Sr Associate Clinical Contracts & Budgets

Senior Associate Clinical

Contracts & Budgets

Singapore

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Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Senior Associate Clinical Contracts & Budgets in Singapore.

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What you will do

Reporting to the Clinical Trial Oversights Manager (CTOM) the Senior Associate Clinical Contracts & Budgets will be primarily responsible for providing clinical site contracting services to clinical study teams to support study start-up and conduct activities in the region.

Main Responsibilities:

• Run end to end process for clinical site contracts and clinical trial related consulting agreements (including contracts, amendments and termination letters preparation, negotiation, escalation, translation, distribution, signature, archiving).
• Support site-related questions regarding invoice preparation with respect to submission of invoices in Amgen Payment System (eGPS)
• Support resolution of contract issues
• Support contracting with local GSO vendors
• Maintain contract tracking in appropriate systems
• Run Confidential Disclosure Agreement process
• Find opportunities and standard processes with local and regional partners that will contribute to overall operational efficiency
• Ensure payments are made in accordance with contracts
• Maintain payment data tracking in appropriate systems
• Responsible for providing information for entry into systems

Key Activities:

• Negotiate site contracts from the contract templates using appropriate guidelines, and collect necessary signatures for contract delivery
• Negotiate site budgets from base budget and payment landmarks using appropriate guidelines; complete final Schedule A for addition to contract
• Raise contract and budget issues to Legal or Clinical Pricing & Payments Group and GCPM as appropriate to ensure Fair Market Value compliance
• Set up financial data, raise purchase orders and handle appropriate entries/requests into relevant financial and payment systems (eFinity, MyBuy, SAP). Support Clinical Pricing & Payments Group in setting up sites for eGPS or legacy systems.
• Track contract progression using appropriate systems
• Amend and terminate contracts as necessary throughout lifecycle of study
• Store and archive contracts and budgets in appropriate systems
• Maintain payment records and provide assistance with audit review records
• Responsible for reviewing and approving, with Law guidance, applicable changes within ICF part 2.
• Responsible for the contracting process and/or point-of-contact for vendor for locally outsourced studies
• Responsible for the Clinical Trials Insurance process
• Participate in appropriate site/legal meetings as required to resolve contract issues
• Participate in appropriate site/finance meetings as required to resolve payment issues
• Maintain party information and contract activation in Contract Generation System
• Approve or reject clinical invoices
• Process and track Confidential Disclosure Agreements as appropriate
• Run contracting process with Clinical Trial Related Consulting Agreements
• Run all study-related Site payments not handled by Clinical Pricing & Payments Group

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.  The professional we seek is a hardworking teammate with these qualifications and experience:

Qualifications

• Master’s degree OR
• Bachelor’s degree

Experience

• Relevant experience in Legal, Negotiation and/or Finance
• Working in a global environment
• Matrix environment

Knowledge

• Knowledge of local contracting processes in applicable countries
• Knowledge of local payment processes in

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional, personal growth and well-being.