Associate Director, Functional Service Partnership, Site Contracts

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Associate Director in Functional Service Partnership managing clinical study budgets and site contracts at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Overseeing budget integrity and contract alignment from concept to closeout, ensuring compliance and quality.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Google Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Associate Director, Functional Service Partnership (FSP), Site Contracts is a full FTE member of the global study team for a Sponsor and serves as the central operational subject matter expert for clinical contracting and study budgets.
Provides end‑to‑end budget oversight from Clinical Study Protocol (CSP) development through study set‑up, maintenance, close‑out, and archiving.
Ensures application of country‑level Fair Market Value (FMV) at study and country level, maintains the master study and country budgets, and drives timely distribution of approved country budgets to Site Management and Monitoring /country organizations.
Acts as a portfolio SME and CSA (Clinical Study Agreements) point‑of‑contact (POC) for Sponsor Study Management & Monitoring and Sponsor Legal, leading ongoing and ad hoc reviews of CSAs and budgets resulting from protocol amendments.
Partners across Study Management, Site Management & Monitoring (SMM), Legal, Procurement, Finance, and if needed external providers to deliver to scope, quality, budget, and timelines in line with ICH GCP, Sponsor SOPs, policies, and values.
Coordinates deliverables across Study Teams, SMM, Legal, Procurement, Finance, and scientific functions; facilitates decision making, resolves issues, and drives alignment on budget and contract priorities and timelines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
At least 5 years of relevant clinical experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including 2+ years of site budget and contracts oversight/project management experience.
Extensive knowledge of clinical research regulatory requirements; excellent understanding of ICH/GCP, and study management processes, including contracting and study budget management.
Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to influence without authority and coordinate complex workstreams across scientific and operational functions.
Proven oversight/project management skills, including planning, risk management, timeline and budget oversight; proficiency with standard project tools and IT systems.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills; strong negotiation and conflict management capabilities.
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills; ability to manage competing priorities and maintain attention to detail.
Fluent verbal and written English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan
A wellness program, and valuable health incentive opportunities for company contributions to a Health Reimbursement Accounts (HSAs) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
Tax-advantaged savings and spending accounts and commuter benefits
Employee assistance programs
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO)
10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and volunteer time off in accordance with company policy.
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

clinical contractingstudy budgetsbudget oversightFair Market Value (FMV)Clinical Study Agreements (CSA)ICH GCPstudy management processesproject managementrisk managementtimeline management

Soft Skills

leadershipcross-functional collaborationinfluence without authoritycommunicationstakeholder managementrelationship-buildingnegotiationconflict managementorganizational skillsproblem-solving