Corporate Contracts Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Corporate Contracts Manager (Temporary)

Location: Alameda, CA — hybrid schedule, with onsite work preferred (approximately three days per week)
Schedule: Full-time, standard business hours
Duration: Approximately six months; extension may be possible
Pay Rate: $56.50/hour

About the role

A biotechnology company is seeking a temporary Corporate Contracts Manager II to support its research and development contracting work. The role will focus primarily on clinical study agreements and will involve hands-on drafting, redlining, and negotiating contract terms directly with counterparties.

This is a good fit for someone who has personally negotiated clinical research agreements—not solely coordinated or administered contracts—and can work effectively with internal teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate clinical study agreements (CSAs), clinical trial agreements (CTAs), and other clinical research contracts.
• Negotiate contract terms directly with counterparties through written redlines and live discussions or calls.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage other agreements as needed, such as confidentiality, consulting, service, materials transfer, research, and vendor services agreements.
• Identify contract and relationship risks, communicate them to internal stakeholders, and support resolution.
• Work with internal business partners to address legal and business questions.
• Track contract status and support the review, approval, and signature process.
• Provide support to in-house attorneys and handle other related tasks as assigned.
• Follow company policies and standards.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least 2–3 years of in-house contract drafting and negotiation experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, clinical research, or a related environment.
• Hands-on experience drafting, redlining, and negotiating CSAs, CTAs, or comparable clinical-study agreements.
• Direct counterparty negotiation experience, including negotiating contract language through redlines and discussing terms in live calls or meetings.
• Experience using a contract lifecycle management (CLM) or contract management system.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple agreements and meet deadlines while working with a range of internal teams.

Preferred

• Five or more years of relevant contract experience.
• Broader experience supporting R&D contracting.
• Experience negotiating vendor agreements and working with external service providers.
• Familiarity with the drug discovery and development process.
• Experience with Agiloft; training can be provided.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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