# Budget Escalation Manager

Responsible for overseeing clinical trial budgets and leading negotiation activities on a global scale Hybrid in Zug, Switzerland Essential Functions Preparation, review, negotiation and management of clinical trial agreements with sites and sponsors Manage complex budget escalations and provide strategic solutions to support study timelines and financial objectives. Ensures tracking completion of all contractual documents for sites Establishes project timelines. Establishes and/or executes goals and objectives for team(s) as well as tracking and delivering on operational/financial performance. Responsible for the development of complex contracting strategies, coordination of investigator grants, as applicable and proposal text to support the proposal development process. Develop contract and budget templates and contracting systems, tools, processes, and training materials Qualifications Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred 5+ years' experience in pharmaceutical/biotech contract or clinical budget management Experience negotiating with vendors and CROs Strong knowledge of contract lifecycle management, including drafting, review, approval, and execution Ability to

- **Id**: 3696901
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/iqvia-budget-escalation-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Zug, Switzerland
- **Countries**: CH
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T18:18:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T16:23:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 11
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2329
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Laboratories, Health Data & Interoperability

## Company

- **Id**: 4918
- **Name**: IQVIA
- **Domain**: iqvia.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/iqvia>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 565
- **Ghost share**: 0.019
- **Stale share**: 0.782
- **Repost share**: 0.041
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 11

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T18:18:59Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 57
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 10
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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