ICON plc

Senior Clinical Research Associate

ICON plc$110K — $138K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or equivalent, or a qualified RN
  • Minimum 3 years of on-site monitoring experience in pharmaceutical or CRO industry
  • Experience across multiple therapeutic areas
  • Proficient in ICH-GCP and local regulatory requirements
  • Skilled in clinical systems such as CTMS and eTMF
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% for visits across the Southeast region.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the main contact between investigational sites and the sponsor
  • Conduct site visits including selection, initiation, monitoring, and close-out
  • Ensure compliance with ICH-GCP, SOPs, and regulations at sites
  • Maintain accurate documentation in CTMS and eTMF systems
  • Support site staff training and maintain compliance records
  • Monitor patient safety with timely AE/SAE/PQC reporting
  • Assist in tracking site budgets and ensuring timely payments.

Benefits

  • Various annual leave entitlements
  • Range of health insurance offerings for employees and their families
  • Competitive retirement planning options
  • Access to the Global Employee Assistance Programme, providing 24-hour support
  • Life assurance coverage
  • Flexible benefits including childcare vouchers, gym memberships, and health assessments.
Full Job Description
Senior Clinical Research Associate - Cross Therapeutic Area - West Region

What You Will Be Doing:
  • Serve as the primary point of contact between investigational sites and the sponsor
  • Conduct all types of site visits, including selection, initiation, routine monitoring, and close-out
  • Ensure site compliance with ICH-GCP, SOPs, and regulations
  • Maintain up-to-date documentation in CTMS and eTMF systems
  • Support and track site staff training and maintain compliance records
  • Monitor patient safety, ensuring timely and accurate AE/SAE/PQC reporting
  • Support subject recruitment and retention efforts at the site level
  • Oversee drug accountability and ensure proper storage, return, or destruction
  • Resolve data queries and drive timely, high-quality data entry
  • Document site progress and escalate risks or issues to the clinical team
  • Assist in tracking site budgets and ensuring timely site payments (as applicable)
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners including CTAs, LTMs, and CTMs


You are:
  • A graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or equivalent, or a qualified RN
  • Eligible to work in United States without visa sponsorship
  • A clinical research professional with 3+ years of on-site monitoring experience in the pharmaceutical or CRO industry
  • Experienced across multiple therapeutic areas
  • Proficient in ICH-GCP, local regulatory requirements, and clinical systems like CTMS and eTMF
  • A clear communicator, problem-solver, and collaborative team player
  • Willing and able to travel up to 50% for on-site monitoring visits across southeast region; preference given to candidates residing in Seattle, Portland, Denver or Southern California near major HUB airports to support efficient regional travel


What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:
  • Various annual leave entitlements
  • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.
  • Life assurance
  • Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.


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

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there's every chance you're exactly what we're looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

Salary range: $110,520.00-$138,150.00

Bonus, Com, Stock, Benefits & Disclaimer verbiage: Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, education/training, and skill level. You may be eligible for a bonus, stock compensation and commissions in some cases depending on your role and performance.

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About ICON plc

ICON plc is a global provider of drug development and commercialisation services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company specialises in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development. ICON has approximately 15700 employees in 40 countries. The company was founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1990 and is headquartered in Leopardstown, Dublin. ICON has been publicly traded on the NASDAQ since 1998.
Learn more about ICON plc
Size
39,300 employees
Market Cap
$16.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$332.3 million
Founded
2017
5 Year Trend
+26.9%
Revenue
$2.7 billion
NASDAQ

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