Clinical Contracts Manager (AI)

Location: Cambridge, MA, United States; hybrid work with attendance at the office 3 days per week

Company

hirify.global applies frontier AI, machine learning, and drug design models to accelerate scientific discovery and develop medicines.

What you will do

• Manage clinical outsourcing and vendor activities across assigned therapeutic and functional areas.
• Lead RFI and RFP processes, evaluate supplier proposals and budgets, conduct bid defense meetings, and recommend vendors.
• Negotiate and execute vendor agreements, MSAs, CTAs, investigator budgets, change orders, and related financial terms.
• Partner with Clinical Operations, CROs, Finance, Legal, Data Management, and other stakeholders to align timelines, quality, budgets, and trial execution.
• Monitor vendor performance, study progress, deliverables, resource allocation, and financial reconciliation through study closeout.
• Identify contractual risks, manage scope changes, support governance and escalation, and assess AI tools for contract lifecycle management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; Healthcare, Science, or Finance preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in clinical outsourcing, contracting, procurement, or finance within pharmaceutical, biopharma, CRO, or clinical research environments.
• In-depth knowledge of clinical trial execution, CRO outsourcing models, and GCP/FDA regulatory guidelines.
• Required experience in oncology and/or rare disease.
• Strong contract negotiation, budget management, project management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a hybrid model and attend the Cambridge office 3 days per week.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, interdisciplinary environment spanning drug discovery, biology, and machine learning.
• Values emphasize thoughtful science, initiative and integrity, determination, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Learning is shared and employees are supported in developing and contributing to meaningful scientific work.
• Commitment to equal employment opportunities and workplace accommodations.
• Hybrid working model designed to support knowledge sharing and strong working relationships.