Contract and Budget Specialist

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Novo Nordisk Full time
Contract and Budget Specialist

Category:
Clinical Development
Location:Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA-
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 handinhand 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 longterm 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 decisionmaking and problemsolving 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.
    Working at Novo Nordisk
  • At Novo Nordisk, we don't wait for change. We drive it. We're a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales we're all working to move the needle on patient care.
    ContactDeadline** 29/03/2024
  • We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
  • At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we're life changing.


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