HCP Contract Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Contracts Advisor in the Wilmington, DE area.
• Draft, negotiate and advise business owners on HCP agreements: Speaker Programs, Consulting Agreements, Advisory Board Agreements, Authorship Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements etc.
• Develop appropriate contract content and exercising sound judgment on when to escalate negotiation to Legal.
• Ensure contracts include relevant financial disclosure and data privacy language, if applicable
• Set-up and manage activities and deviations from annual plans within relevant tool
• Initiate and manage payments related to contracted services delivered by HCPs
• Confirm completion of services as expected and invoiced. Work with vendors and accounts payable to resolve payment issues.
• Manage HCP reimbursements for out of pocket expenses or other relevant transfers of value associated with delivery of the service.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is archived prior to closing out activities.
• Assist activity owner with information required for cross-border HCP interactions requiring local Nominated Signatory review and/or approval
• Collaborate with other contracting/sourcing specialists and assess internal/external environment to ensure knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• Serve as a technical systems' super-user (iBuy, ePay, Veeva Meetings/Events, etc.) to provide support and guidance across US MA and to third party vendors
• Serve as a single point of contact and ad hoc team member for assigned department/s
• Coordinate and manage annual HCP engagement plan per aligned brand
• Develop project plans/trackers to support activities involving contracts with multiple suppliers (e.g., advisory boards, expert science panels, speaker bureau training)
• Work closely with key customers, both internal and external, to understand the activity and contracting needs as well as to establish roles and responsibilities
• Contribute to and deliver relevant training to internal/external customers as it relates to the contract through payment process

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 2 -3 years of experience with contract management
• Understanding of contract development and business law
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with SAP, purchase to pay systems and processes, Procurement
• Demonstrated project leadership, strong project management skills with the ability to handle competing projects simultaneously
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong ethical, collaborative and influencing skills
• Excellent computer skills, including data and reporting software programs