Thermo Fisher Scientific · 22 hours ago
Senior Manager, Contracts, Americas
Allentown, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
6+ years expThermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. The Senior Manager of Contracts will support the Clinical Trials Division by negotiating various customer agreements and ensuring compliance with business needs and internal policies.
BioinformaticsBiotechnologyCloud Data ServicesConsultingHealth CareLife ScienceManagement Information SystemsOffice SuppliesPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Draft and negotiate both routine and non-routine contractual agreements. The complexity of agreement may vary from moderate to complex. Must be experienced in redlining legal agreements
Leads or participates in the contract process and have the ability to negotiate contentious issues at multiple levels both internally and with the client, keeping risk exposure in mind
Be fully accountable for the outcome of negotiations and ensure conformity to business needs, appropiate risk allocation, and compliance with internal policies and procedures
Be a negotiator willing to stand up to unprincipled techniques and pressures
Interface collaboratively with internal partners and customers to influence and provide direction to guide the contracting process
Continually strive to make the contracting process more efficient, effective, and customer centric
Follow and help improve the tools used to ensure consistency in processes and ensure maximum situational awareness for all internal partners throughout the contract process to improve turnaround time a growing client base
Maintain and use the database within the contract management system of current and terminated contracts
Serve as the main liaison between the client and the manufacturing sites and business units in North America during the contract negotiation phase of a project
Ability to work in a matrixed environment with internal partners and sell the value of the contracting role to: sales, finance, marketing, legal, quality, and site management/operations
Be able to mentor and develop team members
Participate on internal meetings to provide information and update on business and contracting issues
Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required (preferably in Business or Life Sciences)
6+ years of contract negotiation experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) highly preferred
Experience with customer facing contract negotiations including facilitation, problem solving, decision making and consensus building skills
Ability to withstand pressure from customers and internal partners when following a course of action based on broader principles rather than immediate commercial need
Experience in handling complex contractual language
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Attention to detail and analytical skills including ability to multi-task in a demanding environment
Ability to drive outcomes
Microsoft Office Suite applications experience necessary
Preferred
MBA and/or JD
Experience leading and motivating a team preferred
Proactive and enthusiastic in your approach, develop team members and understand their workload, and proactively engaging in their development
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides a wide range of scientific products and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15.97BKey Investors
National Grid
2025-11-24Post Ipo Debt· $2.42B
2025-09-30Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-08-07Post Ipo Debt· $2.95B
Leadership Team
Stephen Williamson
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Daniella Cramp
Senior Vice President and President, Bioproduction Group
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