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Manager, Clinical Vendor Outsourcing Oncology Clinical Trials | Contract PositionWe are seeking an experienced Clinical Vendor Outsourcing Manager to lead sourcing, contracting, and vendor-management activities supporting outsourced oncology clinical trials. This role will manage the full lifecycle of CRO engagements—from sourcing strategy and RFP development through contract negotiation, change-o
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rder management, financial oversight, vendor performance, and contract closeout.
Key responsibilities
Lead end-to-end outsourcing activities for full-service Contract Research Organizations (CROs) supporting oncology clinical development programs.
Develop and maintain sourcing plans aligned with study timelines, program needs, budgets, and operational requirements.
Partner with Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Finance, Legal, Quality, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Data Management, and other stakeholders to define vendor requirements.
Lead or support Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), vendor qualification, proposal reviews, bid-defense meetings, and vendor-selection recommendations.
Evaluate CRO proposals for scope, technical capability, operational feasibility, quality history, risk, capacity, pricing, and overall value.
Negotiate clinical service agreements, statements of work, work orders, budgets, payment schedules, amendments, and change orders.
Translate study requirements into clear contractual deliverables, timelines, assumptions, service-level expectations, and financial terms.
Manage large, complex clinical-trial budgets and conduct cost comparisons, benchmarking, budget review, and savings analyses.
Provide oversight of vendor invoices, purchase orders, accruals, forecast updates, budget reconciliations, and final financial closeout.
Monitor CRO performance against contractual commitments, timelines, quality expectations, key performance indicators, and governance requirements.
Identify outsourcing, contractual, financial, compliance, and operational risks; escalate issues and help drive mitigation plans.
Support vendor governance meetings and prepare sourcing, contracting, financial, and performance updates for program leadership.
Ensure that outsourcing activities follow applicable internal policies, quality requirements, and inspection-readiness expectations.
Maintain accurate documentation in contract-management, procurement, and vendor-management systems.
Required qualifications
Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, finance, supply chain, or a related discipline; advanced degree is a plus.
Typically 5+ years of relevant experience in clinical outsourcing, procurement, clinical contracts, vendor management, clinical operations, or pharmaceutical/biotechnology development.
Direct experience sourcing and negotiating contracts with CROs, preferably full-service CROs supporting Phase II–III or other complex oncology trials.
Strong understanding of the clinical-trial vendor lifecycle, including RFPs, proposal evaluation, bid defense, vendor selection, contracting, work orders, amendments, and closeout.
Demonstrated ability to negotiate clinical budgets, payment terms, contract language, scope changes, and change orders.
Experience managing study-level budgets, vendor invoices, financial forecasts, accruals, and reconciliations.
Familiarity with oncology clinical-development operations and the complexity of oncology studies is strongly preferred.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional, matrixed organization.
Strong analytical, organizational, written-communication, stakeholder-management, and negotiation skills. Preferred experience: Experience with strategic sourcing or category management for clinical-development services. Knowledge of vendor qualification, quality-system expectations, audit support, and inspection readiness.
Experience with contract lifecycle management, e-procurement, finance, or clinical outsourcing tools.
Ability to assess suppli

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