Join Our Team and Drive Clinical Research Success!
At Fortrea, we are committed to accelerating clinical trials and ensuring regulatory compliance. As a Site Start-Up Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating site start-up activities, managing essential documents, and ensuring regulatory submissions are completed efficiently. Your expertise will help bring life-changing treatments to patients faster.
In this role, you will be part of our FSPx team and work directly with one of our renowned key sponsor to advance the development of innovative, life-changing medications.
This is full time, permanent and home based position.
Preferred Candidate Profile:
Fluency in both Swedish and Finnish, or able to support start-up activities across Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role, you will:
Serve as the primary contact for investigative sites during start-up and maintenance activities.
Collect, review, and organize essential documents required for regulatory submissions (EC/IRB/Third Body/Regulatory Authority).
Ensure compliance with ICH/GCP guidelines, regulatory requirements, and sponsor specifications.
Prepare and submit regulatory documents, including country-specific application forms and informed consent forms.
Track submission timelines and proactively address potential delays.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, clinical teams, and regulatory authorities.
Ensure all documentation is audit-ready and systems are consistently updated.
Assist in the negotiation of site contracts and budgets, if applicable.
Provide mentorship and training to new hires and less-experienced colleagues.
Required Qualifications:
To succeed in this role, you should have:
University/College degree (life sciences preferred) or certification in a related allied health profession.
Minimum 2 years of experience in clinical research, regulatory submissions, or site activation.
Strong knowledge of ICH/GCP guidelines, RA, IRB/IEC regulations, and start-up processes.
Ability to review and adapt patient informed consent forms to meet local and protocol-specific requirements.
Experience interacting with regulatory authorities and site start-up teams.
Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and document management systems.
Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent experience in lieu of educational requirements.
Fluency in local language and English.
What We Offer:
Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
Flexible work arrangements (remote/hybrid options).
Professional growth opportunities in a collaborative and innovative environment.
The opportunity to work on cutting-edge clinical research projects.
Ready to Make an Impact?
Join us in shaping the future of clinical research. Apply today!
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis—don’t miss this opportunity!
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Skills Required
- University or college degree, preferably in life sciences, or certification in a related allied health profession
- Minimum 2 years of experience in clinical research, regulatory submissions, or site activation
- Strong knowledge of ICH/GCP guidelines, regulatory authority requirements, IRB/IEC regulations, and site start-up processes
- Ability to review and adapt patient informed consent forms for local and protocol-specific requirements
- Experience interacting with regulatory authorities and site start-up teams
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and document management systems
- Fluency in English and the relevant local language
- Fluency in both Swedish and Finnish, or ability to support start-up activities across Finland, Sweden, and Norway
- Relevant equivalent experience may substitute for educational requirements
What We Do
Fortrea (Nasdaq: FTRE) is a leading global provider of clinical development and patient access solutions to the life sciences industry. We partner with emerging and large biopharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostic companies to drive healthcare innovation that accelerates life changing therapies to patients in need. Fortrea provides phase I-IV clinical trial management, clinical pharmacology, differentiated technology-enabled trial solutions and post-approval services. Fortrea’s solutions leverage three decades of experience spanning more than 20 therapeutic areas, a passion for scientific rigor, exceptional insights and a strong investigator site network. Our talented and diverse team working in more than 90 countries is scaled to deliver focused and agile solutions to customers globally. Learn more about how Fortrea is becoming a transformative force from pipeline to patient at Fortrea.com.
