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The Clinical Research Associate (CRA) will be a member of the client’s Monitoring team and provide monitoring expertise to individual clinical trials and/or programs.
Key Accountabilities
Oversight of activities
- Conduct and provide support for in-house and outsourced clinical site monitoring activities to ensure adherence to Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and study protocols
- Collaborate with study teams during start-up/feasibility and conduct site identification and assessment tasks.
- Identify root causes and proactively escalate and resolve CRA and site performance issues through collaboration with stakeholders
- Provide Monitoring expertise, mentoring and training to less experienced team members as required
- Build positive working relationships and proactively seek feedback from site teams (e.g., Principal Investigators, Study Coordinators, Pharmacists, Site Administration)
- Partner with study teams and sites in conducting site outreach activities, including patient recruitment and retention strategies
- Provide input and lead cross-functional teams through the process to determine monitoring strategy (risk-based monitoring) for studies as required
- Use regional knowledge to localize study processes and documents where possible
- Represent Monitoring at Investigator Meetings as required
- Perform other tasks as required
Collaborative relationships
- Collaborates effectively with study teams and stakeholders to conduct site assessments, identify performance issues, and implement solutions that align with project goals and operational efficiency.
Skills:
- Ability to travel domestically
- Demonstrates ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Proficiency with MS Office 365 (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong organizational abilities
Knowledge and Experience:
- Relevant clinical research experience (i.e., biotechnology, pharmaceutical, Contract Research Organization (CRO), medical device)
- Demonstrates working knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines and FDA regulations
- Experience in Oncology preferred
- 5+ years of relevant monitoring experience
Education:
- BA/BS, nursing degree, or advanced degree. Degree in the life sciences preferred
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of relevant clinical monitoring experience
- Relevant clinical research experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, CRO, or medical device settings
- Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, ICH guidelines, and FDA regulations
- Ability to travel domestically
- BA/BS, nursing degree, or advanced degree
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong organizational abilities
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Experience in oncology
- Degree in the life sciences
Parexel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parexel and has not been reviewed or approved by Parexel.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA options, and company-paid disability insurance. Descriptions often portray the package as strong or “top notch,” adding meaningful value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and, in some regions, generous pension contributions. Core financial protections are emphasized as a solid part of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include ample PTO or flexible/unlimited RTO alongside flexible schedules and remote/hybrid options. Work-life balance support from managers is highlighted as a practical advantage.
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What We Do
Parexel is among the world’s largest clinical research organizations (CROs), providing the full range of Phase I to IV clinical development services to help life-saving treatments reach patients faster. Leveraging the breadth of our clinical, regulatory and therapeutic expertise, our team of more than 21,000 global professionals collaborates with biopharmaceutical leaders, emerging innovators and sites to design and deliver clinical trials with patients in mind, increasing access and participation to make clinical research a care option for anyone, anywhere. Our depth of industry knowledge and strong track record gained over the past 40 years is moving the industry forward and advancing clinical research in healthcare’s most complex areas, while our innovation ecosystem offers the best solutions to make every phase of the clinical trial process more efficient. With the people, insight and focus on operational excellence, we work With HeartTM every day to treat patients with dignity and continuously learn from their experiences, so every trial makes a difference. For more information, visit parexel.com. Community Guidelines Because Parexel’s social media channels are open to the general public and employees, we are not responsible for views expressed other than our own. However, we do not tolerate posts that are: • Abusive, harassing or threatening to others. • Defamatory, offensive, obscene, vulgar or depicting violence. • Hateful targeting by race/ethnicity, age, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual preference or orientation, nationality or political beliefs. • Sexually explicit or pornographic. • Fraudulent, deceptive, libelous, misleading or unlawful. • Referencing criminal or illegal activity. • Spamming. We reserve the right to remove any comments that do not adhere to our guidelines as well as report users who violate the rules of our page.
