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Role Description

This role is responsible for supporting the overall budget development process for site-facing budget templates, which includes working independently with business partners to develop global clinical site budgets.

• Takes the lead role in development of site budgets for global utilization to ensure actionable, relevant budgets are provided to business partners on time
• Accountable for drafting, reviewing and finalizing the creation of global clinical trial budget templates in accordance with Fair Market Value (FMV) and industry best practices
• Creates comprehensive parameters and tools for the Contracting Team to use for budget negotiations
• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert for cost benchmarking and cost benchmarking tools, providing internal training and ongoing global support
• Responsible for oversight of Investigator Budget Analyst staff including workload management, quality of deliverables and escalation of issues to management when needed
• Collaborates with Clinical and Global Site and Study Operations as needed for clarifications, providing education on the budget development process and rationale for items in the budget template

Qualifications

• BSc or equivalent
• 8+ years of professional work experience, including 5+ years in a research setting with pharmaceutical industry expertise in clinical contracting, outsourcing or finance
• Demonstrated ability in negotiation, project management, effective communication and relationship management
• Demonstrates a high level of contract/budget and technical competencies across multiple therapeutic areas
• Contract negotiation experience in a scientific setting preferred
• Demonstrated experience in contracts, budgets, clinical site/sponsor relationship and performance related to clinical drug studies preferred

Company Description

Parexel supports clinical studies across the full range of therapeutic areas, and we have longstanding partnerships with a vast client base. We supported the trials of most of today’s top 50 best-selling drugs, but equally we enable more niche drug developments that are critical to the well-being of many patients.

• Headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts and in Durham, North Carolina
• Over 16,000 employees
• Offices that support clients in over 100 countries around the world
• Provides the most comprehensive drug development capabilities of any CRO worldwide
• Global regulatory expertise, Phase I-IV clinical research services, and advanced commercialization services