Line Manager, Site Contracts Management

Position Summary

Work closely with Study Start Up, Clinical Operations, Legal, HR, Finance, Grants Management, and other stakeholders to ensure the Site Contracts team has all necessary tools to effectively deliver site contracts, investigator/site budget and departmental financial deliverables in the shortest possible time. Plays a key role in ensuring that contracting, investigator/site budget development, and financial reporting outputs are aligned with defined study timelines and financial objectives. This role will support the negotiation of contracts and site budgets when needed and manage interactions with key clients and institutions. Will participate in corporate strategic initiatives for the Start Up group, such as Oncology Site Network and Rapid Start-up, and will be part of the SSU Leadership.

Essential Functions

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

Site Contracting and Investigator/Site Budget Oversight

• Support review, update, and/or establish processes and procedures for overall site contract, investigator/site budget and financial management at the regional and global level.
• Oversee the development, maintenance, and global implementation of investigator/site budget templates, ensuring alignment with regional regulations, institutional requirements, sponsor expectations, and internal financial governance standards.
• Escalate and resolve complex issues with Legal, Finance, Grants Management, or senior leadership.
• Support team members to review, draft, and negotiate a variety of agreements and financial documents including confidentiality agreements, master agreements, clinical study agreements, investigator/site budgets, ancillary agreements, and amendments.
• Oversee execution of agreements and investigator/site budgets at the portfolio level in accordance with each study’s contract and financial plan.

Line Management

• Line manage site contract team members, ensuring consistent application of contracting, investigator/site budget development, and reporting standards.
• Allocate resources for new business and ongoing studies, including forecasting, workload planning for contracts and budgets.
• Participate in discussions on resource needs and future planning for site contracting and investigator/site budget development structures, including global operating models

Financial Governance

• Report, analyze, and manage contract and investigator/site budget-related metrics, including productivity, cycle times, cost performance, and unit-level reporting outputs.

Other Tasks and Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, contracting standards, and financial governance expectations, including grants and institutional requirements.
• Oversee the maintenance and integrity of contract, budget, and reporting data within contract management systems and databases, including archival requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement related to budget development, reporting efficiency, and grant alignment, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Assist in designing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure timely execution of contracts, budgets, and financial reporting deliverables.
• Represent the organization as a Subject Matter Expert in site contracting, budget strat