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Precision AQ

Data-driven drug access and launches

Site Contracts and Budget Manager

Clinical Research OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A graduate, postgraduate, or four-year college degree is required.
  • Experience in a CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare environment is required.
  • At least five years of relevant clinical research experience, including substantial hands-on experience developing investigator/site budget templates, is required.
  • Experience developing global and/or multi-country clinical trial budget templates for sponsor- or CRO-managed studies is required.
  • Ability to interpret complex protocols, schedules of assessments, amendments, and supporting study documents and translate requirements into complete site-level costs is required.
  • Experience using country-specific cost information and/or benchmarking data to develop budget assumptions and negotiation parameters is required.
  • Knowledge of clinical trial agreement budget exhibits, clinical trial payment terms, and site budget negotiation processes is required.
  • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating site Clinical Trial Agreements, vendor contracts, and site budget negotiations is required.
  • Experience leading interactions with study teams and sponsors is required.
  • Experience with oncology and/or other complex clinical trial protocols is required.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software programs and computer applications is required.
  • Ability to handle sensitive issues with discretion is required.
  • Ability to work independently and cooperatively with others in a virtual environment is required.

Responsibilities

  • Review clinical trial protocols, including amendments, schedules of assessments, manuals, and other study documentation to identify activities with potential site-level cost implications.
  • Translate protocol requirements into detailed, accurate, and scalable global/site budget templates.
  • Map procedures and activities to applicable study visits and payment milestones.
  • Develop per-patient, per-visit, conditional, invoiceable, and one-time study costs.
  • Identify costs not apparent from the schedule of assessments, including site start-up, pharmacy, laboratory, imaging, record retention and archiving, maintenance, close-out, screen failures, unscheduled visits, participant reimbursement and travel, institutional and overhead costs, and other pass-through or invoiceable fees.
  • Ensure budget structures support appropriate payment terms and clinical trial agreement exhibits.
  • Incorporate approved country-specific cost information and available benchmarks into global and country-level budget templates.
  • Establish proposed negotiation targets, parameters, and escalation pathways.
  • Perform detailed quality control of budget templates before release to assigned site contract management negotiators, verifying formulas, visit totals, conditional procedures, invoiceable items, and patient-cost calculations.
  • Confirm consistency between protocol and schedule-of-assessments requirements and completed budgets, and document budget assumptions and negotiation parameters.
  • Maintain version control and an auditable record of budget-development decisions.
  • Review protocol amendments and revised study documents to identify financial impact and update master/site budget templates accordingly.
  • Identify added, removed, or modified procedures and associated financial impacts for site contract management.
  • Serve as a budget-development subject matter expert for site contract management and study teams and clarify budget assumptions and unusual protocol requirements.
  • Support continuous improvement and standardization of global budget templates, tools, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and training.
  • Identify opportunities for automation and increased efficiency in clinical trial budget development.
  • Review, draft, and negotiate master services agreements, site contracts, consulting agreements, vendor agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other client contracts.
  • Work with the supervisor and internal and external stakeholders to resolve or escalate contractual issues.
  • Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and contracting standards.
  • Update relevant study team members regarding contract negotiation and execution status.
  • Establish, track, report, and manage site contract metrics.
  • Support maintenance of contract files and databases, including contract archiving.
  • Assist in designing and implementing policies and procedures to support timely contract execution.
  • Recognize process-improvement opportunities and take corrective action.
  • Perform other tasks as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in a scientific field or business administration, or an equivalent degree, is preferred.
  • Successful experience handling relationships with study teams and/or clinical research associates, start-up associates, or site budget and contract associates to meet study timelines is preferred.

About the Company

Precision AQ

Data-driven drug access and launches

Precision AQ helps pharmaceutical companies get FDA-approved medicines to patients by using data, evidence, and market insights to shape access and launches. Its services combine medical science, commercial strategy, and technology development to create new pathways for drug availability and timely delivery. The company partners with drug makers to plan launches and expansion, using analytical and creative approaches to make medicines reachable and effective in real-world settings. Unlike firms that focus only on science or marketing, Precision AQ blends data-driven insights with strategic execution across development and commercialization to accelerate patient access. The goal is to raise standards in healthcare accessibility and impact by getting the right medicines to the right patients faster.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
Not listed

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