R&D Contracts Manager

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is involved with exciting clinical research.  In particular, in partnership with the University of Cambridge, we host the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). The Research & Development Department needs to appoint a Contracts Manager to deal with the variety of agreements and legal contracts relating to clinical research and data protection.

The R&D Department employs currently 3.5 WTE Solicitor Consultants and 1 Contracts Manager in the R&D Legal Team,  and 17 governance team members including data governance to co-ordinate the set-up of research studies and manage the necessary contracts.

We require an additional Contracts Manager to work with the R&D Legal team and wider R&D Department to provide initial drafts, review and negotiate research related contracts.  This will involve working with nationally agreed templates for clinical research contracts as well as drafting and reviewing bespoke agreements.  The role will also involve negotiation with other Hospital Trusts, academic institutions and research organisations as well as liaison with the Solicitor Consultants and governance team to ensure that all aspects of the research studies and research collaborations have appropriate contracts in place.

The post holder will also review other contracts relating to research such as those issued by the Department of Health and funding bodies.

Responsible to the Solicitor Consultant and Head of BRC IP, the post holder will have the chance to gain considerable experience in the legal field of R&D.

The role is a full-time role but job share applicants will also be considered.

The role is suitable for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of time in the office.