Program Manager II; LII

Position Details

• Bill Rate: $104 - $110 per hour (depending on experience)
• Pay Rate: $69 - $73 per hour
• Spread: 435.9 - 718.8
• Duration: 8 months
• Length of
  
  Contract:
  
  through December 31, 2026 (at a minimum)
• Remote:
  Yes
• Position Title:
  
  Manager, Vendor Strategy & Relationships

As a member of the Vendor Strategy and Relationship (VSR) team, this role delivers operational value across the full vendor lifecycle. The role provides subject‑matter expertise, fosters strategic alignment with vendors, and supports innovative, sustainable growth through operational excellence. The role ensures effective partnership management by centralizing expertise, standardizing processes, optimizing performance, and proactively managing risks and trends within the Therapeutic Areas (TA), organization, and vendor(s).

This role leverages operational experience with partnership insights to align study and TA decisions with enterprise vendor strategies.

• Execute vendor selection strategies with business and study teams.
• Lead early engagement activities with study teams and vendors, advising on TA design risks, trends and key considerations.
• Lead internal vendor study kick‑off meetings; co‑lead joint vendor and study team kick‑off meetings.
• Conduct second‑round review on key vendor documents (e.g., contracts, study specifications) to ensure quality and alignment.
• Provide financial health support to study teams.
• Support partnership escalations and study‑level escalations per escalation plan.
• Analyze operational and metric trends to identify risks and implement TA solutions and mitigations that optimize performance and outcomes; raise TA trends for portfolio analysis, and may support partnership solutions.
• Educate study teams on database lock and close‑out processes, providing guidance and risk mitigation support.
• Develop TA standards, training resources, and deliver JIT training at key milestones to study teams; lead multi‑study lessons learned and share across TA(s); may support partnership standards and training efforts.
• Identify and/or support partnership enhancements and training; drive TA change‑management efforts.

• Bachelor’s degree (or ex‑US equivalent) is preferred, in a relevant field such as business economics, science or health administration.
• 3 years of clinical development experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, regulated industry (and/or applicable work experience); including 3 years working with third‑party vendors.
• Competent in the application of standard business procedures (SOPs, ICH, Global Regulations, Ethics and Compliance).
• Demonstrates subject‑matter expertise within vendor category (e.g., capabilities, processes, technical) as well as relationship and leadership competencies.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, communication, conflict resolution and problem‑solving skills.
• Expertise in analysing intermediate business problems and data to design and implement innovative solutions.
• Excellent cross‑functional partnership skills; experience managing cross‑functional initiatives to achieve objectives, timelines and change management.
• Ability to influence internal/external stakeholders and drive decision‑making in a collaborative working environment that allows for the appropriate levels of involvement and decision‑making.

RDDO Clinical Development Operations (CDO) (RDDO)

6003|CC|RDI CDS VENDOR MGMT (617923)