Executive Director of Contracts
- Job Title
- Executive Director of Contracts
- Job ID
- 27689471
- Location
- Remote,
- Other Location
- Description
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JOB SUMMARY
The Executive Director, Contracts is responsible for planning, implementing, managing and running of all Contracts activities including business planning, budgeting, forecasting and negotiations.
This position will assess financial risks and opportunities and ensure Contract/Proposal compliance/adherence to Elligo policy and guidelines.
The Executive Director, Contracts will provide strategic recommendations to the SVP, Corporate Finance, as well as provide leadership, direction, and management to the Contracts team. They will develop and manage the Contracts monthly, quarterly, and annual operating plan.
This position is also responsible for identifying, acquiring, and implementing contract management systems and software to provide critical operational improvement, as necessary.
The Executive Director, Contracts will evaluate and make suggestions for automating processes and increasing working efficiency. Additionally, this position will participate in pivotal decisions as they relate to strategic initiatives and operational models for Contracts.
SUPERVISORY RESONSIBILITY- Contracts Specialists
- Director of Contracts
III. RESPONSIBILITES
- Defines, manages, and improves Elligo’s process for development, negotiation, and management of all external contracts.
- Partners with Business Development, Operations, Finance, and Legal to ensure contract process is efficient and effective.
- Ensures Request for Proposal (RFP) contains all information needed for proposal/budget preparation.
- Designs, updates, and maintains, KPIs and dashboards to ensure leadership has visibility to performance
- Communicates contract and budget negotiation progress to internal and external project teams.
- Negotiates and manages changes in, and addendums to, existing contracts. Coordinates with Operations, Regulatory, and other stakeholders to ensure linkage with contract execution.
- Collaborates with Operations Finance to ensure budgets are reviewed and contract terms meet financial objectives.
- Confirms that contracts adhere to Elligo pricing guidelines and policies.
- Responsible for the on-going evaluation and pricing improvement initiatives to support optimal financial growth of Elligo delivery lines.
- Supports generation of feasibility responses and proposal budgets when needed.
- Ensures management information systems information is maintained. Improves systems to support better contract information visibility for the business.
- Oversees liaison with third party vendors to provide and manage budget quotations and contracts.
- Hires, develops, and engages a cohesive and highly skilled contract team. Ensures team is trained with necessary skills including knowledge of contractually significant elements of clinical research protocols; reviewing and understanding clinical trial agreements; preparing work orders; amendments; change orders; third-party vendor contract, and negotiating Investigator grant budgets based on the protocol and study operational requirements. Directly supports team in contract development, negotiation, and execution, as required.
IV. KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED- Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance, or similar educational background.
- Demonstrated proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation software (MS Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint), and Salesforce.
- Ten years previous contracts management and development experience.
- Five years direct supervisory experience preferred.
- Minimum five years of clinical research experience preferably in a contract research organization.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing effectively in English.
- Experienced in developing grant budgets for clinical trials.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated strong attention to detail.
- Strong organizational/prioritization skills to manage multiple concurrent projects.
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.
Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours of 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and must work 37.5 hours each week to maintain full-time status. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
Minimal travel is required for this position.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel. More in-depth information can be found in SOP's, working guidelines, policies, etc.
Elligo is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Elligo are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Elligo will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. In addition, Elligo will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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