Susan Uhlman
- Role
- Director of Contracts at UBC
- Location
- Union, KY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Susan Uhlman
Experienced line manager, leading a global team, focusing on open sharing of ideas…
Experience
Director of Contracts
Oct 2023 — Present
Manage and oversee workflow for direct reports (Contract Managers responsible for statements of work, change orders, confidentiality agreements) to ensure quality and timely contract processing and proper execution techniques. Manage account assignments to Contract Managers to ensure proper balance of workload across Contract Team. Manage, hire, develop, mentor, and evaluate the performance of Contract Manager staff in order to achieve department and company goals and objectives in an accurate and timely manner. Maintain and identify and implement improvements to, contract tracking tools and metrics reporting. Develop, maintain, and educate stakeholders on contracting standards, processes, guidelines and imperatives that protect our business and financial interests. Draft and/or revise commercial contracts (including master agreements, statements of work, change orders, addenda, non-disclosure agreements, and the like) using UBC standard templates. Work cross-functionally with proposals, pricing, operations, and account management to develop contract budgets. Negotiate key commercial contract terms, identify and escalate issues as needed to various internal stakeholders (finance, operations, legal, privacy, etc.). Review and analyze contract terms and advise business leaders as to contractual obligations (term and termination, budget and payment terms, scope of services, etc.). Manage outsourcing/vendor management activities in support of vendor selection and contract negotiations of other types of study-related agreements, including laboratory, consulting, other vendor service agreements and related scopes of work as needed. Oversee contract activities related to the whole life cycle of the contract / task order and subcontract, from the notification of verbal award, through full contract development process, through signature.
Skills
- Management
- Microsoft Office
- Process Improvement
- Clinical Development
- Contract Negotiation
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- CRO Management
- Negotiation
- Clinical Trials
- Business Development
- Strategy
- Leadership
- Budgets
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