Associate Investigator Grant Analyst

Location: Remote

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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.

Summarized Purpose:

Prepares, reviews and finalizes global investigator grant budget and payment schedule terms and conditions templates for multiple studies. Develops investigator grant budget negotiation parameters with clients, communicates client processes, procedures and negotiation parameters to local team members. Liaises and establishes effective relationships with clients and internal PPD functional teams and Contract Specialists as directed by Contract Managers.

This is a fully remote position for applicants located in the United States of America.

Essential Functions:

Assists in the development of investigator grant budget grids for applicable countries in assigned studies inclusive of coordination with therapeutic and operational subject matter experts, as appropriate, to ensure proper grant development.

Drafts applicable payment terms and condition templates for investigator grant budget grids.

Coordinates internal/external approvals and feedback to investigator grant budget grids and payment schedules.

Provides support for escalations with external clients for investigator budget development, process and negotiation parameters.

Provides approved investigator grant grids and payment schedules, process and negotiation parameters to local teams.

Coordinates with internal departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with investigator grant activities and mutually agreed upon timelines; ensures alignment of investigator budget negotiation process for sites and study are properly aligned to the critical path for site activation.

Adheres to PPD’s target cycle times for site activations.

Completes tracking and reporting as required.

Job Complexity:
Works on problems of limited scope. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.

Job Knowledge:
Learns to use professional concepts. Applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues. Supervision Received Normally receives detailed instructions on all work.

Business Relationships:
Contacts are primarily with immediate supervisor, and other personnel in the department. Builds stable working relationships internally.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years).

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Basic understanding of the principles of investigator…