Job Details

The Opportunity:  Manager, Development Outsourcing, Contract Optimization and Strategy Team

Manager, COST – Vendor drives objectives within projects’ end-to-end outsourcing to external service providers for current and future clinical trials and development programs to support interfunctional development vendors. Accountability includes partnering with the development functions, Finance, Legal, other functional teams for vendor identification, service provider selection, contract negotiations, budget and contract lifecycle management. This position would report to the Director, Vendor Contracting Relations.  The key responsibilities are:

• Review vendor contract proposals and budgets, with cross functional coordination as needed.

• Participate in the request for proposals process in support of clinical studies. 

• Draft and finalize work orders, change orders and consulting agreements according to the scope of services requested.

• Collaboration through objective setting and communicate effectively with all functional area representatives within management in the project team environment as needed to ensure alignment across functions to support clinical programs.

• Work with Legal and Finance to review, amend and negotiate Master Service Agreements with vendors as necessary.

• Contribute expertise to ensure vendor agreements cover all operational activities requested pertaining to the execution of service to support clinical programs.

• Oversee internal and external logistics and/all activities/services required for execution of vendor agreements and purchase orders.

• Initiate, cultivate and maintain strong relationships with vendors and the study teams they support in driving to best practices, including communicating those to the broader organization.

• Provide support to RevMed’s vendor governance needs, where requested.

• Interview and evaluate candidates as part of Revolution Medicines candidate evaluation teams.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Minimum of a BS, plus five years of experience in a contract administration environment in a pharmaceutical, CRO/ biotech company or worked in a clinical operations setting with a CRO/Sponsor company Advanced degree desirable.

• Expertise in contract support for cross functional clinical development.

• The ideal candidate will have experience working in growing companies or departments and can be flexible working with all levels of the organization.

• Direct experience vetting and negotiating with vendors is a must.

• Ability to understand the clinical development process and demonstrate the capability of managing multiple contracts and studies.

• Demonstrated leadership qualities, including the ability to say “no.”

• Prior experience and knowledge of applicable regulatory and ICH guidance regarding clinical research and GCP.

• Demonstrated ability to multi-task, prioritize work, and independently solve problems.

• A strategic thinker who can efficiently utilize company resources and expertise to extract optimal vendor performance.

• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal, to effectively communicate to internal and external colleagues as required.

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• An innovative, driven and effective person with a “can do” attitude.

• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook required.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity working with financial and legal systems/portals.

• Knowledge and/or familiarity with Ex-US region(s) clinical trial operations.

• Working knowledge of applicable regulatory, ICH and GCP.

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Smartsheet