Associate Director, Contracts Management

About the Company & Role :

Vera Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for immunological and Inflammatory diseases that improve patients’ lives.   We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Associate Director of Contracts Management to join a fast-paced and collaborative team.   This leadership position will be responsible for the oversight of all contracts and manage vendor relationships across the Research and Development organization.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direction and oversight of the life cycle management of the vendor and consultant contracting process
• Strong understanding of and experience with the development and finalization of vendor contract and budgets as well as investigator/ site clinical trial agreements
• Manage day to day activities in negotiating and finalizing complex contracts, which includes all R&D (clinical, non-clinical & CMC)
• Strong working knowledge of contract language and issues related to subject injury compensation, confidentiality, publications, regulatory, compliance, privacy and patent issues, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of site budgets for investigator and sponsor-initiated trials to ensure solutions are within the approved framework of the US legal and compliance requirements
• Collaborate with clinical trial teams and CRO partners to develop and negotiate budgets while ensuring that all costs are competitive and commensurate
• Experience in developing study budgets and forecasts, as well as tracking actuals
• Work independently while meeting anticipated internal and external timelines
• Collaborate closely with internal team members and vendors to ensure timely execution of agreements
• Identifies issues/problems and provides recommendations for solutions
• Execute responsibilities with minimal oversight and high competency
• Has an understanding of the regulatory implications and obligations of contracts as related to clinical research
• Ability to make critical decisions related to projects and tasks
• Demonstrates ability to work in a face paced environment
• Ability to use spreadsheets and tracking tools
• Display strong organizational/project management/interpersonal and communication skills
• Exhibit a positive attitude, a respect for others and ability to work independently as well as collectively
  
  

Qualifications:

• BS or higher in life sciences or health-related field
• 8+ years clinical contract management experience, inclusive of investigator-initiated trial contract and budget negotiation within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
• Demonstrated clinical trial contracting experience
• Experience with clinical trial/medical process improvements as well as implementation
• Flexible self-starter to operate in a fast-pace start-up environment  
• Ability to develop out of the box solutions with limited infrastructure typical in a start-up environment
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in cross-functional team environment
• Proficiency with MS Office (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project)
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent oral and written communications
• Innovative, analytical and extremely organized to drive projects to completion

Vera Therapeutics Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.