Site Contract Negotiator - Sponsor Dedicated

About the role

IQVIA is looking for a Site Contract Negotiator in Barcelona to act as a sponsor-dedicated contract manager. The role develops the local contracting strategy and supports the delivery of all required start-up contracting activities for selected sponsors, studies or multi-protocol programs, depending on the sponsor's requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate the development of investigator grants and estimates, contracting strategies and proposal text to support the proposal development process.
• Develop contract language, payment language and budget templates as required.
• Maintain contracting systems, tools, processes and training materials for the assigned sponsors, studies or programs, within the agreed project strategy.
• Collaborate with sponsors, stakeholders and RSU regions and countries to deliver the agreed project scope in line with sponsor requirements and the RSU Management Plan.
• Provide specialist legal, operational and financial contracting support to study teams, helping initiate and run clinical trials while meeting regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to collecting, interpreting and sharing contracting intelligence for assigned studies and the wider company.
• Ensure contracting efficiency, adherence to project timelines and financial goals, and report performance metrics and out-of-scope activities.
• May take a proactive role in building long-standing relationships with preferred IQVIA clients.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant sponsor or clinical research organization clinical site contracting experience, including demonstrable global and/or regional experience as a contract negotiator; equivalent combination of education, training and experience accepted.
• Experience in investigator-initiated or collaborative studies preferred.

Required skills

• Good negotiating and communication skills with the ability to challenge.
• Strong legal, financial and/or technical writing skills.
• Strong understanding of the regulated clinical trial environment and the drug development process.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and take calculated risks.
• Good understanding of clinical trial contract management.