Mayo Clinic Looking for Contract Manager – MCS Contracts at Minnesota Full Time

Mayo Clinic is the nation’s best hospital (U.S. News & World Report, 2020-2021) and ranked #1 in more specialties than any other care provider. We have a vast array of opportunities ranging from Nursing, Clinical, to Finance, IT, Administrative, Research and Support Services to name a few. At Mayo Clinic, we invest in you with opportunities for growth and development. Our benefits and compensation package are highly competitive – for additional information please visit Mayo Clinic Benefits as eligibility may vary. We are excited to invite you to be a part of our team within the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology (DLMP) where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and most importantly, a life-changing career!

Diversity and inclusion are integral to Mayo Clinic’s mission to provide excellent, culturally relevant care in a welcoming environment to all individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds. In DLMP and Mayo Collaborative Services (MCS), we aim to diversify our workforce and to create an inclusive work environment where differences are valued, allowing individuals to achieve and contribute to their fullest potential. By leveraging the strengths that each diverse individual and group brings to the table, we gain the strategic advantages of accelerated innovation, better problem solving, enhanced productivity and job satisfaction, improved quality, and, most importantly, we find better ways to meet the needs of our patients.

Position description

• Performs contract development, review, analysis and negotiation for consulting and research-related arrangements across all of Mayo.
• Ensures contract compliance with current law/regulations and Mayo’s policies, procedures and practices.
• Manages contract negotiations between Mayo and external professionals, which includes resolving conflicting interests and objectives.
• Assists in the development of negotiation strategies, identifies areas of contract risk, offers alternatives for management of such risk, and provides consultation and guidance to investigators, administrators and other parties internally throughout the entire Mayo system and externally with respect to contract matters.
• Obtains appropriate financial review.
• Works independently in management of a large number of simultaneous contract negotiations and performs other miscellaneous responsibilities and special projects as requested.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree, preferably in business or law with a minimum of five years of related experience in contract management/negotiations.
• A J.D. degree may be substituted for required experience. Healthcare or clinical trial research exposure is preferred. Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience required.

Additional qualifications

• Minimum of five years work with increasing responsibilities/experience dealing with contract management/negotiations.
• Working knowledge of business and contract law relating to healthcare/contract issues.
• Demonstrated persuasion and negotiation skills, exceptional communication abilities, self-directed, ability to work independently with the capacity to manage multiple priorities.
• Must be able to compose business contract terms and language, including redlining agreements for counter negotiation and inclusion in contracts.
• Strong analytical skills needed for analysis of complex contracting arrangements, mediating and resolving issues relating to contract negotiation.
• Ingenuity, judgment and creativity are needed to perform this job combined with good planning and organizational skills.
• Knowledge with regard to healthcare and specifically clinical trial research is preferred.

Exemption status
Exempt

Compensation Detail
Education, experience and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended. The position ranges from $82,118.40-123,240/year

Benefits eligible
Yes

Schedule
Full Time

Hours / Pay period
80

Schedule details
Monday through Friday, regular business hours.

Weekend schedule
Some weekend travel depending on business need.

Remote
Yes

International Assignment
No

Site description

Mayo Clinic is located in the heart of downtown Rochester, Minnesota, a vibrant, friendly city that provides a highly livable environment for more than 34,000 Mayo staff and students. The city is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the United States because of its affordable cost of living, healthy lifestyle, excellent school systems and exceptionally high quality of life.

Recruiter
Cristal Blanco

EOE
As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer Mayo Clinic is committed to creating an inclusive environment that values the diversity of its employees and does not discriminate against any employee or candidate. Women, minorities, veterans, people from the LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply to join our teams. Reasonable accommodations to access job openings or to apply for a job are available.