External Drug Discovery Transaction & Sourcing Coordinator

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Job Description Summary

The External Drug Discovery (EDD) Transaction & Sourcing Coordinator is responsible for managing day-to-day financial transaction activities with assigned CRO partners. In addition, the person is responsible for ensuring material deliverables through the planning and execution of reference/tool compound fee-for-service requests for GDC. This role involves close collaboration with internal teams including the entire EDD team (Scientific Interface EDD, Alliance Manager, and the second EDD Transaction & Sourcing Coordinator), the GDC SynTech material planning teams but also direct interaction with external CROs.

Position Location: Cambridge, MA onsite

Internal Job Title: Senior Scientist II (Level 3/GJFA 6)

Responsibilities related to transactions:

• Managing day-to-day financial transaction activities with assigned CRO partners.
• Vendor management, purchase order, and invoice reconciliation.
• Responsible for managing the purchase orders, track services delivered, ensure vendors are paid in a timely manner.
• Partnering with the finance and operation teams for monthly budget reporting.
• Communicating partner needs internally and addressing them appropriately.
• Working together with alliance manager, escalates internal or external issues that risk CRO partnership or cause a missed milestone/deliverable to ensure resolution.
• Working together with alliance manager, negotiates statements of work and associated budgets and timelines in collaboration with Business Development, Legal, and Finance.

Responsibilities related to sourcing:

• Coordinating reference/tool compound FFS NEXT synthesis requests, including planning, quotes, negotiations, project completion, and reporting.
• Optimally use synthetic chemistry knowledge and expertise to identify synthetic bottlenecks and challenges. Collaborate with colleagues to define a synthetic strategy, to apply technologies, and subsequently outsource the improved solutions to reduce costs and save time.
• Closely collaborate with the SynTech team.
• Manage and maintain the strong relationships with our FFS CRO partners. Contributes to the evaluation and onboarding of new CRO’s if appropriate.
• Organizing and managing FFS project timelines and budgets.

Responsibilities related to Operational Excellence for EDD:

• Support operational needs such as NEXT and ELN training and maintenance for CRO.
• Support logistics to/from CROs such as shipping and data management.
• Support activities targeted to CRO productivity enhancement.
• Support SI EDD on seeking/digesting feedback from internal teams that collaborate with CROs.
• Supports material enablement for IDD projects with planning and logistics.

Essential Requirements:

• BS or MS degree in chemistry or related scientific field, with a strong knowledge in organic synthesis.
• 7+ years of experience in a research environment.
• Highly collaborative with a strong track record as a team player.
• Well organized, flexible, ability to balance multiple priorities while remaining proactive.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven decision-making ability and attention to detail.

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