Sr Associate Clinical Contracts & Budgets

Remote Position

Time Zone Preference: East Coast preferred OR Candidates willing to start 7:00-8:00 AM PST

Job Description:

Manager is looking for a proactive, highly organized operations professional who thrives in a coordination-heavy role and can take ownership of processes with minimal oversight. This individual will act as a liaison between internal stakeholders and contracting teams, helping drive contract workflows forward, provide status updates, and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator who is comfortable working with busy stakeholders (including medical teams), asks thoughtful questions, and actively seeks solutions before escalating. They should be detail-oriented, resourceful, and capable of managing multiple priorities while maintaining structure and organization.

This is not a true Clinical contracting role, candidates should be comfortable coordinating and facilitating processes rather than executing contracts directly. We are prioritizing attitude, ownership, and problem-solving ability over deep technical contracting experience.

This role will be responsible for all operational aspects related to contracting and invoicing (50%) for the Global Development Obesity Therapeutic Area. Additionally, this role will support business operations (25%), and help provide administrative support (25%) to the team. The position will report into the Sr. Manager Strategic Planning & Operations (SPO) in the Global Development Obesity Therapeutic Area. This role will work with other functional teams such as legal, contract operations, compliance.

Position operates within a fast-paced environment, and the ideal candidate will possess the ability to take initiative, problem solve, work independently and exercise appropriate judgment.

• 50% contract support: assume full ownership of contracting support for the team. Work with Responsible Employee (RAE) in requesting Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs), Fee-For-Service (FFS) agreements, and Purchase Orders (POs). Provide active oversight and drive completion of contracts from request through execution. Serve as a subject matter expert to the team regarding contracting and invoicing policies and processes, creating documentation and training, as needed.
• 25% business operations: work with Sr. Mgr SPO on team meeting material preparation, new team member onboarding activities, and team communication platform.
• 25% administrative support: maintain and update a team calendar, manage and oversee required team training completion, serve as a backup for expense report and travel booking support, help plan and coordinate social events, as needed.

• Strong computer & M/S Office skills. Experience with Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneNote.
• Experience with contracts and/or invoicing preferred
• High attention to detail and overall accuracy, while also able to focus on the overall problem/solution
• Ability to prioritize competing demands
• Proactively identifies and implements process improvement opportunities
• Problem solving capability that identifies problems within the department and helps develop solutions in conjunction with manager from an operational perspective
• Ability to create documentation for team processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Communicates effectively within department.
• Completes tasks and makes decisions with minimal direction and strong ability to prioritize multiple assignments
• Self-motivates and takes full responsibility and ownership of tasks assigned
• Tolerance of ambiguous situations, comfortable asking questions to obtain information needed to complete assigned tasks

• Resistance to change, reluctant to take on new varied tasks or uncomfortable with shifting dynamics
• A tendency to avoid challenges or lacks examples of past problem-solving experiences
• Lacks confidence - a reluctance to speak up, a frequent need for reassurance or exhibits uncertainty in their abilities

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.