliant with global data protection laws (GDPR), and liaising with Data Protection Officer as needed.
Qualifications
- Relevant degree preferred.
- Paralegal certification is preferred.
- 5 or more years of contract experience required. 2 or more years of Biotech/ Pharmaceutical clinical development contract experience required.
- Experience in a law firm supporting Biotech/Pharmaceutical clinical clients or in-house corporate legal environment preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex transactions, identify key issues and risks, recommend aligned solutions, and communicate clearly with stakeholders.
- Extensive experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of agreement types.
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous review of contract files for accuracy.
- Excellent business judgment and analytical skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proven experience managing outside counsel and adhering to legal budget constraints.
- Experience working in a regulated environment (clinical research, biotech, pharma, or related field preferred).
- Familiarity with global data protection laws
- Understands cost drivers associated with clinical site and vendor contracts and associated contract types. Highly competent in negotiation, and contracting business standards.
- Strong knowledge of contract terms, negotiation, and legal documentation.
- Understanding of legal procedures, compliance requirements, and regulatory standards.
- Proficiency with SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, and other legal tools.
Vanqua Bio is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All employment offers are contingent upon the applicant successfully completing a background screen.
Job title and level will be commensurate with candidate’s education and experience.
If interested in this position, please send your resume via LinkedIn. For security reasons, resumes will not be accepted directly through email. Please do not send resumes to Vanqua Bio employees or to the company location. Vanqua Bio is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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