Contract Specialist - FSP dedicated - Germany

## A day in the Life:

• Drafts, reviews, negotiates and finalizes agreements with study sites in accordance with local/accepted process.
• Negotiates within approved parameters both investigator grant budget negotiation parameters, contractual terms and conditions in per company contractual considerations, client contractual considerations, established process with sites and follows established escalation routes
• Ensures compliance to established negotiation parameters, authority approval, contractual process and client expectations
• Ensures compliance of budgetary guidance, templates and process
• Identifies and assesses legal, financial and operational risks and brings up to appropriate level of the organization per established processes
• Provides recommendations and alternative resolutions to Investigator Contract negotiations through established escalation channels
• Coordinates with internal functional departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with contractual activities and mutually agreed up timelines;
• Achieve target cycle times for site activations

## Keys to Success:

## Education and experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2-5 years’) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

## Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Understanding of the principles of contract law, including a general understanding of laws that influence contract language, such as business, intellectual property and local tax and stamp laws
• Proven ability to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation
• Effective interpersonal skills (verbal and written) in English and in language spoken at local place of work
• Capable, with appropriate oversight, of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and decision based thinking
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs
• Able to work independently or in a team environment
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Able to organize competing priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues
• Able to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications, such as, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.
• Ability to demonstrate a problem solving and teamwork skills

## Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

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Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), table; dl-de/by-2-0; StarIn's calculation