Role Description The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for an Operations Manager, Clinical Studies in the Clinical Research Department. This position can be home-based and is a full-time, benefits eligible, grant funded opportunity. Current funding will expire on October 31, 2027, with the potential for funding renewal and role extension beyond that date. The Manager, Operations is responsible for the day-to-day management of Clinical Research Department operations, including: - Budget management - Contract management - Reporting This position reports to the Senior Manager of Operations and will support efforts to establish and implement best practice operational standards. Additionally, this position will support the Senior Director of Clinical Studies in special projects related to department and team objectives as needed. Responsibilities - Responsible for and handling operations, such as accounting, expense reporting, and procurement; forming relationships with legal, external vendors, and partners to ensure overall business goals are achieved. - Develop reports, trackers, or assessment tools to ensure compliance, as needed. - Manage departmental contracting processes, including site and sponsor contracts. - Work with American Heart Association legal department to establish and negotiate contract terms for hospitals, practices, sponsors, etc. - Monitor and track process of associated statuses and documents. - Utilize vendor and/or American Heart Association systems (e.g., E1, Optimus, iEnvision, etc.) efficiently and competently to process invoices, contracts, requisitions, and expenses. - Support Senior Manager of Operations to establish budget tracking and reporting across multiple restricted and unrestricted budgets between $50 - 100 million. - Develop, prepare, and distribute monthly reports on variances to project requirements for leadership. - Analyze financial activities from purchasing, contract terms, and vendor invoices against budget. - Provide reconciliation, mentorship, and recommendations. - Act as lead in program budget preparation and facilitation including communicating procedures, distributing, and completing budget templates, training, and overseeing modifications or revisions. - Coordinate with the leadership team for preparation and submission to funding organization or related controls. - Prepare and manage recurring reports to track related fiscal and legal activities. Qualifications - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience, Master’s Degree preferred. - 3 years of relevant work experience. - Comprehensive experience applying the principles and practices of accounting, financial analysis, budget analysis, and general business administration. - Experience in grant project management, preferably in healthcare space, including clinical trials. - Extensive knowledge of budgeting, financial and reporting processes for service agreements and/or grants. - Proficient in large-scale purchasing, budget projection and planning, variance analysis, and reconciliation requirements. - Ability to analyze financial data and interpret into narrative form. - Excellent in oral and written communications. - Ability to communicate with all levels of American Heart Association staff. - Ability to communicate with technology and non-technology staff. - Ability to concurrently manage multiple projects and reprioritize ongoing work. Preferred Work Experience - 3 years of experience with developing and managing process (and process change) documentation. - 3 years of experience working in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment. - Excels in working against deadlines to provide end product. Compensation & Benefits - The expected pay range will be $70,000 to $85,000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. - Performance and Recognition: You are rewarded for achieving success through annual salary planning and incentive programs; eligibility for an incentive program is based on the type of position. - Benefits: We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. - Professional Development: You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. - Work-Life Harmonization: The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees, increasing based on seniority level, along with 12 paid holidays off each year. - Tuition Assistance: We support the career development of all employees with financial assistance for further education and career development.

• Daily execution of specialized expertise and depth of technical knowledge in operations • Interpretation of procedures to resolving problems, with mindfulness to how each step and team member contribute to the overall operational execution • Maintain and respond with urgency to all incoming requests of applications operations and end user customers for field assistance

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• Oversight of planning, drafting, negotiating, tracking, and execution of site/investigator contracts which may be subcontracted to an external service provider or managed internally • Ensures final contracts are delivered to agreed timelines, within Fair Market Value & in compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements. • Provide study-level oversight and guidance for clinical site contract negotiations, identify any potential risks, and be accountable for the overall contracting timelines/lifecycle in various regions. • Serve as the study-specific point of contact with the BeiGene Clinical Operations team and legal team on-site/investigator contract and budget matters. • Oversee a team of Site Contract Associates or equivalent at a Project level to ensure contracts in the region are completed per company standards/timelines. • Implement mitigation plans as necessary in the assigned region. • Serve as an escalation point for unresponsive sites, site budget negotiations and ensure costs are approved within BeiGene FMV standards. • Adapts CBO’s plan and priorities to address resource and operational challenges • Training and mentoring of new members of the local Contracts Team regarding financial/contractual issues and sharing experiences. • Contribute to process improvements, knowledge transfer and best practice sharing. • Ensure all agreements are executed in a timely manner, contributing to efficient site start-up timelines. • Organizes and prioritizes multiple initiatives and sets clear plans for delivery • Effectively escalate/communicate to stakeholders and clinical teams in a professional and timely manner regarding contract issues that could impact project deliverables. • Responsible for management and administration of contracts and ensures compliance with corporate policies. • Serve as a backup to Site Contract Associates, as needed to handle out-of-office coverage. • Ensure proper delivery of fully executed clinical site contracts to CBO Payments teams and liaison with CBO payments team, as necessary. • Provide substantive guidance, monitoring, and support regarding clinical site contract deliverables, including undertaking activities identified in the CBO Roles/Responsibilities and/or Study Management Plan. • Review, apply, and maintain BeiGene Playbook to enhance the efficiency of negotiation in conjunction with BeiGene Legal. • Responsible for overseeing a Clinical Research Organization responsible for contract negotiations (if applicable). • Responsible for clinical contract management, study metric tracking and reporting. • Active participant in various study meetings. • Prepare program/study status reports. • Maintains a system for tracking progress and status of clinical budget/contracts. • Support activities of various contracts and subsequent contract amendments note to files and other contract-related requests. • Assist colleagues with the resolution of problems related to site budget, contract terms and conditions, compliance with BeiGene policy, and any other site contract-related issues. • Deliver training to CBO colleagues or other Business Units as needed. • Serve as a point of escalation for sites that are unresponsive or slow to negotiate. • Create and develop effective contract templates and tools • Performs other duties as assigned by management.