Manager, Clinical Trials Budget

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Our people are the foundation of our success. By joining our growing team at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), a subsidiary of McKesson, you will have the opportunity to become part of one of the largest community-based cancer programs to advance oncology treatments and improve outcomes for cancer patients across the globe. We look for mission-driven candidates who have a desire to advance the fight against cancer and make a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with cancer every day.

Our Mission

People who live with cancer - those who work to prevent it, fight it, and survive it - are at the heart of every decision we make. Bringing the most innovative medical minds together with the most passionate caregivers in their communities, we are transforming care and personalizing treatment. Through clinical excellence and cutting-edge research, SCRI is redefining cancer care around the world.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:
Managing the department that develops and negotiates clinical trial budgets with sponsors or contract research organizations and the relationships that ensure departmental and organizational success.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties include but are not limited to:

• Managing the development of clinical trial budgets and the related negotiations with sponsors or contract research organizations
• Ensuring that the pricing of trial budgets fairly represents the value of the sites' research-related procedures and services
• Ensuring that Sarah Cannon's value proposition is properly represented and valued in clinical trial budgets
• Reviewing all clinical trial budgets for accuracy, thoroughness, compliance, and sufficiency
• Evaluating, hiring, placing, and appraising budget analysts; including developing job descriptions, periodic reviews, merit and promotion proposals, reprimands where appropriate, and other documents required for HR-related functions
• Coaching, mentoring, training, and developing Budget Analysts; ensuring continuous contribution to departmental objectives, exemplary professionalism, compliance with policies, and personal growth
• Resolving budget issues between Sarah Cannon and sponsors or contract research organizations while maintaining enduring relationships
• Representing the department in budget reviews with executive staff, ensuring that analysts are adequately prepared to present their assigned budgets, and following up promptly on issues assigned by any of the executives
• Ensuring that the Clinical Trial Management System accurately and clearly reflects budget parameters that are required for revenue recognition, billing, and collections; that budget parameters are entered promptly; and that the system continues to be effective, offering ideas for improvement when needed
• Collaborating with Contract Analysts to ensure that contract development is moving in tandem with budget development so that timing metrics are achieved
• Ensuring that Salesforce fields are continuously updated to properly reflect the budget status of each active study
• Ensuring that the department is adequately represented in interdepartmental meetings such as protocol reviews and status reviews and that the attendees are informed appropriately to contribute to the meeting objectives
• Assessing individual performance of each Budget Analyst, recognizing contributions while providing constructive advice toward performance improvement
• Managing the prompt processing of budget amendments, ensuring accurate assessment of the financial impact and successful negotiations with sponsors or contract research organizations
• Communicating as often as necessary and in effective ways to keep management and executives informed of important issues related to clinical trial budgets
• Interacting regularly with the Director regarding departmental issues and priorities including budgets, processes, relationships, and colleague matters
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvement ideas and departmental goals and objectives
• Monitoring departmental and individual performance by establishing, maintaining, and reporting meaningful key performance indicators; and following up on gaps in performance including timing and quality metrics
• Managing relationships with other functions including Accounting and Clinical Operations, recognizing the department's impact on them and collaborating on ideas for sustaining and improving efficiency and effectiveness throughout the organization
• Acting as the liaison with sites regarding budget content questions and billing implications
• Managing the development of vendor agreements for services related to clinical trials, recognizing fair market value as the standard for determining rates
• Enforcing consistent compliance with departmental processes to ensure consistency and efficiency
• Ensuring the effective onboarding of new sites
• Representing the department in sponsor/CRO audits providing presentations, information, documents, and follow up as required
• Developing, preparing, and delivering presentations when necessary
• Performing other duties and projects as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 3+ years of experience with budget development for clinical trials or other health care related procedures
• 1+ year of experience with management of clinical trial budgets, highly preferred
• Familiarity with clinical trial protocols, budgeting, pricing, and valuation techniques.
• Understanding of Sarah Cannon Value Proposition and HR practices and concepts.
• Experience in database management, meeting protocol, consensus building, and developing business cases.
• Proficiency in HR management tasks, communication, presenting, continuous improvement, and project management.
• Strong problem-solving skills, relationship building, diligence, professionalism, leadership, and adaptability.

*Prefer someone located in the Greater Nashville Area, but open to fully remote for the right candidate. *

About Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) is one of the world's leading oncology research organizations conducting community-based clinical trials. Focused on advancing therapies for patients over the last three decades, SCRI is a leader in drug development. In 2022, SCRI formed a joint venture with former US Oncology Research to expand clinical trial access across the country. It has conducted more than 750 first-in-human clinical trials since its inception and contributed to pivotal research that has led to the majority of new cancer therapies approved by the FDA today. SCRI's research network brings together more than 1,300 physicians who are actively enrolling patients into clinical trials at more than 250 locations in 24 states across the U.S. Please click here to learn more about our research offerings.

We care about the well-being of the patients and communities we serve, and that starts with caring for our people. That's why we have a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse colleague population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves. For more information regarding benefits through our parent company, McKesson, please click here .

As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

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