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It’s More Than a Career, It’s a Mission.

Our people are the foundation of our success. By joining our growing team at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), a subsidiary of McKesson, you will have the opportunity to become part of one of the largest community-based cancer programs to advance oncology treatments and improve outcomes for cancer patients across the globe. We look for mission-driven candidates who have a desire to advance the fight against cancer and make a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with cancer every day.

Our Mission

People who live with cancer – those who work to prevent it, fight it, and survive it – are at the heart of every decision we make. Bringing the most innovative medical minds together with the most passionate caregivers in their communities, we are transforming care and personalizing treatment. Through clinical excellence and cutting-edge research, SCRI is redefining cancer care around the world.

Summary of Key Responsibilities: Review draft contracts from pharmaceutical sponsors and negotiate changes toward a final contract that protects the interests of Sarah Cannon and its institutional affiliated sites

Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Reviewing clinical trial agreements, contract amendments, confidentiality agreements, and nondisclosure agreements received from pharmaceutical sponsors or contract research organizations

• Collaborating with Sarah Cannon Legal and other departments to ensure that Sarah Cannon's interests are clearly identified

• Communicating with clinics, physician groups, hospitals, and other patient treatment facilities represented by Sarah Cannon to ensure that their interests are clearly identified

• Negotiating with pharmaceutical sponsors and contract research organizations and revising agreements to serve both Sarah Cannon's and its affiliated sites' interests in final contracts

• Engaging in regular, professional contact with contracting parties to ensure understanding of all parties and to make certain that progress continues toward full resolution of unresolved issues

• Revising contracts to include and track changes

• Keeping Budgets & Contracts management informed of contract issues, breakdown of negotiations, and contract timing, escalating matters that require higher-level involvement

• Cooperating with other Sarah Cannon departments, leaders, and executives that are affected by contracts and contract execution timelines to ensure clear understanding of statuses, issues affecting final execution, and likely timing of execution

• Posting regular updated statuses in the designated tracking database

• Coordinating with Budget Analysts to ensure that budgets are completed before scheduled contract execution

• Responding promptly to questions from Budgets & Contracts management to secure approval of contracts before contract execution

• Communicating regularly with Sarah Cannon Legal to ensure that contract language is current with changing legal requirements, that sponsor and site concerns are considered, and that contract language is altered to fully comply with current Sarah Cannon philosophy, policies, guidelines, and practices

• Assisting various levels of management and executives with issues related to contracts

• Monitoring timing of contract negotiations and ensuring that established timelines to contract execution are being consistently met

• Representing to affiliated sites the services offered by Sarah Cannon Budgets & Contracts, the value added, and the processes that are required for a productive relationship

• Complying with all Sarah Cannon standard operating procedures and guidelines, Good Clinical Practice, and regulations and guidelines from the International Conference on Harmonization

• Ensuring strict confidentiality of proprietary information

• Engaging in continuous improvement activities that lead to greater efficiency, more timely contract execution, and higher quality; and implementing ideas that are likely to have a favorable impact

• Participating in departmental and cross-functional meetings

• Attending conferences related to contract standards and industry practices, as approved by Sarah Cannon management

• Completing other assigned duties and projects

Mandatory:

• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”

• During your employment with Sarah Cannon you will be routinely assigned training requirements. You are expected to complete any training assignments by the due date.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

• At least 1 year of experience in contract language​; Negotiating contracts in a Health Care Research setting strongly preferred

• Experienced in negotiation strategies with proven success

• Strong communication, adaptability, and attention to detail

• In-depth understanding of complex contractual language

• Expertise in building and maintaining relationships

• Strong adaptability and problem-solving abilities

• Proactive and self-driven attitude

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.