Overview
This position is responsible for reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and executing legal agreements related to industry-sponsored clinical research at UNC and UNC Health.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, negotiate, and execute confidential disclosure agreements, clinical trial agreements, and other related legal agreements between the organization and non-federal research sponsors.
- Triage, manage, and resolve issues that arise during the contract negotiation process in close partnership with clinical research leadership and legal counsel, often with specific time constraints.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of contract negotiation playbooks, master agreement templates, and other related legal forms.
- Serve as a point of contact for industry sponsors regarding clinical research agreements.
- Develop and implement policies, processes, procedures, and workflows to support efficient, consistent negotiation, execution, and administration of clinical trial agreements.
- Continuously evaluate and refine contracting processes to improve start-up times for industry-sponsored trials.
- Collaborate with contracting teams to ensure unified and consistent approaches to industry-sponsored clinical trial contracting.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree required.
- Membership in good standing with the North Carolina State Bar.
- Three (3) years of transactional legal experience, including experience negotiating contracts in a higher education or clinical trial setting and experience working in or knowledge of public entities, higher education, or other similar large and complex organizations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of academic medical centers and/or clinical research.
- Knowledge of data privacy law (e.g. GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, HITECH).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of North Carolina law.
- Collaboration: Experience working on cross-functional teams with lawyers and non-lawyers on complex transactional projects.
- Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with internal teams, clients, and stakeholders at all levels.
- Decision-making: Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to identify issues, develop solutions, and make informed decisions in a timely manner.
- Regulatory knowledge: In-depth understanding of legal and policy contracting requirements.
- Quality: Experience implementing or improving processes to reach or maintain high standards of quality and excellence in a higher education, clinical, or other organizational setting.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $59.51 - $85.54 per hour (hiring range)
- Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Location & Work Details
- Location of job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
- Work assignment type: Remote
- Work schedule: Day Job
- Standard hours per week: 40.00
- Work type: Full Time
- Exempt from overtime: Exempt: Yes
Employment Information
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Equal Opportunity & Accommodations
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.