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Eli Lilly Cork is made up of a talented diverse team of over 2000 employees across 60 nationalities who deliver innovative solutions that add value across a variety of Business Service functions including Finance, Information Technology, Medical, Clinical Trials and more. Eli Lilly Cork offers a premium workspace across our campus in Little Island, complete with flexible hybrid working options, healthcare, pension and life assurance benefits, subsidised canteen, onsite gym, travel subsidies and on-site parking. Inhouse People Development services, Educational Assistance, and our ‘Live Your BEST Life’

wellbeing initiatives are just some of the holistic benefits that enhance the career experience for our colleagues.

Eli Lilly Cork is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We cater for all dimensions ensuring inclusion of all ethnicities, nationalities, cultural backgrounds, generations, sexuality, visible and invisible disabilities and gender, with four pillars: EnAble, embRACE, LGBTQ+ & Ally and GIN-Gender Inclusion Network. EnAble, our pillar for people with disabilities and those that care for them, partners with the Access Lilly initiative to make our physical and digital environment accessible and inclusive for all. Together they are committed to promoting awareness to create a disability confident culture both at Eli Lilly Cork and beyond.

Come join our team - Be Creative, Be an Innovator, and most of all, Be Yourself!

The mission of the Trial Capabilities Centre Business Operations group is to provide clinical trial site budget and contract negotiations, purchase order creation, and payment support for clinical trial and medical research consulting agreements with institutions, investigators, and consultants located globally. Our vision is to successfully develop clinical trial and medical research agreements through effective negotiations, timely execution, and accurate payments by way of process optimization while ensuring compliance with Lilly’s policies.

The Contract and Budget Associate is responsible for overseeing specific clinical contract and budget negotiation activities. The primary responsibilities include providing contract and budget process guidance, conducting contract and budget negotiations, conducting contract analyses, facilitating compliance, and pursuing contracting process improvements. The Contract and Budget Associate will also be expected to balance the requirements of ensuring appropriate controls with a streamlined, customer-focused, and timely contracting process.

Key Responsibilities:

Contract and Budget Negotiations:

The Associate plays a critical role in communicating and negotiating contracts and budgets with the appropriate site, team, or affiliate personnel, including:

Communicate Lilly’s position on various contract and budget issues, identify relationship-building opportunities, secure site contracts and budgets, collect site feedback, and facilitate communication with various personnel. This responsibility includes assisting Trial Capabilities Associates with difficult contract and budget negotiations and significant interventions, and follow-up will be necessary to facilitate this objective
Communicate and negotiate more complex contracts and budgets, including Phase I, PET Studies, Oncology Cooperatives, Oncology Networks, and/or Endocrine portfolio sites; and
Work with partners across Lilly to review/approve all contract and budget exceptions.

TC Process Improvement and Training:

The Associate will be responsible for maintaining and conducting contract and budget-related training, including:

Develop and implement training for new contract and budget associates and customers
Create, maintain, and distribute contract and budget templates, process documentation, and contract and budget -specific documentation (such as the Legal Guidance Document,) as the contract process owner; and
Act as a mentor to the Contract and Budget Associates to provide the necessary guidance and knowledge transfer to allow the Contract and Budget Associates to be successful negotiators.

The Associate also provides clinical trial contract guidance to other Lilly business partners, including:

Develop process documentation;
Facilitate quality, speed and value through information sharing, , business partnership, and assurance that all guidance is aligned with Lilly policies, clinical processes, and appropriate guidance;
Facilitating kick off and regular update meetings with other contracting and budgeting groups; and
Developing study specific contracting and budgeting strategy with the internal stakeholders
Serve as the primary contact and process owner for interactions between TC and Lilly Legal/Finance personnel related to process changes, documentation requirements, and site contracting and budgeting issues.
Analyze agreements and identify areas of concern
Assure that contractual terms and provisions are in compliance with agreed study level process, strategies, conformance to applicable laws & precedents. Arrange legal input where needed.

Contract and Budget Process Improvements-

The Associate is responsible for identifying and implementing improvements to the contracting and budgeting processes.

Accountable for standardizing and streamlining contract and budget negotiation activities, as well as using metrics to drive improvement throughout the entire contracting process;
Increase contracting efficiency and effectiveness by ensuring that learning is shared and leveraged; and
Anticipate changes by evaluating issues and opportunities, both internal and external, and making recommendations to TC management.
Gather contractual framework intelligence at site and country level
Suggest contingency plans for the study team
Early recognition of areas of potential problems and formulate mitigation plans.

Minimum Qualification/Skills Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree (preferably from legal/health science/finance/engineering field)
Min. 3-5 years of experience negotiating contracts and budgets
Strong organizational and time management skills
Strong analytical skills
Strong negotiation, diplomacy, team leadership skills
Ability to motivate both individuals and a team
Ability to identify and address issues proactively in a timely manner
Ability to take initiative, work independently and delegate
Quickly comprehend end result, goal or objective and act to accomplish them on time
Working proficiency of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Good presentation skills
Process driven
Strong critical thinking skills

Other Information/Additional Preferences:

Advanced degree
Thorough understanding of GDPR and other privacy regulations
Experience negotiating privacy clauses with clinical research sites
Experience working with global business partners and a global team
Project management education

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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