Associate R&D Outsourcing

Summary:

The Associate/Senior Associate, R&D Outsourcing will report directly into the Senior Manager, R&D Outsourcing. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: overseeing work order and/or contract development and overall contract management; purchase order requisitioning and invoice resolution; Sunshine Act reporting; support with our month-end expense reconciliation and reporting; and supporting vendor selection initiatives through RFI and RFP support. This role collaborates with multiple functional areas such as Compliance, Legal, Finance, Purchasing and Accounts Payable in addition to R&D.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a Contract Liaison for R&D:
  • Responsible for contract initiation, functional review, execution, and archival
  • Responsible for contract lifecycle management including tracking expiration, purchase order adherence, and scope change
• Supports month-end expense reconciliation; this support will be leveraged during the quarterly and annual budget and forecasting processes
• Coordinates new vendor onboarding submissions with Procurement
• Supports new vendor onboarding with Compliance, as well as ongoing vendor updates, requalification, and service change
• Coordinates scheduling and logistics for all Outsourcing managed meetings, inclusive of CRO/vendor capabilities presentations, governance meetings, and contract-related discussions.
• Supports and manages Sunshine Act reporting including quarterly internal inventory reporting, vendor expense collection, internal payment report review, and year end data submission.

Requirements:

• College degree with 3+ years of work experience
  • Prior experience supporting clinical development, clinical operations, clinical supply chain or related R&D areas preferred
• Excellent attention to detail
• Adaptable to changing priorities, excels in fast-paced environment.
• Perform job duties with minimal supervision and guidance; manage direct reports as needed
• Excellent organization, time management, collaboration, and multi-tasking skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the proven ability to build and maintain relationships and communicate professionally to all levels of an organization; internal and external
• Strong commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• Financial acumen; ability to support the evaluation of budgets, forecasting, and month end expenditures
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills preferred (i.e., Pivot Tables, Formulas, etc.)