Manager, Budget Development, Investigator Payment Management

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

The Manager of Budget Development works independently and collaboratively within IPM to support development of site cost budget estimates, site cost forecasting, and scenario modeling for BeiGene sponsored clinical trials (BEST). This position is responsible for Fair Market Value (FMV) analysis, clinical benchmarks evaluation and site budget development. The Manager of Budget Development partners with Global R&D Sourcing (GRDS), Global Clinical Operations (GCO), Investigator Contracts Management (ICM), and Data Management teams to establish clinical pricing for subject visits, procedures, and invoiceable expenses. The Manager of Budget Development will be responsible for leading the EDC/budget alignment discussions with Data Management teams and external partners to ensure accuracy in visit budget template development.

Essential Functions of the job:

• Under minimal guidance, responsible for the development of global and region/country specific clinical trial budgets leveraging FMV benchmarking tool and established systems.
• Responsible for clinical benchmarking, site budget development, site costs forecast and scenario modeling.
• Perform Budget vs Actuals (BvA) analysis to strive for accurate forecasts and site cost budget estimates for governance and decision making.
• Review site costs trends to develop internal benchmarks.
• Effectively partners with Clinical Operations to build global clinical site study budgets in compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations and Investigator Contracts Management teams on protocols requiring changes to site budgets.
• Develop, maintain, and train stakeholders on the global budget development documents and FMV tool assessments.
• Actively and effectively communicates status of budget build with key internal stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Effectively communicates issues to stakeholders that could impact project timelines or other aspects for Study Start Up (SSU).
• Works closely with Clinical Operations, Contract Managers, Data Management to ensure successful development of study budgets.
• Develops the most current and transparent budget that is in-line with industry standards.
• Applies United States Medicare Coverage Analysis (MCA) guidelines for applicable studies and have a solid understanding of MCA requirements.
• Ability to analyze budgets and identify costs drivers where applicable.
• Ability to review and analyze complex protocol amendments and determine budget impact.
• Identify and participate in ongoing process improvement initiatives including new templates and processes.
• Act as point of contact for all IPM assigned studies.
• Provide excellent customer service and timely site issue resolution.
• Recommend latest ideas and solutions to increase efficiency of budget development.
• Assist in the development and testing of CBO systems and standard processes.
• Assist with maintenance of training and other manuals for the Grant system.
• Organizes and prioritizes multiple initiatives across teams; sets clear plans for delivery.

Additional Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4+ years’ experience in finance, biotech, pharmaceuticals, or a related field in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry
• Solid understanding of clinical cost benchmarking tools and CPT codes.
• Assess potential risks and propose solutions to mitigate risks.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

• Yes

Computer Skills:   Advanced knowledge Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Power Point and MS Outlook; Smartsheet, SharePoint, MS Teams

Other Qualifications:  

• Fluent in written and verbal English.
• Strong interpersonal skills, leadership, negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be highly multi-tasked and meet compressed timelines.
• Prior experience in clinical operations, clinical pricing, clinical benchmarks analysis and evaluation finance, or grant payment management.
• Prior experience with FMV tool (Grants Manager and/or Grant Plan)

Travel:  As Needed.

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