Senior Contract Administrator - Clinical Trials
Job Description
Join the transformative team at City of Hope,, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Position Summary
The Senior Contract Administrator plays a critical role in advancing clinical research by managing, reviewing, and negotiating complex clinical trial agreements. This position partners with sponsors, investigators, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely execution of contracts and budgets that support groundbreaking clinical trials. You’ll help build strong sponsor relationships while ensuring compliance, financial integrity, and operational excellence across studies.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Lead negotiation and execution of clinical trial agreements including CTA, CDA, MSA, and sub-site agreements
- Partner with the Office of General Counsel to develop and finalize contract language
- Negotiate clinical trial budgets, including per-patient costs, startup fees, and payment schedules
- Review contracts and agreements to ensure alignment with institutional policies
- Collaborate with sponsors to resolve budget, contract, and study-related issues
- Develop contract budget exhibits and support financial planning for studies
- Provide ongoing administrative support to Principal Investigators and research teams
- Monitor study files to ensure compliance, quality, and consistency
- Track key contract and budget metrics and support reporting and process improvements
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives to enhance clinical trial administration
Your qualifications should be:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. J.D. strongly preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in research administration, CRO, biotech/pharma, or healthcare industry
- Strong experience with clinical trials and contract negotiation
- Knowledge of medical terminology and clinical research processes
- Familiarity with GCP, FDA, HIPAA, and ICH guidelines preferred
Experience negotiating key contract terms such as indemnification, IP, and confidentiality
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and data analysis tools
Additional Information:
Job Status: Full time, exempt
Salary range $ 110,837 - $177,340
City of Hope employees’ pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
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Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $53.29 - $85.26 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
