Associate Investigator Grants Analyst (AIGA)

Overview

The Associate Investigator Grant Analyst prepares, reviews and finalizes global investigator grant budget and payment schedule terms and conditions templates for multiple studies. The role develops investigator grant budget negotiation parameters with clients and supports local teams, clients and internal functional teams.

What you'll do

• Assist in developing investigator grant budget grids for applicable countries in assigned studies, coordinating with therapeutic and operational subject matter experts as appropriate.
• Draft applicable payment terms and condition templates for investigator grant budget grids.
• Coordinate internal and external approvals and feedback for investigator grant budget grids and payment schedules.
• Provide support for escalations with external clients regarding investigator budget development, process and negotiation parameters.
• Provide approved investigator grant grids, payment schedules, process parameters and negotiation parameters to local teams.
• Coordinate with internal departments to align site startup activities with investigator grant activities and mutually agreed timelines.
• Ensure the investigator budget negotiation process for sites and studies is aligned to the critical path for site activation.
• Adhere to the company’s target cycle times for site activations.
• Complete tracking and reporting as required.
• Liaise with clients, internal functional teams and Contract Specialists as directed by Contract Managers.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic or vocational qualification.
• Previous experience providing the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job, comparable to 0 to 2 years.
• An equivalency consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience may be considered sufficient to meet the role requirements.
• Basic understanding of the principles of investigator grant template drafting.
• Ability to review and analyze a protocol schedule of events to draft applicable budget grids and payment schedules.
• Basic understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process and involvement of CROs.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good attention to detail.
• Good math skills.
• Ability to work independently or in a team environment.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Proven flexibility and adaptability.
• Basic proficiency with negotiation and conflict management.
• Cross-cultural awareness and the ability to adapt appropriately.
• Good customer service skills, demonstrating a customer-focused style of communication, problem solving and collaboration.
• Basic experience with automated systems and computerized applications, such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Ability to act independently and lead functional studies with general oversight.

Details

• Location: Remote, India.
• Work schedule: Standard, Monday to Friday.
• Work is performed in an office, laboratory and/or clinical environment.
• Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms.
• Exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Personal protective equipment is required, such as protective eyewear, garments and gloves.