Clinical Procurement Consultant

The Planet Group
Pleasanton, CA

Job Title: Clinical Procurement Consultant

Duration: 03 months

Location: Pleasanton, CA 94588

Hours: 7am-7pm (needing flexibility) 8 hr shift

Hybrid Schedule: Tuesday & Friday anchor days


Qualifications:

  • Experience
  • 2–3 years of experience in clinical trial budgeting, clinical procurement, or related roles
  • Hands-on experience with clinical site budgets and data clean-up
  • Clinical Knowledge
  • Strong understanding of clinical trial terminology
  • Familiarity with Site Payment Schedules and Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs)
  • Procurement & Finance
  • Experience with clinical sourcing, cost benchmarking, or financial analysis
  • Exposure to diagnostics, pharma, or life sciences industry preferred
  • Technical Skills
  • Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, Data Validation, data manipulation)
  • Experience with Tableau or similar data visualization tools
  • Ability to work with proprietary/internal systems
  • Compliance & Accuracy
  • Understanding of regulatory requirements for investigator payments and financial transparency
  • Strong attention to detail with an audit-ready mindset?
  • Self-directed and comfortable working with minimal supervision
  • Highly detail-oriented with a quality-first approach to data
  • Strong problem-solving skills for handling ambiguous or incomplete datasets
  • Adaptable and quick to learn new systems and processes


Responsibilities:

  • Data Harmonization
  • Review, cleanse, and standardize unstructured clinical trial budget data
  • Ensure consistency across global studies, vendors, and trial phases
  • FMV Alignment & Analysis
  • Align site budget line items with Fair Market Value (FMV) benchmarks
  • Identify discrepancies and ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards
  • System Integration
  • Map legacy and unstructured data into internal tools and databases
  • Resolve inconsistencies in terminology, categorization, and cost structures
  • Process Documentation
  • Develop and maintain clear documentation, workflows, and “Source of Truth” frameworks
  • Support long-term data quality and repeatable budgeting processes
  • Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Partner with Clinical Operations and Clinical eSolutions teams
  • Validate cost assumptions, procurement benchmarks, and data accuracy

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