Senior Site Contracts Negotiator

Senior Site Contracts Negotiator

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development

Role Summary:

Responsible for the successful drafting, reviewing, negotiation, and maintenance of clinical trial agreements, complex amendments, and other ancillary agreements with investigative sites.

Responsibilities:

• Drafts, reviews, negotiates, and finalizes clinical trial agreements, complex amendments, and other ancillary agreements with study sites using critical thinking, available tools/systems/documents, and historical data, while adhering to departmental and/or client quality check requirements in a manner that protects ICON’s fundamental interests and is consistent with ICON’s rules, procedures, and policies.

• Maintains consistent communication with study sites and internal stakeholders in alignment with site contracts department and client requirements.

• Tracks progress of site contract agreements and related documents regularly in required ICON and client systems.

• Proactively identifies and raises risks and suggests mitigation plans to support established study milestones and planned site contract timelines.

• Files contractual documents per departmental, ICON, and client requirements.

• Attends and participates in study team project calls, as applicable.

• Works cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to support timely site start-up and maintenance for the conduct of clinical trials, including accurate forecasting of contract execution timelines.

• Reviews site contracts for completeness and accuracy, ensures adherence to department and client requirements, corrects documents, and files any changes.

• Participates in and contributes to departmental initiatives.

• May serve as a mentor for other site contracts department team members.

• Completes all required project, client, department, and ICON trainings on time and adheres to applicable SOPs, processes, and procedures.

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 3–6 years of experience in a clinical research environment

• Demonstrates professionalism in day-to-day activities

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Ability to complete tasks independently, on time, and efficiently

• Ability to mentor and train other site contracts team members as needed

• Effective time management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks with minimal guidance

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Confidence when interacting with internal and external clients

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What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements

• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.

• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.

• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.

• Life assurance

• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values.   We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, s