**Job Overview**Support the delivery of all required start-up contracting activities for selected sponsors, studies or multi-protocol programs as determined by either the agreed algorithm or the Sponsor's requirements, including pre-award activities.**Essential Functions**- Develop simple investigator grant estimates and proposal text to support the proposal development process.- Utilize and maintain contract and budget templates and contracting systems, tools, processes, and training materials for selected sponsors, studies or multi-protocol programs according to the Scope of Work and Project Plan, within the agreed project strategy.- Ensure collaboration, including communication with sponsors, stakeholders and RSU regions and countries, to successfully deliver the agreed project scope in compliance with sponsor requirements and/or the RSU Management Plan.- Provide specialist operational and financial contracting support to facilitate efficient business development and initiation and maintenance of clinical trials, whilst enabling compliance with regulatory requirements.- Assist in the creation and/or review of core scientific, technical and administrative documentation to support business development and enable study initiation and maintenance, as required.- Contribute to the collection, interpretation, analysis and dissemination of accurate contracting intelligence to support assigned studies and the wider company, as required.- Ensure overall contracting efficiency and adherence to project timelines and financial goals; report contracting performance metrics and out of scope contracting activities as required.- Comply with contract management and quality standards. Provide administrative and operational support to investigator site contract analysts, managers and directors as required.- Ensure accurate completion and maintenance of internal systems (with emphasis on CTMS), databases, tracking tools, timelines and project plans.**Qualifications**:- Bachelor's Degree.- 1 year of relevant experience acting as a contract negotiator.- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including good command of English.- Strong technical writing skills. Understanding of regulated clinical trial environment and knowledge of drug development process.- Good understanding of clinical trial contract management.- Good negotiating and communication skills.- Ability to interpret pricing models and to prepare proposals, bid grids and budgets.- Ability to work well within a matrix team environment.- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers and sponsors.