Senior Clinical Outsourcing Manager
Job Description
Senior Manager, Clinical Outsourcing
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San Francisco, Bay Area CA — Hybrid, 3 days onsite per week
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Contract - ASAP start date - 6-12 Months Contract
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About the role
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We're hiring a Senior Manager, Clinical Outsourcing to join our client. In this position you will be leading vendor sourcing, contracting, financial oversight, and performance management across a portfolio of clinical vendors — CROs, central labs, IRT, eCOA, recruitment, retention, and site-facing services. Sitting at the intersection of Clinical Operations, Legal, Finance, and QA, this role offers deep ownership of the outsourcing lifecycle from RFP through closeout.
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What you'll do
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- Lead procurement and vendor selection: RFPs, proposal evaluations, commercial/budget analysis, and Bid Defense Meetings, in partnership with Clinical QA
- Lead contract negotiation for assigned vendors: budgets, rates, MSAs, study-level agreements, POs, change orders, reconciliation, and closeout
- Manage vendor relationships and performance, overseeing IRT, eCOA, and Central Lab vendors independently.
- Lead vendor governance and business reviews, proactively managing performance concerns and escalating operational or financial risks
- Negotiate investigator grant budgets, run financial transparency reporting, and manage program- and portfolio-level contracts and budgets
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What we're looking for
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- Master's degree in life sciences, clinical research, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years' experience in clinical research/outsourcing within pharma or biotech
- Direct, hands-on experience in vendor procurement, selection, and end-to-end contract negotiation
- Strong vendor management skills, including relationship, performance, and governance meeting leadership
- Solid financial acumen — vendor pricing, unit costs, costing structures — and strong knowledge of ICH/GCP and industry guidelines
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Apply ASAP to be considered for this position!