Role Description Under the direction of management or an experienced Proposals lead, the Senior Proposals & Contracts (“P&C”) Specialist is responsible for the development of proposals and contracts for new and existing business, in consultation with the Sales Team. S/he gathers and provides increasingly complex information for proposals with oversight from P&C lead. The Senior P&C Specialist will lead proposals of increasing complexity with assistance as needed. Qualifications - Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (Science, Business, Clinical Research) required. - 5 – 7 years of Proposal/Contract experience in the clinical research industry, preferably with a Contract Research Organization (CRO), required. - Understanding of the functional relationship between CROs and Sponsors required. - Excellent interpersonal, communication and time management skills required, including strong detail orientation. - Ability to work creatively and multi-task in a fast-paced environment required. - Ability to learn quickly and assimilate the detail of project requirements required. - Comprehensive knowledge of relevant software (Word, Excel, Outlook) required, and proficient experience with Salesforce required. Requirements - Automated Decision Making: All applicants are reviewed by a member of the Veristat Talent Acquisition team; Veristat does not utilize an automated decision-making process. Benefits - Flexible, inclusive culture — 70% remote workforce, 66% women-led teams.

• Lead contract management across the acquisition lifecycle, including drafting, interpreting, negotiating, and administering Prime Contracts, Subcontracts, Non‑Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)/Proprietary Information Agreements (PIAs), and related agreements. • Provide contractual guidance, risk mitigation, and interpretation of rights, obligations, regulations, and policies to internal stakeholders while ensuring compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and corporate procedures. • Support proposal development by reviewing Requests for Proposal (RFPs), conducting front‑end assessments, managing cost volumes, coordinating with pricing/estimating, and preparing submission documents under tight deadlines. • Collaborate with Program Management, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Legal, and other cross‑functional partners to ensure aligned contract execution and business objectives. • Manage customer communications, contract changes, issue resolution, and flowdown of requirements, while professionally representing the company in negotiations and external interactions. • Analyze and negotiate terms and conditions, identify and manage contractual and business risks, and ensure compliant execution of contract scope across multiple contract types including Cost‑Plus‑Fixed‑Fee (CPFF), Cost‑Plus‑Incentive‑Fee (CPIF), Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF), Firm‑Fixed‑Price (FFP), and Level of Effort (CPFF-LOE & FFP‑LOE).

• Administers all contract management processes, including coordination with relevant protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreement documents at a project level. • May lead (with supervision) multi-country projects including negotiating and preparing contracts, budgets, and related documents for participation in industry-sponsored clinical trials. • Provides support to SSUL to agree on country template contract and budget. • Produces site-specific contracts from country template. • Provide support in submissions for proposed contract and budget for site. • Provides support in negotiating budget and contract with site via Site Contracts Service Centre and SSUL with Sponsor until resolution of issues. • Performs quality control and arranges execution of CTAs as well as archival of documents into repositories and capture of metadata. • Reviews contracts for completeness and accuracy, and ensures that corrections are appropriately made and documented. • Provides supports to business development and represents site contracts/Site Start-Up (SSU) at internal or customer meetings. • Work with Contract Managers and team members with the active project management of ongoing contract issues; performs follow-up on all outstanding contract issues. • Support in generating amended contract and/or budget documents as necessary, preparing contract management documentation for projects, and streamlining the contract/proposal or internal processes; and initiates and introduces creative ideas and solutions. • Works within the forecasted country/site contracting timelines, ensures they are complied with and tracks milestone progress in agreed upon SSU tracking system in real time. • Collaborates with internal and external legal, finance, and clinical operations departments, including communicating and explaining legal and budgetary issues. • Facilitates the execution of contracts by company signatories. • Maintains contract templates and site specific files and databases. • Trains and mentors less experienced staff members on departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ensures quality of team work products. • Maintains and updates training material for site contract team. • Acts as a communication liaison between site contracts staff and internal and external customers. • Provides functional guidance and keeps internal and external teams aware of all contract statuses or pending issues. • Prepares correspondence as necessary. • Monitors basic financial aspects of the project and the number of hours/tasks available per contract; escalates discrepancies in a timely fashion. • Reviews and complies with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) in a timely manner, keeps training records updated accordingly and ensures timesheet compliance.

• Administers all contract management processes, including coordination with relevant protocol, informed consent, institution, investigator, vendor, consultant, and customer agreement documents at a project level. • May lead (with supervision) multi-country projects including negotiating and preparing contracts, budgets, and related documents for participation in industry-sponsored clinical trials. • Provides support to SSUL to agree on country template contract and budget. • Produces site-specific contracts from country template. • Provide support in submissions for proposed contract and budget for site. • Provides support in negotiating budget and contract with site via Site Contracts Service Centre and SSUL with Sponsor until resolution of issues. • Performs quality control and arranges execution of CTAs as well as archival of documents into repositories and capture of metadata. • Reviews contracts for completeness and accuracy, and ensures that corrections are appropriately made and documented.