Senior Manager, Legal Council (Clinical Research)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

IQVIA provides clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence for the life sciences and healthcare industries.

What you will do

• Provide study-specific contracting support to project managers, site contracting stakeholders, and global template developers.
• Serve as the operational contact for complex contracting issues and coordinate timely resolution with internal Legal teams.
• Advise stakeholders on approved contract positions, templates, policies, and escalation procedures.
• Own and maintain the Global Site Contracts Library, including country-specific templates and guidance materials.
• Lead contract template development, validation, translation coordination, version control, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver training and support standardization, operational excellence, and compliance across site contracting activities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in law and demonstrable experience as a qualified lawyer.
• At least 5 years of relevant sponsor or clinical research organization experience in clinical site contracting.
• Demonstrable experience acting as an EU legal contract expert.
• Strong negotiation, communication, coordination, and collaboration skills.
• Excellent legal, financial, and/or technical writing skills.
• Thorough understanding of regulated clinical trials, drug development, GCP/ICH, and applicable regulatory guidelines.

Nice to have

• Exposure to pharmaceutical and/or CRO environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment within a global clinical research and healthcare intelligence organization.
• Cross-functional collaboration across complex international projects and site contracting teams.
• Opportunity to contribute to the evolution of contracting processes and tools.