Associate Director of Research Agreements-Office of Research

Description

Market Range: 14

Hiring Salary: $6123.04 - $8572.25/Monthly

The Associate Director Research Agreements leads negotiation and execution of incoming and outgoing research agreements including sponsored research agreements clinical trial agreements subawards data use agreements material transfer agreements and confidentiality agreements.

1. Leads negotiation and execution of complex high-value and non-standard research agreements.
2. Exercises delegated authority to determine institutional acceptability of terms including intellectual property publication indemnification liability data rights and governing law.
3. Allocates agreements by complexity tier and maintains backup coverage across officers.
4. Conducts quality review of negotiated terms and feeds results in training and template revision.
5. Coordinates with clinical operations on trial startup timelines.
6. Owns agreement turnaround standards by agreement type and reports performance against them.
7. Coordinates with the Research Security and Compliance Officer on agreements involving foreign entities restricted data or controlled technology.
8. Coordinates with research compliance on human subjects animal care and biosafety conditions attached to agreements.
9. Confirms financial terms invoice schedules and reporting obligations are captured in the award abstract handed to Sponsored Award Financial Services.
10. Identifies and implements opportunities to automate routine agreement types and improve overall contracting efficiency.
11. Maintains working relationships with recurring industry sponsors contract research organizations and partner institutions to shorten negotiation.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:Bachelors Degree in Business Administration Public Administration Research Administration Science or a related field. (Masters Degree preferred.) (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

EXPERIENCE: Seven (7) years of related responsible experience negotiating research agreements; ORMasters Degree and five (5) years of related responsible experience negotiating research agreements; OR a combination of related education and work experience to equal eleven (11) years.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Expert knowledge of research agreement negotiation including clinical trial agreements and subawards.
• Knowledge of intellectual property publication rights indemnification and data use terms as applied by a public institution.
• Knowledge of the flow-down requirements applicable to federally funded subawards.
• Skill in supervising professional negotiators and in allocating work by complexity.
• Ability to distinguish a business decision from a legal determination and to route the latter to counsel.

WORK SCHEDULE:This position may occasionally be required to work weekends and evenings.

Required Experience:

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