With over a century of experience, we have been developing medicines and vaccines for some of the world's most challenging diseases. As a leading global pharmaceutical company, we are dedicated to advancing health solutions and improving the prevention and treatment of diseases for people and animals worldwide.
Senior Clinical Research Associate – Early Stage Development
Location
Florida + 1 moreAll locations: Florida | New Jersey
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$129K - $203.1K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Clinical Research Associate – Early Stage Development
MSD
• The role is accountable for performance and compliance for assigned protocols and sites in a country. • Under the oversight of the CRA-Manager or CRD, the person ensures compliance of study conduct with ICH/GCP and country regulations, our company's policies and procedures, quality standards and adverse event reporting requirements internally and externally. • Acts as primary site contact and site manager throughout all phases of a clinical research study, taking overall responsibility of allocated sites. • Actively develops and expands the territory for clinical research, finding and developing new sites. • Participates in internal meetings and workstreams as SME for monitoring processes and systems. • Develops strong site relationships and ensures continuity of site relationships through all phases of the trial. • Performs clinical study site management/monitoring activities in compliance with ICH-GCP, Sponsor SOPs, Local Laws & Regulations, Protocol, Site Monitoring Plan and associated documents. • Gains an in-depth understanding of the study protocol and related procedures. • Coordinates & manages various tasks in collaboration with other sponsor roles to achieve Site Ready. • Participates & provides inputs on site selection and validation activities. • Performs remote and on-site monitoring & oversight activities using various tools to ensure: • Data generated at site are complete, accurate and unbiased and subjects’ right, safety and well-being are protected. • Conducts site visits including but not limited to validation visits, initiation visits, monitoring visits, close-out visits and records clear, comprehensive and accurate visit & non-visit contact reports appropriately in a timely manner. • Collects, reviews, and monitors required regulatory documentation for study start-up, study maintenance and study close-out. • Communicates with Investigators and site staff on issues related to protocol conduct, recruitment, retention, protocol deviations, regulatory documentation, site audits/inspections and overall site performance. • Identifies, assesses and resolves site performance, quality or compliance problems and escalates per defined CRA Escalation Pathway as appropriate in collaboration with CRA-Manager, CRM, TA Head and CRD as needed. • Works in partnership internally with GCTO country operations, finance, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance, legal and regional operations, HQ functional areas and externally with vendors and IRB/IECs and Regulatory Authorities in support of assigned sites. • Manages and maintains information and documentation in CTMS, eTMF and various other systems as appropriate and per timelines. • Contributes strongly to CRA team knowledge by acting as process Subject Matter Expert (SME), sharing best practices, making recommendations for continuous improvement and providing training as appropriate/required. • Supports and/or leads audit/inspection activities as needed. Following the country strategy defined by CRD and CRA-Manager, contributes to the identification of new potential sites and works closely with them to develop strong clinical research capabilities. • Mentors / buddies junior CRAs on process/study requirements and performs co-monitoring visits where appropriate.
Job Requirements
- Early stage development experience required.
- Associate’s degree, certificate or equivalent in a scientific / healthcare discipline together with at least 7 years of relevant experience in the healthcare field, including at least 4 years of direct site management (monitoring) experience in bio / pharma / CRO. Early Stage Development experience required.
- Or Bachelor’s degree (or above) with at least 4 years of direct site management (monitoring) experience in a bio / pharma / CRO. Early Stage Development experience required.
- Fluent in Local Languages and English (verbal and written) and excellent communication skills, including the ability to understand and present technical information effectively.
- Excellent understanding and working knowledge of clinical research, phases of clinical trials, current GCP/ICH & country clinical research law & guidelines.
- Excellent understanding of Global, Country/Regional Clinical Research Guidelines and ability to work within these guidelines.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor/lead.
- Hands on knowledge of Good Documentation Practices.
- Proven Skills in Site Management including independent management of site performance and patient recruitment.
- Demonstrated high level of monitoring skill with independent professional judgment.
- Good IT skills (Use of MS office, use of various clinical IT applications on computer, tablet and mobile devices) and ability to adapt to new IT applications on various devices.
- Ability to understand and analyze data/metrics and act appropriately, also in a virtual environment.
- Experience with conducting site motivational visit designed to boost site enrollment.
- Capable of managing complex issues, works in a solution-oriented manner.
- Performs root cause analysis and implements preventative and corrective action.
- Capable of mentoring junior CRAs on process/study requirements and is able to perform co-monitoring visits where appropriate.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
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