ICON plc

Senior Clinical Research Associate

ICON plc$110K — $138K *
US-Anywhere
+ 4 other locationsRemote
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in clinical, science, or health-related field; licensed healthcare professional (e.g., RN) preferred.
  • 5+ years of clinical monitoring experience as a Senior Clinical Research Associate required.
  • Must possess knowledge of ICH and local regulatory authority regulations regarding drug development.
  • Oncology Phase II/III monitoring experience is essential.
  • Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.

Responsibilities

  • Implement and monitor clinical trials to ensure compliance with sponsor and regulatory requirements.
  • Assess the qualification of potential investigative sites and initiate clinical trials at these sites.
  • Conduct site startup activities, including regulatory document collection and IRB/IEC submission support.
  • Review and verify the accuracy of clinical trial data collected on-site or remotely.
  • Communicate with investigative sites while providing regular status information to team members.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement and pension plans available.
  • Life assurance and disability coverage offered.
  • Access to employee assistance programs and wellbeing resources.
  • Opportunities for learning and development through structured training and career pathways.
Full Job Description
Senior Clinical Research Associate - Oncology - Midwest

What you will be doing:

  • Implements and monitors clinical trials to ensure sponsor and investigator obligations are being met and are compliant with applicable local regulatory requirements and Internation Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. 

  • Assesses the qualification of potential investigative sites, initiates clinical trials at investigative sites, instructs site personnel on the proper conduct of clinical trials, and closes clinical trials at investigative sites. 

  • Responsible for site startup activities for assigned sites, including but not limited to regulatory documents collection, informed consent review, IRB/IEC submission support, and budgets and contracts negotiations. 

  • Reviews and verifies accuracy of clinical trial data collected, either onsite or remotely

  • Provides regular site status information to team members, trial management, and updates trial management tools.

  • Completes monitoring activity documents as required by sponsor's SOPs.

  • Works closely with other clinical team members to facilitate timely resolution of trial and/or clinical issues.

  • Escalates site and trial related issues per Sponsor's SOPs until identified issues are resolved or closed.

  • Performs essential document site file reconciliation. 

  • Performs source document verification and query resolution. 

  • Assesses investigational product (IP) accountability, dispensation, and compliance at the investigative sites. 

  • Verifies serious adverse event (SAE) reporting according to trial specifications and ICH GCP guidelines.

  • Communicates with investigative sites.

  • Updates applicable tracking systems

  • Ensures all required training is completed and documented. 

  • Functions with little oversight (Sr level) 

  • May serve as a subject matter expert for clinical operations on monitoring related activities (Sr level)

  • May be assigned to complex studies and/or sites.

  • Provides leadership skills to assigned projects within the clinical operations department.

What you need to have:

  • Highly responsive and proactive, team player

  • An undergraduate degree or it’s equivalent in clinical, science, or health related field from an accredited institution; a licensed health care professional (i.e. registered nurse) or equivalent work experience required.

  • 5+ years clinical monitoring experience required (Sr CRA)

  • Knowledge of ICH and local regulatory authority regulations regarding drug

  • Read, write and speak fluent English.

  • Oncology Phase II/III monitoring experience required

  • Serves as observation and performance visit leader.

  • Experience doing feasibility/site selection/site start up required.

  • Budget negotiations experience preferred. 

  • May serve as a resource for and interact with other functional areas to resolve site issues and facilitate trial timelines.

  • May be assigned clinical tasks where advanced negotiating skills are required.

  • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status


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.


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Salary Range

$110,520.00-$138,150.00

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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
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