Role: Data Sourcing & Contract Management Support
Duration: End date 31/03/26 (pending new 2026 budgets so may well be extended)
Location: Remote (must collect laptop from Surrey)
Rate: £415 per day
Role Purpose:
The candidate will be part of our Global Data Strategy team supporting the data sourcing pillar and will help manage the data purchase budget and data vendor contract activities.
The successful candidate will play a key role within the Data Strategy Data Sourcing pillar, to support management of data purchasing budget liaising with accounting and finance teams within our tracking budget activities in detail. In addition, he/she will support the management of data contract renewals, strategic collaborations and projects with broad stakeholders. The successful candidate is expected to have accounting/finance background, deep project management skills and ideally contracting expertise. In addition, they are also expected to demonstrate agile ways of working, leading the stakeholders through the new agile operating model as necessary.
Key Deliverables:
· Support our team’s Budget Manager with ongoing accounting activities for the data purchasing budget
· Support data contract management activities (i.e. engage with internal business stakeholders, external data vendors, procurement and legal teams to enable contract renewal activities)
· Support data sourcing team with general project management or adhoc project support when needed
Skills Required:
· Accounting/Finance background essential
· Strong project management experience
· Strong communication skills to manage a variety of stakeholder groups required
· Contract management expertise
· Effective communication and ability to build relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders, support negotiations to achieve the best outcomes for us for service or data delivery support and issue resolution
· Knowledge and experience of procurement methodologies and ability to partner with them in contract negotiations
· Experience working in cross-functional teams to manage complex projects
· Ability to work in agile manner, take accountability, being a self-starter
Experience:
· Advanced degree in a relevant field
· At least 4 years of work experience in relevant field ideally
· Pharma experience