Contract and Budget Specialist - JHB at Novo Nordisk

The Position

• Your main activities will include negotiation contract language and budget directly with clinical sites, draft original contracts for clinical sites and vendors in cooperation and under supervision of Clinical Contracts and Budgets Manager, Contracts Team Manager, Legal Manager, Local Legal/Law Firm.

To be successful in this role you will also:

• Ensure planned execution dates are secure, addressing any delays promptly and reporting to the Clinical Contracts and Budgets Manager.
• Work hand-in-hand with Clinical Trial Administrators, interacting independently with investigators, clinical site staff, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Follows up the contractual process in appropriate electronic systems (e.g. Coupa)

Qualifications

• As a Contract negotiation and budget specialist, we expect you to have a bachelor’s degree, in Finance, Economy or other social sciences would be advantage.
• Minimum 2 years of clinical research contracting experience from a similar position in the pharmaceutical industry, Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) or clinical site.
• Great budget management skills are absolute must.
• IT proficiency: MS Office, clinical trial systems (e.g., Veeva, NovoTime, Coupa).
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent communication skills, excellent organization and long-term planning skills.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, team oriented personality with high degree of flexibility.
• As a person, your strength lies in your keen attention to details, reflecting a thoughtful and meticulous approach to your work. Moreover, your high degree of trustworthiness, coupled with proven decision-making and problem-solving capabilities, paints a picture of you as a reliable and empathetic individual in various circumstances.

About the Department

• Working with the clinical trial team in South Africa and collaborating across SEEMEA and International Operations. You will join an expanding dedicated clinical team of Clinical professionals on a mission to create better treatments and care for patients with Diabetes, Obesity, Rare Disease and the new therapeutic areas (Cardiovascular Diseases, Alzheimer’s Disease, NASH, Sickle Cell Disease) that Novo Nordisk is investing in. You will be reporting to a Clinical Research Manager heading up a Start Up and CTAs team. Your wider team also includes CRAs, Trial Managers, and Clinical Quality & Training Managers.