Contract Negotiator (Clinical Research) - Portugal - Sponsor Dedicated

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Company

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

What you will do

• Develop global contracting strategies, investigator grants, estimates, proposal text, contract language, payment language, and budget templates.
• Manage contracting systems, tools, training materials, databases, tracking tools, timelines, and project plans for assigned sponsors and clinical studies.
• Collaborate with sponsors, study teams, stakeholders, and regional and country teams to deliver contracting activities within agreed project requirements.
• Provide legal, operational, and financial contracting support for site agreements, study initiation, and clinical trial maintenance.
• Collect, analyze, and communicate contracting intelligence, performance metrics, and out-of-scope activities.
• Support quality management, client presentations, colleague mentoring, and the development of long-term client relationships.

Requirements

• Based in Lisbon, Portugal.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant sponsor or clinical research organization experience in clinical site contracting, including global or regional contract negotiation.
• Strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal, legal, financial, and technical writing skills.
• Knowledge of the regulated clinical trial environment, drug development, GCP/ICH, applicable regulations, SOPs, and corporate standards.
• Ability to work independently in a matrix environment, manage timelines and metrics, and lead, coach, and mentor colleagues.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment within a global clinical research and healthcare intelligence organization.
• Collaboration with sponsors, study teams, and stakeholders across regional and country teams.
• Work focused on clinical trial development, regulatory compliance, and improved patient outcomes.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equal opportunity.