CW Sr. Contract Associate, R&D Business Operations

Overview

Bio Marin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities. Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best – people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems – and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science.

With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we’ve produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.

About Worldwide Research and Development

From research and discovery to post-market clinical development, our WWRD engine involves all bench and clinical research and the associated groups that support those endeavors. Our teams work on developing first-in-class and best-in-class therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with genetic diseases.

Workstyle:
Hybrid (2 Days in the office on Tues. and Wend.)

The R&D Business Operations group within Strategic Management & Business Operations is the center of excellence for providing industry best practice operational support for the conduct of Bio Marin’s global trials, including vendor and site contract management, strategic vendor oversight, and financial spend analysis and management. The group utilizes rigorous processes, procedures, and tools to ensure financial discipline and transparency in vendor and trial site spend by managing the development, negotiation and execution of vendor and site budgets and contracts, and managing the financial and resource projections across projects and trials.

THIS IS CONTRACT ROLE FOR APPROX 6 MONTHS

• Vendor Contract Management
• Facilitate the contracting process thru to execution of the entire contract, including all exhibits.
• Draft self-authored contracts and the QC of documents for non-self-authored contracts
• Update scope and/or budget, including business/payment terms
• Include any unique business terms to be added/negotiated
• Facilitate the review and approval of the contract including internal review, vendor review, vendor final negotiations within specified legal parameters, and escalation of any approval issues
• Ensure SOWs, COs, NDAs, consulting agreements and other assigned contracts that originate in R&D are efficiently managed through the Legal contract review and financial approval systems and entered into the department tracking system
• Collaborate with Legal and other identified business areas, as appropriate, to ensure contracts are progressed on a timely basis
• Proactively communicate with key stakeholders on the status of contract review and approval
• Assist stakeholders with tracking of terms, PO funding, scope, and necessary changes
• Partner with service owners, Finance, GSP, Legal and Business Operations team members through the duration of the vendor contract
• Understand impact of identified changes on study scope, vendor scope, budget and forecasts
• Understand accruals and forecast updates associated with contracted services
• Identify contract documentation requirements or whether a new category of services requiring a new vendor is required
• Request and receive Change Order proposals from vendor(s)
• Negotiate vendor scope/budget, including business/payment terms
• Communicate CO expectations to ensure all parties are made aware of any contract, budget and relationship impacts
• Prepare and speak to vendor contracting updates in study team meetings
• Resolve any contract execution, PO funding, and vendor payment issues as they arise
• Support contract close-out, as per department processes

• Proficiency in document preparation (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
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