Senior Clinical Research Associate

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3 Locations
In-Office or Remote
111K-138K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech • Pharmaceutical • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead onsite and remote monitoring for oncology clinical trials, ensuring data integrity, subject safety, TMF reconciliation, regulatory readiness, site activation, training, KRI monitoring, CAPA implementation, and site relationship management.
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Senior Clinical Research Associate - Oncology - New York

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.


As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.


Responsibilities: 

  • Perform site management activities to support the client's Oncology site success and maintain a continuous state of inspection readiness 

  • Act as the primary contact and facilitate efficient communications between the client's clinical trial team and the sites 

  • Perform remote and on-site monitoring/co-monitoring visits (Site Qualification Visits, Site Initiation Visits, Interim Monitoring Visits and Close-Out Visits) to ensure data integrity and subject safety in the client's trials 

  • May perform oversight activities to assess monitoring quality and train/mentor less experienced CRAs 

  • Promptly document monitoring activities and submit/approve visit reports  

  • Manage site essential document collection and TMF reconciliation with site files 

  • Support sites with local Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Ethics Committee (EC) submissions and confirm approvals 

  • Regularly review site Key Risk Indicator (KRI) metrics, issues and action items to detect trends and ensure prompt resolution 

  • Independently determine root causes and develop/implement site Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA) plans 

  • Deliver training to ensure sites comply with the protocol, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) and regulations 

  • Support sites and the client's regulatory inspections 

  • Contribute to site identification; drive site feasibility and qualification progress; and support site activation activities  

  • Lead site engagement initiatives and foster relationships with key Oncology sites and networks  

Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree (scientific field preferred) 

  • 5+ years monitoring clinical trials independently conducting on-site and remote monitoring visits. Atleast 2 years monitoring solid tumor clinical trials.

  • 1+ years early development trial experience  

  • Solid tumor clinical trial experience is required

  • Experience utilizing Veeva systems is highly preferred 

  • Demonstrated experience developing/maintaining site relationships and securing compliance 

  • Expertise in GxPs and Oncology monitoring techniques (including Risk-Based Monitoring) and terminology 

  • Experience collaborating with sites from initial engagement through close-out phases 

  • Experience activating sites 

  • Experience training site staff 

  • Experience supporting sites and/or sponsors in regulatory inspections 

  • Experience working within a Functional Services (or in-house) monitoring model is preferred 

  • Willing to travel up to 50% 


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.


Inclusion and Accessibility

ICON is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.


If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know or submit a request here.

Salary Range

$110,520.00-$138,150.00

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree (scientific field preferred)
  • 5+ years monitoring clinical trials independently conducting on-site and remote monitoring visits
  • At least 2 years monitoring solid tumor clinical trials
  • 1+ years early development trial experience
  • Solid tumor clinical trial experience
  • Experience utilizing Veeva systems
  • Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining site relationships and securing compliance
  • Expertise in GxPs and Oncology monitoring techniques (including Risk-Based Monitoring) and terminology
  • Experience collaborating with sites from initial engagement through close-out phases
  • Experience activating sites
  • Experience training site staff
  • Experience supporting sites and/or sponsors in regulatory inspections
  • Experience working within a Functional Services (or in-house) monitoring model
  • Willingness to travel up to 50%
  • Legal right to work in the country where the role is based

ICON plc Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ICON plc and has not been reviewed or approved by ICON plc.

  • Healthcare Strength Benefits are described as comprehensive, with medical coverage and wellness initiatives highlighted. Larger sites are also associated with added wellness supports such as onsite fitness options and access to an employee assistance program.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off and flexibility provisions are positioned as a meaningful part of the total package, including vacation/annual leave and flexible work scheduling. Flexibility is sometimes cited as helping offset long hours in certain roles.
  • Retirement Support Retirement and savings support is presented as a core component of the benefits package, including offerings such as pension arrangements in some locations and a U.S. 401(k) plan with company match. Financial planning resources are also emphasized as part of broader security benefits.

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The Company
HQ: Dublin
34,685 Employees
Year Founded: 1990

What We Do

Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. We do this by delivering best in class information, solutions and performance, with an unyielding focus on quality at all times. We offer a full range of consulting, development and commercialisation services from a global network of offices in 53 countries. We focus our innovation on the factors that are critical to our clients – reducing time to market, reducing cost, and increasing quality – and our global team of experts has extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas.

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