Research Operations Specialist - Contracts, Vendors & Spend

Maleda Tech • Remote, US • published 2026-09-22 10:42:51.284709

Description

**About the Role** We're looking for an experienced Research Operations Specialist to own the contracts, vendor relationships, and spending behind a research team of roughly sixty researchers and a portfolio of about fifty active research agencies and research tool vendors. In this hands\-on individual contributor role, you'll: * guide contracts from project request through signed agreement, * serve as the team's go\-to partner for Finance on budgets and forecasts, * give researchers clear visibility into where their projects stand. You'll join a small research operations team with real room to streamline how work gets done, including through the use of AI tools. **Key Responsibilities** * Execute contracts end to end: once a researcher raises a project, guide it through scoping, statement of work, approvals, and kickoff. * Represent researchers in scoping and negotiation. Translate study needs into clear commercial terms and make confident calls that limit unnecessary back\-and\-forth. * Partner closely with Finance and research leads on budgeting and forecasting so leads know how they're tracking against budget throughout the year. This includes spend tracking, quarterly forecast...

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