Thermo Fisher Scientific
FSP Site Budget & Contracting Lead

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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. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
We have successfully supported the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and more than 750 biotechs, spanning 2,700 clinical trials across 100+ countries in the last 5 years.
Our Functional Service Provider (FSP) unit has additional openings in an existing partnership for a Site Budget and Contracting Lead (SB&C Lead) based in Europe. The SB&C Lead manages escalations and review of assigned site budgets and contracts to ensure timely contract execution and study startup forecasts are achieved. SB&C Lead supports the development of creative processes, methodologies, data, and technologies that will ensure ongoing improvements in the delivery SB&C services.
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What You'll Do:
- Responsible for assigned country level SB&C function to develop, negotiate, administrate and execute assigned Clinical Trial Agreements and budgets.
- Oversight of assigned country budget setup including parameters development.
- Partner with Study Start up Managers SB&C team, Clinical Operations teams, and TAU partners to improve overall SB&C metrics and implement processes.
- Ensure standards are applied to the SB&C processes across project portfolios and support continuous improvement activities while developing the process.
- Partner with Study Startup, SB&C team and Clinical Operations teams as an escalation point for global budget escalations outside of budget parameters.
- Leverage leading industry tools and data sources to provide budget and contract feedback aligned with Takeda parameters and fair market value guidance.
- Promptly recognize and improve potential delays providing solutions to resolve and escalate non-performance.
- Manage site contracts and budgets negotiation timelines to ensure sites are "Ready To Enroll" to the Startup Project Plan.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- BS degree or international equivalent
- 4 or more years of experience in clinical research site contracting and budgeting, including country budget build with evidence of increasing responsibility within a pharmaceutical company, CRO or relevant industry vendor.
- At least 2 years of site budgeting and contracting oversight is required
- Ability to explain data, facilitate decision making processes to be data driven.
- Expertise in principles driving country/site budgeting and contracting strategies.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent decision making and negotiation skills
- Effective communication skills (verbal & written) in English and in language spoken at your local place of work


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Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:
- Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
- Frequently drives to site locations and frequently travels both domestic and international
Why join us?
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.
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