Thermo Fisher Scientific

Contract Specialist - FSP dedicated - UK

United Kingdom

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, HealthcareIndustries

Site Contract Specialist

Employment Type: Full-time Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions: Office

Position Overview

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 determined teams combine and deliver startup activities for the clinical trials, collaborating to improve processes, cycle and flexibility. We partner with our sites, businesses and colleagues around the world to decrease startup timelines and go above and beyond.

Responsibilities

As a Site Contract Specialist, you will prepare and negotiate contracts, as well as, finalize the contract process.

A Day in the Life:

  • Drafts, reviews, negotiates and finalizes agreements with study sites in accordance with local/accepted process.
  • Negotiates within approved parameters both investigator grant budget negotiation parameters, contractual terms and conditions in per company contractual considerations, client contractual considerations, established process with sites and follows established escalation routes.
  • Ensures compliance to established negotiation parameters, authority approval, contractual process and client expectations.
  • Ensures compliance of budgetary guidance, templates and process.
  • Identifies and assesses legal, financial and operational risks and brings up to appropriate level of the organization per established processes.
  • Provides recommendations and alternative resolutions to Investigator Contract negotiations through established escalation channels.
  • Coordinates with internal functional departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with contractual activities and mutually agreed upon timelines.
  • Achieve target cycle times for site activations.

Requirements

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 2-5 years’) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Understanding of the principles of contract law, including a general understanding of laws that influence contract language, such as business, intellectual property and local tax and stamp laws.
  • Proven ability to apply basic principles of investigator grant negotiation.
  • Effective interpersonal skills (verbal and written) in English and in language spoken at local place of work.
  • Capable, with appropriate oversight, of drafting and negotiating contract provisions and budgetary issues within parameters.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent analytical and decision-based thinking.
  • Understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs.
  • Able to work independently or in a team environment.
  • Good organizational and time management skills.
  • Able to organize competing priorities logically and review outstanding contractual risk and issues.
  • Able to effectively use automated systems and computerized applications, such as, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.
  • Ability to demonstrate problem-solving and teamwork skills.

Company Information

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Skills

Contract negotiation
Clinical trials
Site contracts
Budget negotiation
Compliance
Agreement finalization

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Provides life sciences products and services

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a variety of products and services that support scientific research and healthcare, including laboratory equipment, reagents, and software solutions. Their products are used in applications like protein biology, real-time PCR, and sequencing, serving clients such as academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Unlike competitors, Thermo Fisher emphasizes customer support and education, helping clients optimize their experiments. The company's goal is to be a leading provider of life sciences solutions that contribute to a healthier and safer world.

Waltham, MassachusettsHeadquarters
1956Year Founded
$17MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries
10,001+Employees

Risks

Increased competition in single-use bioprocessing may impact market share.
Sale of anatomical pathology business could create a temporary product gap.
Investment in miDiagnostics may face regulatory challenges affecting returns.

Differentiation

Thermo Fisher offers a comprehensive range of life sciences products and services.
Their well-known brands include Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, and Invitrogen.
They provide strong customer support and educational resources to optimize client workflows.

Upsides

Expansion of biologics production facility enhances capacity for precision biologics monitoring.
Investment in miDiagnostics aligns with demand for rapid diagnostic solutions in BioPharma.
Collaboration with Mainz Biomed positions them in the growing cancer detection market.

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