104 Biotechnology / Life Sciences jobs in Henley-on-thames, Oxfordshire

Provides overall management to the clinical site contracting function in AbbVie's small business units (SBUs) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This includes all countries in Europe except Spain, France, Italy, Germany (plus Switzerland and Austria) and the United Kingdom (plus Ireland). Dedicated to obtaining high quality, cost-effective, timely and compliant contracts with clinical site partners in support of AbbVie's entire R&D portfolio. Pursues AbbVie R&D's strategic direction to facilitate the prompt activation of relevant clinical trial sites and to meet R&D's strategic requirements for study success and portfolio advancement. Understands, anticipates and fulfills R&D clinical contracting needs today and over the LRP. Identifies, implements and maintains process improvements and standards for their department designed to reduce cycle time, maintain compliance and improve productivity.,

• Responsible for leading the EMEA SBU team within Global Site Contracting (GSC), comprised of multiple subsidiary teams responsible for individual SBU countries or related groupings, who in turn, directly oversee individual contributor site contract managers, with responsibility for negotiating contracts and budgets with clinical partners within their respective territories.
• Represent AbbVie at all levels of site partner management and engagement without supervisory review or accompaniment, including the ability to understand contract terms and clinical trial budgets both from an execution and a risk to Abbvie perspective.
• Responsible for maintaining contracting process compliance with applicable laws and AbbVie policies, including those arising in R&D, Procurement, Finance, Quality Assurance, Regulatory and the Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC).
• Manage, train and mentor staff. Conducting periodic assessments of staff's abilities and identifying training for further development. Responsible for directly participating with staff in difficult contract negotiations to ensure timely resolution of complex contracting problems.
• Resource planning of personnel and prioritization of projects / assignments to ensure AbbVie's timelines are met. Continually drives the implementation of improvements that reduce cycle time, control costs, increase productivity, and maintain or improve the quality of the deliverables.
• Understand and adapt to changing business models associated with the execution of clinical trials at sites throughout their managed region that directly affect the timelines and success of R&D's pipeline progression.