Duration: Initial Contract with Potential Extension

About the Opportunity

We're partnering with a leading global biopharmaceutical organisation to appoint an experienced Clinical Contracts Specialist on a freelance basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing, international team supporting innovative clinical research programs that ultimately help bring life-changing therapies to patients.

This role is ideal for a contracts professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys leading contract negotiations, managing complex stakeholder relationships, and driving agreements through to successful execution.

You'll play a key role in supporting global clinical operations by drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing a variety of clinical and vendor agreements while collaborating closely with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Clinical Operations, and external partners.

What You'll Be Doing

- Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a broad range of clinical and vendor-related agreements.
- Lead negotiations for specialty agreements and complex contractual terms and conditions.
- Evaluate contractual risk, review redlines, and provide practical solutions to support business objectives.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure timely contract execution and issue resolution.
- Support Fair Market Value (FMV) assessments and budget-related contract discussions.
- Manage contracts throughout their full lifecycle, ensuring compliance and accurate documentation.
- Coordinate with vendors, CROs, consultants, and clinical partners to establish contractual agreements.
- Support outsourcing initiatives, including proposal evaluation, supplier selection, and contract finalisation.
- Escalate complex contractual issues to senior stakeholders where appropriate.
- Contribute to process improvements and operational excellence initiatives.

What We're Looking For

- Proven experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts within a regulated environment.




- Strong understanding of contractual terms, legal language, and risk assessment principles.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance business priorities with contractual and compliance requirements.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Experience working effectively within cross-functional and global teams.
- Minimum 2-4 years' experience in contract management, legal operations, procurement, clinical agreements, or a related field.

Preferred Experience

- Experience within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, CROs, medical devices, healthcare, or clinical research.
- Knowledge of Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), vendor agreements, consulting agreements, and other research-related contracts.
- Experience negotiating complex terms and specialty agreements.
- Understanding of clinical development and outsourced service models.
- Previous experience supporting general or multi-country studies.
- Familiarity with highly regulated environments.

Nice to Have

- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) knowledge.
- Contract and vendor management expertise.
- Experience interacting directly with external vendors and customers.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
- Additional European language skills (French, Spanish, German, Italian, etc.).

Education & Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant contract negotiation or management experience; or
- Advanced degree (JD, Master's, LLM, or equivalent) with 2+ years of relevant contracts experience.

Why Apply?

- Fully remote opportunity.
- Work with a globally recognised life sciences organisation.
- Exposure to innovative clinical research programs.
- Collaborate with international stakeholders across multiple functions.
- Opportunity for contract extension and long-term partnership.

If you're an experienced Clinical Contracts Specialist looking to make an impact within a dynamic and patient-focused organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Freelance Clinical Contracts Specialist (España)
🏢 Planet Pharma
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