Senior Site Contract Specialist​/Contract Manager; Sponsor Dedicated​/Remote

Senior Site Contract Specialist / Contract Manager (Sponsor Dedicated/ Remote- US Only)

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need. Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
Why Syneos Health

We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone's life.

We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Are you an experienced clinical trial contracts professional who enjoys negotiating complex agreements, partnering directly with investigative sites, and driving study start-up success? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We are seeking a Senior Site Contracts Specialist to join a high-performing, Sponsor-Dedicated team supporting a leading global biopharmaceutical company. In this highly visible role, you will independently manage U.S. site contract and budget negotiations, partnering with cross-functional teams to help bring innovative therapies to patients faster.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and can confidently manage Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) and budgets with minimal oversight.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Health, Life Sciences, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated experience independently managing:
• Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs)
• CTA Amendments
• Site budget negotiations
• Contract lifecycle management with minimal oversight
• Strong understanding of:
• CTA drafting and negotiation
• Contract templates and fallback language
• Budget development and negotiation strategies
• Clinical trial start-up processes
• Experience maintaining negotiation status and documentation within Sponsor clinical trial tracking systems.
• Excellent understanding of Phase II-IV clinical trials, ICH-GCP, and clinical development processes.
• Strong project management, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Exceptional negotiation, communication, and relationship-building abilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Previous experience supporting a Sponsor-Dedicated/FSP model.
• Leadership or mentoring experience (Senior level).
• CRO experience.
• Experience supporting process improvement initiatives within Site Start-Up or Site Contracts.

Experience-Leveling:

• SCS-II/Contract Manager 2:
  Minimum of one (1) year of direct site contract and budget negotiations within CRO, site or pharma company required.
• Sr. SCS/Contract Manager 3:
  Minimum of two (2) years of direct site contract and budget negotiation required. Demonstrates strong skillset in overall contract and budget management/oversight and has a minimum of one (1) year of progressive experience leading site contract negotiations as…