Contract Negotiation and Budget Specialist

6 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Novo Nordisk Full time

Contract Negotiation and Budget Specialist

**Category**:Clinical Development and Medical**Location**:Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA- Do you want to be a part of fast growing and developing company? Are you a person who is good at managing professional relationships? Does negotiation is your strength? Do you need to have things in order, and attention to detail is one of your qualities?-
**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 & Budgets Manager, Contracts Team Manager, Legal Manager, Local Legal/Law Firm. You will manage commercial and contractual relationship with investigators and clinical sites to meet timelines and demands of assigned clinical trials. You will establish and maintain partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, deliver assigned activities proactively, independently and in accordance with NN Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs).- Key responsibilities also include:
- Escalate changes to legal language and budget requests other than previously approved to appropriate stakeholders (Clinical Contracts & Budgets Manager, CDC Trial Start-up Manager, CDC Trial Manager, Local Legal/Law Firm). Maintain status report on negotiation process and activities.
- Secure planned execution dates of contracts, meeting timelines and ensuring all stakeholders involved are notified of the status.
- Ensure any delays in planned contract execution dates are addressed and reported in a timely manner to Clinical Contracts & Budgets Manager.
- Collaborate with Clinical Trial Administrators on signing, shipping, and repository of contractual documents, interact independently with investigators, clinical site staff, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
- Follows up the contractual process in appropriate electronic systems (e.g. Coupa)

**Qualifications**
- Min. Bachelor’s degree, in Legal/Financial would be advantage.
- Min. 2 years of clinical research contracting experience from a similar position in the pharmaceutical industry, Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) or clinical site.
- IT proficiency: MS Office, clinical trial systems (e.g., Veeva, NovoTime, Coupa).
- Fluent English, read, verbal and writing skills.
- Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, team oriented personality with high degree of flexibility.
- Ability to work in a structured and pro-active manner as well as part of the different trial teams.
- Excellent communication skills, excellent organization and long-term planning skills
- High focus on details.
- Ability and willingness to adjust quickly to new situations in a continuously developing environment, ability to manage multiple priorities.
- High degree of trustworthiness, proven decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
- Act as an ambassador for NN values.

**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.**Contact**Deadline**- 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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