Clinical Trial Liaison / Clinical Research Lead

Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc • $90K — $120K *
Orlando, FL 32828In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in scientific, clinical, or health-related fields preferred
  • At least 5 years of clinical research or pharmaceutical experience
  • Experience working directly with healthcare professionals and clinical sites
  • Oncology experience required; Breast/Gyn experience preferred
  • Willingness to travel 60-80% during peak times

Responsibilities

  • Engage with investigators from identification to study closeout
  • Act as a scientific ambassador to ensure understanding of the protocol
  • Build strategic relationships with investigators across trials
  • Influence enrollment through tailored recruitment strategies
  • Identify new patient opportunities to boost enrollment
  • Capture insights to enhance feasibility and protocol design
  • Lead risk planning for predictable enrollment and data delivery
  • Use performance metrics to address issues before they escalate

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards package for health and wellbeing
  • Health programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement and pension plans available
  • Life assurance and disability coverage included
  • Employee assistance and wellbeing resources offered
  • Structured training and career development opportunities
Full Job Description
Clinical Trial Liaison

Clinical Investigator Management
  • Accountable for the full spectrum of investigator engagement from identification and qualification through enrollment, and support database lock, and study closeout
  • Serve as a clinical trial scientific ambassador, ensuring investigators deeply understand protocol intent, scientific rationale, and patient eligibility requirements
  • Develop and sustain strategic, high-trust relationships with investigators that span trials and therapeutic areas
  • Influence enrollment by co-creating tailored recruitment strategies aligned with site capabilities, patient population realities, and study objectives
  • Proactively find opportunities to reach new patients, accelerate enrollment and increase impact at priority sites, including for example, novel site models, community-based research initiatives etc
  • Capture and elevate critical insights from sites to optimize feasibility, protocol design, and study conduct

Clinical Trial Management
  • Lead site-level strategy and risk planning to ensure strong and predictable enrollment and data delivery
  • Leverage performance metrics to anticipate issues, intervene decisively, and maintain momentum toward clinical milestones
  • Drive inspection readiness as a continuous discipline across sites
  • Collaborate across functions and with vendor partners to resolve operational barriers, ensuring delivery with speed and quality
  • Maintain advanced understanding of local treatment paradigms and standard of care to influence strategic country/site selection and protocol localization
  • Provide oversight and quality assurance for vendor monitoring, escalating risks proactively
  • Where applicable, lead end-to-end management of Post-Marketing Safety Studies in compliance with local regulations
  • Business Management and Engagement
  • Cultivate a portfolio of strategically aligned, high-impact investigators who consistently prioritize client trials
  • Enable an exceptional investigator experience by being a responsive, knowledgeable, and valued scientific partner
  • Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g., Medical, Clinical, Study Delivery) to align on trial and site priorities, troubleshooting challenges with urgency and creativity
  • Conduct data-informed site prospecting and prioritization, contributing to trial competitiveness and regional strategic execution
  • Maintain scientific fluency and therapeutic expertise to lead meaningful, solutions-focused discussions with site personnel
  • Act as a key liaison between field teams, vendors, and investigators, ensuring alignment, shared purpose, and continuous knowledge transfer
  • Partner closely with field team colleagues to elevate the investigator and site experience, ensuring seamless collaboration and improving enrollment outcomes and Investigator relationships


Your profile
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent; strong preference for scientific, clinical, or health-related fields
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in clinical research or pharmaceutical industry with experience directly interacting with or working with HCPs and clinical sites
  • Open to up to 60-80% travel during peak times (travel will vary)
  • Oncology experience required (Breast/Gyn experience preferred)
  • Location: OK AR LA MS AL FL


Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Rewards & Benefits

ICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.

Benefits may include:
  • Competitive base salary and performance related incentives
  • Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
  • Retirement and pension plans
  • Life assurance and disability coverage
  • Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
  • Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways


Benefits may vary depending on role and location.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

About Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc

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