Senior Contracts Associate

Senior Contract Associate

The Senior Contract Associate is responsible for executing the vendor contracting strategy, which includes analyzing vendor bids, negotiating budgets and contracting terms in alignment with the vendor service category, drafting and reviewing the execution of the vendor Statement of Work (SOW), and ongoing management of the vendor contract and related purchase order throughout the contract lifecycle.

This is a 6‑month contract position based in San Rafael, California. Hybrid schedule;
Tuesday and Thursday onsite.

• Facilitate the contracting process through to execution of the entire contract, including all exhibits.
• Draft self‑authored contracts and 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.

• BA/BS in finance, accounting, legal, health sciences, or related degree.
• 2–5 years of relevant working experience in the pharmaceuticals industry (including CROs).
• Relevant technical experience working with contracts and business operations.
• Experience with the following applications: MS SharePoint, Teams, Excel, and Power BI, Ariba, Icertis.
• Proficiency in document preparation