Freelance Clinical Contracts Specialist

Duration: Initial Contract with Potential Extension

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About the Opportunity

We're partnering with a leading global biopharmaceutical organisation to appoint an experienced Clinical Contracts Specialist on a freelance basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing, international team supporting innovative clinical research programs that ultimately help bring life-changing therapies to patients.

This role is ideal for a contracts professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys leading contract negotiations, managing complex stakeholder relationships, and driving agreements through to successful execution.

You'll play a key role in supporting global clinical operations by drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing a variety of clinical and vendor agreements while collaborating closely with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Clinical Operations, and external partners.

What You'll Be Doing

• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a broad range of clinical and vendor-related agreements.
• Lead negotiations for specialty agreements and complex contractual terms and conditions.
• Evaluate contractual risk, review redlines, and provide practical solutions to support business objectives.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure timely contract execution and issue resolution.
• Support Fair Market Value (FMV) assessments and budget-related contract discussions.
• Manage contracts throughout their full lifecycle, ensuring compliance and accurate documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors, CROs, consultants, and clinical partners to establish contractual agreements.
• Support outsourcing initiatives, including proposal evaluation, supplier selection, and contract finalisation.
• Escalate complex contractual issues to senior stakeholders where appropriate.
• Contribute to process improvements and operational excellence initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts within a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of contractual terms, legal language, and risk assessment principles.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance business priorities with contractual and compliance requirements.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience working effectively within cross-functional and global teams.
• Minimum 2-4 years' experience in contract management, legal operations, procurement, clinical agreements, or a related field.

Preferred Experience

• Experience within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, CROs, medical devices, healthcare, or clinical research.
• Knowledge of Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), vendor agreements, consulting agreements, and other research-related contracts.
• Experience negotiating complex terms and specialty agreements.
• Understanding of clinical development and outsourced service models.
• Previous experience supporting global or multi-country studies.
• Familiarity with highly regulated environments.

Nice to Have

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) knowledge.
• Contract and vendor management expertise.
• Experience interacting directly with external vendors and customers.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
• Additional European language skills (French, Spanish, German, Italian, etc.).

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant contract negotiation or management experience; or
• Advanced degree (JD, Master's, LLM, or equivalent) with 2+ years of relevant contracts experience.

Why Apply?

• Fully remote opportunity.
• Work with a globally recognised life sciences organisation.
• Exposure to innovative clinical research programs.
• Collaborate with international stakeholders across multiple functions. xghoner
• Opportunity for contract extension and long-term partnership.

If you're an experienced Clinical Contracts Specialist looking to make an impact within a dynamic and patient-focused organisation, we'd love to hear from you.