Manager, Research Contracts

The Manager, Research Contracts provides leadership, oversight and direction to a team of contract professionals. Reporting to the Director of Research Contracts and Grants, they lead the development and constant improvement of contract review services provided to the research community at Hamilton Health Sciences and affiliated Research Institutes.

The Manager, Research Contracts will conduct contract reviews and finalization, and develop policy and procedures. They will participate in  research initiatives, facilitate strategies to streamline the negotiation process, and monitors the legislative and regulatory requirements governing clinical research to determine impact to the research community and institution. 

1. Master’s degree with minimum five years of contract management experience; Academic hospital and university acumen.
2. Ability to draft, finalize and interpret institutional research policies and procedures.
3. Ability to understand and explain complex regulatory requirements related to clinical research to colleagues and investigators. 
4. Drafting, negotiating and finalizing legally binding agreements with external and institutional parties.
5. Implementing academic considerations and policies and procedures into unique scenarios and research contracts.
6. Ability to prioritize, facilitate and problem solve with autonomy.
7. Interpreting, clarifying and evaluating legal clauses to stake-holders.
8 The ability to pay attention to detail without losing sight of the overall objectives of all parties involved.
9 Strong written and oral communication skills.
10 Ability to exercise tact and empathy in challenging negotiations with external industry sponsors.
11 Ability to assess and articulate risk to relevant stake-holders. Independent worker and decision maker, coupled with the desire and ability to be a team player.
12. Experience and knowledge in evaluating budgets in excess of $5M to establish compliance with institutional policies, and the financial acumen to edit budgets to reflect appropriate policies and overhead distributions
13 Proven ability to problem solve, manage and lead projects.
14 Strong presentation skills to lead and present educational opportunities to internal and external stake-holders.
15. Knowledge of multiple institutional contract and financial management systems, and the ability to work at an advanced level with Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access.