Location
PolandRate
$13
/ per hour
Years of experience
10+About
I am an attorney specializing in the negotiation of Clinical Trial Agreements and related documentation, with extensive experience in administering and negotiating site contracts to support global clinical operations. My daily responsibilities include ensuring compliance with sponsor and company requirements, managing the commercial relationships with clinical trial sites, and negotiating contract terms and budgets within established timelines. I work closely with various departments, including legal, finance, and clinical operations, to provide comprehensive support and maintain effective communication throughout the contract process. In my current role as a Senior Site Contracts Specialist at Syneos Health, I harmonize site contracts with sponsor agreements, manage departmental budgets, and identify and mitigate operational risks. My experience includes supporting business development, representing site contracts at meetings, and mentoring junior staff. Previously, I worked at PRA Health Sciences and IQVIA, where I successfully managed clinical trial agreements, collaborated cross-functionally to ensure timely site start-up, and negotiated contract terms across multiple European countries. My background also includes roles as a lawyer and contracts negotiator in various industries, where I developed strong legal research and civil litigation skills.Tech Stack
Legal Counseling, Attorney at Law, Google Workspace, MS Office, SharePoint, Slack, WestlawExperience
- Administering and negotiating site contracts, amendments, and related documentation for clinical trials, ensuring compliance with sponsor and company requirements.
- Managing the commercial relationships with clinical trial sites, including contract language, budget negotiation, and ensuring adherence to established timeline parameters.
- Collaborating with internal and external legal, finance, and clinical operations departments to explain legal and budgetary issues and to ensure timely initiation of sites.
- Identifying possible contract or process operational risks and proactively working within the team to provide solutions, escalating deviations to leadership as necessary.
- Training and mentoring less experienced staff members on departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ensuring the quality of team work products.
- Maintaining and actively supporting the review and development of contract templates, budget templates, and site-specific files and databases.
- Serving as the key communication liaison between site contracts staff and internal and external customers, providing functional guidance and keeping teams aware of all contract statuses or pending issues.
Employment history
Senior Site Contracts Specialist, Syneos Health
October 2022 - Present
- Administering and negotiating site contracts to ensure compliance with sponsor and company requirements.
- Collaborating with Site Contract Service Center and Legal to harmonize site contracts with sponsor’s master service agreement terms.
- Managing departmental budgets and tracking milestone progress in SSU tracking system.
- Identifying and mitigating contract or process operational risks.
- Providing support to business development and representing site contracts at internal or customer meetings.
- Training and mentoring less experienced staff on SOPs and ensuring quality of team work products.
- Facilitating the execution of contracts by company signatories and maintaining contract templates.
Contracts Associate II, PRA Health Sciences
September 2021 - October 2022
- Negotiating and managing clinical trial agreements with investigative sites.
- Collaborating with Clinical Operations and Project Management to support timely site start-up.
- Ensuring compliance with country-specific laws and regulations to minimize risk in clinical trials.
- Communicating and explaining legal and budgetary issues to internal and external parties.
- Reviewing and evaluating client-requested contract changes.
- Creating and maintaining files for each contract.
Site Contracts Associate, IQVIA
May 2021 - September 2021
- Managing the review and negotiation of contracts with investigators participating in clinical research across Europe.
- Delivering investigator/institution research-related agreements and negotiating clinical trial agreement language and budgets.
- Collaborating with other departments to ensure timely initiation of sites and maintaining effective communications.
- Preparing and documenting process flows for each study.
- Assisting with the management and maintenance of contract templates.
Site Contracts Specialist, Syneos Health
May 2020 - April 2021
- Administering all contract management processes, including coordination with relevant protocol, informed consent, and other agreement documents.
- Supporting the SSUL to agree on country template contract and budget and assisting in producing site-specific contracts.
- Negotiating budget and contract with sites and resolving issues.
- Maintaining contract templates and site-specific files and databases.
- Serving as a communication liaison between site contracts staff and internal/external customers.
Lawyer, ISDA Negotiator, UBS Investment Bank
July 2016 - April 2020
- Negotiating and preparing ISDA Master Agreements, MSLA, GMRA, and other financial agreements.
- Liaising with various departments within UBS (credit, collateral, risk, treasury, tax).
- Providing legal advice to Business, Credit, and other departments.
- Conducting due diligence for funds, banks, and financial institutions.
Procurement Analyst, Capita
August 2014 - March 2015
- Managing spend cube and data management.
- Providing desktop analysis services and management/performance reporting.
- Conducting business intelligence and category planning.
- Undertaking various statistical, analytical, research, and data input activities.
Legal Documents Analyst, Capita
May 2014 - March 2015
- Assisting with large-scale review and analysis of legal documentation used in disclosure proceedings.
- Following key instructions from supervising attorneys and clients.
- Developing a strong understanding of client brief and case material.
- Contract reviewing, summarization, and reporting.
Editor of Legal Publications, LexisNexis Poland
March 2012 - July 2014
- Ensuring correctness and consistency of the legal database.
- Co-producing “lexis.pl” and improving the service in terms of functionality.
- Reviewing and editing legal articles and publications for accuracy and clarity.
- Coordinating with authors and legal experts to update and expand legal content.
- Maintaining and updating online legal resources and databases.
Lawyer, Litigation Department, Kancelaria Teodorowski Wojtaszak
January 2013 - September 2013
- Preparing lawsuits in the field of tort liability.
- Representing clients in court proceedings.
- Conducting legal research and gathering evidence to support cases.
- Drafting legal documents, including motions, briefs, and pleadings.
- Advising clients on legal rights and options throughout the litigation process.
Lawyer, Office of Legal Advisers Kozlowski, Pisarkiewicz-Firek
October 2011 - June 2012
- Interpreting the law and preparing legal opinions and pleadings.
- Providing legal advice in the field of civil law.
- Drafting and reviewing contracts, agreements, and other legal documents.
- Representing clients in negotiations and mediations.
- Conducting due diligence for various legal matters.
Education history
Cracow Bar Association of Attorneys at Law
2011 - 2014
Attorney at law
Jagiellonian University
2006 - 2011
Master of Laws - LLM