Job Description
The Costing Manager is a position that sits within the Costing Department, as part of the ECS group. The role is primarily charged with supporting the Costing Directors in the delivery of clinical study costings and will predominantly liaise with the Costing Directors on a daily basis. Interactions with other functional roles from Strategy and Planning, Therapeutic Area Business Units, Project Management Centre of Excellence, Client Services, Business Development, Global Site Services, Biometrics, Drug Safety and Global Regulatory Services will also be necessary in accomplishing the job. Responsibilities: Serves as a Costing Manager and support the costing department to ensure clear alignment of project costings to customized delivery strategy by performing but not limited to the following tasks: Review RFP scope and specs and initiate the costing process by initial update of the pricing tool and ensure that this is updated and accurate on an ongoing basis during the cost finalization process Review, update and adjust the initial system generated default budget independently or after feedback and direction from costing director/s and other stakeholders Attend all team meetings during the RFP process like but not limited to- risk assessment for RBQM, strategy, pricing specification, pricing delivery or challenge call, senior management call and bid defense preparation Lead and deliver the full proposal, ballpark, abbreviated response, letter and/or re-cost estimates by accomplishing the complete RFP process independently or by supporting the assigned Costing Director/s as per triage. Deliver individually or under supervision from the Costing Director and manage all delegated aspects of costing compilations for RFP responses and non-compete awarded projects If required create and deliver the customized monitoring strategy using the monitoring calculator. Finalize and apply to the costing and if required after review and finalization in consultation with costing direct
