Job Details

This is a contract position.

Onsite in San Francisco Bay Area (5x/week)

• Bachelor's Required; JD preferred
• Legal background preferred
• Experience in contracts writing in pharma/biotech space
• CRO, Biotech, Pharma experience required
• Experience in financial transactions
• Experience in Ariba

In this role you will:

• Draft, negotiate and manage Statement of Works (SoWs) and Change Orders (COs) associated with low-risk contracts leveraging the Legal Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system.
• Advise and troubleshoot on existing agreements under the guidance of the assigned team member.
• Attend cross functional internal and external supplier meetings to ensure supplier contract terms and conditions are adequately addressed and contracts executed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the routing, tracking and facilitating the timely progress of contracts from point of submission into PSC through to execution.
• Prepare status reports for contracts in circulation.
• Responsible for the creation of purchase requisitions to enable the PSC business to commence work with the scope of the executed contract.
• Where required assist and support continuous improvement activities to improve the team's ability to deliver value to the business.
• Assist when required as escalation from the PSC business to resolve issues arising from invoices pending department approvals. Partner with Procurement Operations and Accounts Payable to resolve PO/invoice issues.
• Facilitate and support budget forecasting and accrual activities where required.
• Provide support during any financial audits at month or quarterly close, as needed.
• As applicable per designated PSC business, maintain GxP and financial audit inspection readiness.
• Utilize experience and expertise to assist with other Sourcing projects as required.