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Remote Manager, Investigator Grant Payment

Remote, MA 02139

Posted: 07/02/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Medical Affairs Job Number: 609374 Is job remote?: Yes Country: United States

Job Description

How will your role help us transform hope into reality? This position reports into the Associate Director of Clinical Outsourcing. The right candidate will possess an understanding of Investigator Grant Management activities for successful execution of multiple clinical trials primarily in oncology and hematology indications in various phases of development.?Responsibilities of this position involve the day-to-day management of overseeing the CROs development of investigator payments, reviewing investigator grant budgets and developing parameters for negotiations for the CRO. Will act as an escalation point for the CRO and the investigator when budgets fall out the acceptable range. Works in collaboration with finance and the CRO in tracking of accruals and forecasting of payments.   What will you do?
  • Review investigator budgets against the schedule of events within the protocol
  • Identify research related costs versus Standard of Care costs and support teams in site contract negotiations
  • Use Fair Market Value (FMV) benchmarking tools such as Grant Plan and Grants Manager to develop template study site budgets
  • Leads and oversees the overall investigator site payment process with the CROs
  • Establish acceptable negotiation ranges for our CROs to use when working with investigators
  • Serve as an escalation point for the CRO for Investigator Grant Negotiations with sites
  • Act as SME for internal clients regarding FMV costs and investigator reimbursement.
  • Works closely with finance and accounting to centralize the site payment accruals, forecasting projections and modeling across CRO Partners
  • Leads in the identification of automated site payment system by identifying potential vendors, and collaborates with others to create, issue Request for Proposals (RFPs) and review proposals
  • Supervises the status of budget negotiation to expected timeline and reviews CRO metrics of performance
  • Identifies and seeks efficiency with our CROs, and contracted site payment system and FSP vendor to ensure improved value for service
  • Participates and could present in Clinical Trial, CRO kick off, Investigator budget financial review and CRO governance meetings
  What minimum qualifications do we require?
  • Minimum Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in scientific or business discipline.
  • Previous clinical experience a plus
  • Understanding of the drug development process
  • The candidate should ideally have 3 + years in investigator budget and contract management with a sponsor company or CRO managing various phase clinical trials.
  • Ability to work with minimal direction
  • Motivated self-starter who can work in a fast-paced environment
  • Creative problem solver with good communication and written skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are needed, with a high degree of attention to detail.
  • Proficient with the MS Office Suite
  What additional qualifications will make you a stronger candidate?
  • Resourcefulness/ Flexibility – The ability to adapt to working optimally within a variety of situations; adapts to change and to changes in job demands
  • Communication and Partnership – Ability to optimally express ideas in written and oral context; collaboration, team-building skills and interpersonal skills; genuine desire to be on a team and contribute to organizational and team goals
  • Effective Planning – Demonstrated effective time management skills and execution
  • Perseverance – Pursues tasks with energy, drive and initiative; comfortable in an accountable environment where you can make an impact
  • Problem Solving – Ability to understand a situation or problem by breaking it down into smaller pieces using a detailed approach and to identify patterns and connections between situations that are not obviously related
  • Relationship Building – Builds productive working relationships across a diverse spectrum of people

 

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.