Line Manager, Site Contracts Management

Precision for Medicine is looking for an experienced Line Manager, Site Contracts Management to join our European team. This position can be covered fully remotely from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania or Serbia.

Position Summary:

Work closely with Study Start Up, Clinical Operations, Legal, HR, Finance, Grants Management, and other stakeholders to ensure the Site Contracts team has all necessary tools to effectively deliver site contracts, investigator/site budget and departmental financial deliverables in the shortest possible time. Plays a key role in ensuring that contracting, investigator/site budget development, and financial reporting outputs are aligned with defined study timelines and financial objectives. This role will support the negotiation of contracts and site budgets when needed and manage interactions with key clients and institutions. Will participate in corporate strategic initiatives for the Start Up group, such as Oncology Site Network and Rapid Start-up, and will be part of the SSU Leadership.

Essential Functions:

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

Site Contracting and Investigator/Site Budget Oversight: 

• Support review, update, and/or establish processes and procedures for overall site contract, investigator/site budget and financial management at the regional and global level.
• Oversee the development, maintenance, and global implementation of investigator/site budget templates, ensuring alignment with regional regulations, institutional requirements, sponsor expectations, and internal financial governance standards.
• Escalate and resolve complex issues with Legal, Finance, Grants Management, or senior leadership.
• Support team members to review, draft, and negotiate a variety of agreements and financial documents including confidentiality agreements, master agreements, clinical study agreements, investigator/site budgets, ancillary agreements, and amendments.
• Oversee execution of agreements and investigator/site budgets at the portfolio level in accordance with each study’s contract and financial plan.

Line Management:

• Line manage site contract team members, ensuring consistent application of contracting, investigator/site budget development, and reporting standards.
• Allocate resources for new business and ongoing studies, including forecasting, workload planning for contracts and budgets.
• Participate in discussions on resource needs and future planning for site contracting and investigator/site budget development structures, including global operating models

Financial Governance: 

• Report, analyze, and manage contract and investigator/site budget-related metrics, including productivity, cycle times, cost performance, and unit-level reporting outputs.

Other Tasks and Responsibilities: 

• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, contracting standards, and financial governance expectations, including grants and institutional requirements.
• Oversee the maintenance and integrity of contract, budget, and reporting data within contract management systems and databases, including archival requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement related to budget development, reporting efficiency, and grant alignment, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Assist in designing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure timely execution of contracts, budgets, and financial reporting deliverables.
• Represent the organization as a Subject Matter Expert in site contracting, budget strategy, and grant-related processes in internal, sponsor, and client-facing meetings.
• Other tasks, as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum Required:

• 4-year college degree or equivalent experience, ideally in a scientific, healthcare, finance, or business discipline
• Experience within Site Contracts and investigator/site budget functions in a Clinical Research Organization (CRO)
• Experience leading or supporting global country budget template development, including standardization of cost categories, fair market value considerations, and alignment with sponsor and internal financial governance expectations.
• Demonstrated general financial acumen, including understanding of budgets, cost drivers, forecasting, and financial implications of contracting and grant decisions
• Experience working with clinical trial contracts and budgets, and financial oversight and governance
• Experience in remote people management

Preferred:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements, investigator/site budgets, and managing, controlling, and tracking the contract and financial lifecycle at project and portfolio level
• Experience developing and implementing site contracting and budget strategies, including exposure to Sponsors and grant-funded studies
• Experience working across different global site contracting and budget models, including centralized and regional structures
• Familiarity with unit-level financial reporting and portfolio oversight

Skills & Competencies

• Strong organizational, analytical, and written communication skills with high attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Demonstrated ability to drive outcomes related to budget development, reporting accuracy, and cycle-time efficiencies
• Executes time-sensitive matters while maintaining accuracy, compliance, and fiscal responsibility
• Highly self-motivated; able to work independently and collaboratively in a global, virtual team environment
• Demonstrates professionalism, accountability, and strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Displays sound business judgment with a proactive and solution-oriented work style
• Proficient in MS Office and relevant systems, including investigator/site budget development tools, contract databases, and reporting platforms
• Handles sensitive contractual and financial information with discretion
• Builds and maintains strong cross-functional relationships to support contracts, budgets, and grant-aligned objectives
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, including overnight stays