Senior Manager – Global Site Activation & Legal Liaison

About the role

The Senior Manager, Global Site Activation, Legal Liaison provides expert operational support and guidance for clinical trial contracting activities when IQVIA Biotech is a contracting party. The role acts as a key point of contact for contracting matters, ensuring efficient issue resolution, consistency in contract practices, and alignment with internal legal and organizational requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Provide study‑specific contracting support to Project Managers, SSUMs, Site Contract Negotiators, and Global Template Developers.
• Serve as the primary operational contact for complex contracting issues, facilitating timely resolution and escalating legal matters as needed.
• Advise stakeholders on approved contracting positions, templates, and IQVIA contracting policies.
• Own and maintain the Global Site Contracts Library, including country‑specific templates and guidance documents.
• Lead development, validation, translation coordination, version control and continuous improvement of contract templates.
• Ensure consistency with IQVIA Legal guidance and implement updated contracting practices across site contracting teams.
• Deliver training and ongoing support to Site Contracts teams on templates, processes, governance and escalation procedures.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to drive standardisation, operational excellence and compliance in contracting activities.
• Support the evolution of contracting processes and tools to meet changing business and country‑specific requirements.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in law and qualification as a lawyer.
• Minimum five years’ experience in sponsor or CRO clinical site contracting, acting as an EU legal contract expert.
• Preferable exposure to pharmaceutical and/or CRO environments.
• Strong negotiating and communication abilities with capacity to challenge.
• Proven ability to coordinate and collaborate across complex projects.
• Excellent legal, financial and technical writing skills.
• Thorough understanding of the regulated clinical‑trial environment and drug‑development process.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply GCP/ICH and applicable regulatory guidelines.