Market Access Consulting

The PAREXEL Access Consulting (PAC) unit is a Business Unit within PAREXEL. PAC is a dedicated unit with c.140 staff mainly based in the UK, US, India and Sweden.
Optimal reimbursement, target market access, and pricing are critical challenges for manufacturers as they seek to achieve acceptable levels of return on investment after lengthy and costly development programs. The evidence requirements of payers has yet to be routinely integrated into clinical and regulatory planning. The consequence is noteworthy as many new health treatments fail to achieve their commercial potential.

PAREXEL Access offers a resourceful solution for commercialization by aligning evidence generation and economic evaluation with pricing, reimbursement, and strategy-driven market access consulting. Our services include: Commercial Decision, Evidence, Access Realization, Market Access and HUB Services.
These strategic consulting services help you identify and evaluate evidence of product value. This approach encompasses market-access planning, systematic review for evidence development, economic modeling and evaluation, pricing, reimbursement strategies, global value dossier writing, and engagement with Health Technology Assessment (HTA) authorities.

We are currently looking for a Contracts Manager to join our team.

The PAC Contract Manager role is newly created within PAC, and will be an impactful role within the organisation providing support to PAC throughout the lifecycle of the contracting process.

Role objectives and aims:

Under the guidance and leadership of senior team members, objectives of the role will be to:

Create a simple contract template, appropriate for consultancy of PAC size and nature of work.

Create, negotiate and finalize contractual documents, including Start-up Agreements, Work Orders and Change Orders.

Overall management responsibility for the contract process including coordination of Operations, Project Management, Legal, Business Development and Finance to prepare, review, and negotiate contracts.

Serve as primary client contact during the negotiation phase - ensuring clients process contracts in timely manner.

Responsible for the delivery of process innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across PAC contracting lifecycle.

Qualifications
A successful candidate will possess:

Bachelor degree (or equivalent), advance degree in Law, Business or contract management preferred

Experience in contract management, proposal development or related field

Knowledge of contract management within a consultancy; ideally life sciences focused

Good knowledge of cash flow and revenue recognition

Comprehensive knowledge of relevant software (Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, Databases)

Other qualities:

Excellent negotiation skills; and be confident to lead negotiations with clients

Self-motivation, ambition and flexibility - a "self-starter" happy to drive own workload

Fluent English and excellent communication skills

A high degree of written accuracy and attention to detail

Project/time management within a team

Full eligibility to work in the UK

A successful candidate will possess:

Bachelor degree (or equivalent), advance degree in Law, Business or contract management preferred

Experience in contract management, proposal development or related field

Knowledge of contract management within a consultancy; ideally life sciences focused

Good knowledge of cash flow and revenue recognition

Comprehensive knowledge of relevant software (Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, Databases)

Other qualities:

Excellent negotiation skills; and be confident to lead negotiations with clients

Self-motivation, ambition and flexibility - a "self-starter" happy to drive own workload

Fluent English and excellent communication skills

A high degree of written accuracy and attention to detail

Project/time management within a team

Full eligibility to work in the UK