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Contracts and Clinical Trials Officer

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):

Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Three (3) years experience with contract management and/or negotiations, editing legal documents, or similar field of experience. Demonstrated experience with contract management and/or negotiations, editing legal documents, or similar field of experience. Demonstrated financial and/or administrative experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

**Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in business, health management, or political sciences or related is preferred.** Juris Doctorate or other advanced degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Experience with federal and non-federal regulations and guidelines, cost principles, uniform administrative requirements for grants and audits of states, local governments, and non-profit organizations. Experience with applying and adhering to policies, procedures and research regulations from a University setting or funding agency setting. Experience with the negotiation of complex research or clinical contracts (such as those involving intellectual property, publication restrictions, export control, data use and data transfer, confidential information and federal FAR clauses). Experience with federal and non-federal regulations and guidelines. Knowledge of university administrative practices and systems such as pre-awards electronic routing and submission systems, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, and/or Google Apps for Education. Experience with analyzing and/or preparing project budgets.

Brief Description of Duties:

The Office of Sponsored Programs is seeking a highly motivated and skilled contracts and clinical trials specialist to join its team to provide comprehensive contract administration for a diverse portfolio of sponsors and partners. The successful candidate will be responsible for comprehensive contract administration including preparation, review and negotiation agreements and contracts, exercising sound decision-making and problem solving skills in the negotiation of contracts (including amendments, modifications, and subcontracts as necessary), and for assisting in the development of administrative procedures to comply with regulations affecting governmental and industry sponsored contracts. The successful candidate will serve as a liaison between Sponsored Programs, Tech Licensing, Research Compliance, Legal Counsel, Sponsor, Principal Investigator, School of Medicine (SOM)/ Office of Clinical Trials (OCT), Central Office of the Research Foundation and post award as necessary to accomplish negotiation and contract administration in a timely manner.

Due to legal and ethical issues, they must adhere to stringent guidelines to make sure that contracts and trials are credible, and subjects are protected. The successful incumbent must have outstanding written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. Experience successfully working independently as well as part of a team with a collaborative approach to problem solving. Experience effectively multi-tasking in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment with a high degree of accuracy and organization. Strong organizational and time management skills with exceptional attention to detail. Must possess the ability to thrive in a busy, high-volume, and deadline driven work team environment that requires coordination of multiple activities and the judgment and flexibility to reprioritize to accommodate emergency requests. Ability to speak confidently when communicating with investigators and industry professionals.

• Responsible for drafting, negotiating, recommending acceptance and administering of research, testing, lab study agreements, including sponsor or investigator-initiated clinical trials, supported by a variety of sponsors. These sponsors may include local, federal, national, international, private, non-profit, public and predominantly for profit organizations.

• Act as University representative to sponsoring agencies and work with outside patent counsel in the process of negotiating agreements.

• Assist PIs in reviewing budgets and scopes of work for assigned agreements and act as liaison with Compliance entities.

• Provide assistance in contract proposal development. Advise faculty and staff on contract/clinical trials administration.

• Authorize the establishment of accounts and fiscal transactions pertaining to the establishment of awards, the advancing of funds, increases to account budgets and extension of term dates with and without funding. Provide post-award administrative support including expenditure approvals, accounting detail and reporting requirement information.

• Provides coverage and back up administrative support to other members of the team.

• Drafts, compiles and completes various forms, notices, certifications, and other communication, required by sponsors.

• Conducts regular data integrity reviews and resolves discrepancies between contracts, proposals and system data.

• Sharply focuses on continuous improvement of processes and procedures to ensure maximum effectiveness throughout the contract negotiation and with changing business needs. Communicates suggestions for increased efficiencies to senior leadership.

• Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes:

The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

Due to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, the candidate hired will need to be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or other "protected individual" (as defined by 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1324b(a)(3).

This position may be eligible for hybrid, alternative workplace arrangements/telework.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

_Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws._

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university Office of Equity and Access (OEA) at (631) 632-6280 or visit OEA (https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/oea/) .

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

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**Job Number:** 2501465

**Official Job Title:** : Sponsored Programs Associate II

**Job Field** : Administrative & Professional (non-Clinical)

**Primary Location** : US-NY-Stony Brook

**Department/Hiring Area:** : Office of Sponsored Programs

**Schedule** : Full-time

**Shift** : Day Shift **Shift Hours:** : 8:30 - 5:00 :

**Posting Start Date** : Apr 29, 2025

**Posting End Date** : May 29, 2025, 9:59:00 PM

**Salary:** : 85,000 - 105,000

**Appointment Type:** : Regular

**Salary Grade:** : E4

**SBU Area:** : The Research Foundation for The State University of New York at Stony Brook

**Req ID:** 2501465