About the Role
As Senior Contracts Manager you will act on behalf of the researchers and the University to negotiate agreements ranging from material transfers to multi-party research collaborations, funded by a range of sponsors including Research Councils, charities and a wide range of industrial sponsors. As a Senior Contracts Manager, the post-holder will ensure that both the researchers’ and the University’s interests are protected by agreeing terms that safeguard the researchers’ need to publish and pursue further research and the University’s charitable and academic position.
The post-holder will also consider protection of results for potential commercialisation, and appropriate access to intellectual property rights for sponsor and collaborators.
About You
You will ideally have gained extensive experience of drafting and negotiating agreements through working in either a university or a research-intensive organisation, including industry. You will have a proven track record on every aspect of contract management including initiating, drafting, negotiating, and execution; providing advice on costing/pricing, regulatory and institutional compliance, as well as risk management and risk mitigation; scheduling meetings, recording case management, collecting, analysing and reporting data, and escalating problematic queries when needed. An understanding of the scientific research environment would be desirable.
In this key position, the successful candidate must be able to adhere to internal processes with the ability to work in fast paced environments. The ability to manage a diverse workload in changing environments is a must.
About the Department
The role sits within a friendly Business Development team that is part of Queen Mary University of London’s Research Services Directorate.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.