Principal Site Grant Manager
Job Responsibilities- Establishes, maintains and updates training material for investigator budget team and site contract negotiators.
- Actively participates in higher-level discussions about overall company goals, functional objectives in the Business Unit (BU), and specific project aims.
- Serves as subject matter expert equipped to help resolve global site budgeting issues, and escalation point within the Company for internal customers to seek assistance.
- Proposes site budgeting solutions to issues that may arise during a project or contract/budget life cycle to enhance negotiation strategy and ensure deliverables are met.
- Establishes project strategies around investigator budget template development and/or budget negotiation parameters to reflect sponsor's specifications, communications and required processes. Initiates and introduces creative ideas and solutions.
- Develops detailed investigator grant budget estimates and country budget templates according to protocol specifications through currently available software package/resources.
- Updates detailed investigator grant budget estimates and country budget templates according to protocol amendment specifications through currently available software package/resources.
- Works closely with internal stakeholders to draft, collaborate with Sponsor and harmonize investigator budget templates, investigator budget parameters and payment terms within Company processes.
- Ensures investigator budget templates are drafted and updated taking into consideration fair market value and key operational aspects indicated in the relevant operational documents (e.g. protocol, Integrated Site Activation and Maintenance Plan, etc.), as well as in the customer agreement documents at a project and organizational level.
- Establishes strong working relationships and collaboration with Sponsor to ensure site budget templates fit into the global strategy set for the program.
- Validates investigator grant budget estimates against available internal and external benchmarking data.
- Identifies possible investigator budget or process operational risk and proactively works to provide solutions.
- Establishes strong working relationships with customer and internal project teams.
- Escalates deviations to senior management and is equipped to resolve issues with Quality Assurance.
- Creates and maintains document status reports, and updates department tools/systems and team members on a regular basis; ensures appropriate documentation is maintained.
- Collaborates with internal and external legal, finance and clinical operations departments, including communicating and explaining legal and budgetary issues.
- Researches, compiles and creates necessary information as required in support of obtaining fair market value and developing investigator budget templates.
- Identifies best practices, investigates root causes of fundamental issues and problems for projects and recommends solutions. Recognizes and develops opportunities for continuous process improvement within investigator budget template development, which lead to greater efficiencies and/or leading best practices.
- Trains and mentors less experienced staff members on department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), processes, tools and templates and ensures quality of teamwork products.
- Represents the Company at professional meetings or seminars.
- May support BU and organization through help desk and other defined pathways to resolve and deescalate issues.
- May identify and lead internal team training and/or process improvement initiatives.
- Participates in business development presentations as a subject matter expert in budget development and Fair Market Value (FMV) within the Company.
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).
Qualifications- BS degree in life sciences, a health related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Extensive experience in a CRO/pharmaceutical industry and related clinical trial expertise (Study Coordinator, CRA, Pharmacy, Nursing, Healthcare Administration) or site start-up experience.
- Thorough knowledge of applicable regulations, drug development and clinical project management procedures.
- Excellent presentation, documentation and interpersonal skills. Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), MS Project, outlook and Internet.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines, delivering high quality work in a dynamic environment.
- Above-average attention to detail, effective oral/written communication skills along with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines.
- Excellent leadership skills; ability to teach/mentor team members.
- Ability to coach employees to reach performance objectives.
- Strong background in issue resolution, meeting customer deliverables and driving best practices at organization or customer portfolio level.
Preferred Qualifications- 6+ years of direct investigator grant budgeting and FMV experience within a global CRO or pharmaceutical sponsor environment, including ownership of multi-country studies.
- Advanced expertise in investigator budget template development and negotiation strategy, with experience serving as an escalation point for complex site budgeting issues.
- Hands-on proficiency with industry-standard budgeting and FMV tools (e.g., GrantPlan, GPI, Medidata Rave Grants, IQVIA Grant Manager) and use of internal and external benchmarking data.
- Demonstrated experience partnering directly with Sponsors to harmonize global budget templates, payment terms, and negotiation parameters.
- Proven ability to assess operational and financial risk within investigator budgets and proactively develop compliant, practical solutions.
- Experience training, mentoring, and reviewing the work of junior staff, including development or maintenance of SOPs, templates, or training materials.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration experience with Legal, Finance, Clinical Operations, and Quality Assurance teams.
SalaryAt Syneos Health, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.
Location- Open to US-Remote candidates.
At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.
Salary Range:
The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.
