Sr. Manager, Site Budgets & Contracts

Location: Cambridge, MA, US; Toronto, Canada is also listed in the conditions.

Salary: $161,500–$178,500 per year, with potential annual bonus, incentive compensation, or equity award.

Company

hirify.global develops mRNA technology and medicines, with a focus on scientific innovation and clinical progress.

What you will do

• Create and directly oversee site budgets for multiple assigned global clinical trials.
• Use GrantManager or GrantPlan, internal and CRO investigator grant data, and Fair Market Value benchmarking to develop accurate budget estimates.
• Lead target Fair Market Value-based investigator grant budgets and negotiation parameters across relevant therapeutic areas.
• Act as the primary contact for CRO site-budget activities, including country-level budget approvals, CTA negotiations, and amendments.
• Partner with CROs, Clinical Operations, Legal, Clinical Contracts, and Outsourcing teams to finalize agreements and keep budgets within target.
• Track negotiation cycle times and site activation targets, identify risks, and support process and SOP improvements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of direct experience creating and negotiating global investigator site budgets.
• Strong experience with GrantManager or GrantPlan.
• Experience working with CROs in an outsourced clinical-trial model and overseeing CTA and budget negotiations.
• Strong financial analysis, financial justification, communication, collaboration, and attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel and Microsoft Office skills, plus proficiency with standalone business systems.
• Ability to manage increasingly complex problems independently and travel approximately 10% as needed.

Culture & Benefits

• 70/30 in-office work model emphasizing in-person collaboration, teamwork, and mentorship.
• Competitive healthcare and voluntary benefit programs.
• Fitness, mindfulness, mental health, and family-building support, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• Paid vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and discretionary year-end shutdown.
• Savings and investment programs, with additional benefits varying by employment nature and country.