Senior Clinical Research Associate

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Senior Clinical Research Associate advancing AbbVie’s oncology clinical trials at AbbVie. Monitoring sites, protecting data integrity, ensuring compliance, and mentoring junior CRAs.

Responsibilities:

  • Advance AbbVie’s oncology clinical research pipeline and support innovative medicines and solutions
  • Partner with study teams, internal R&D stakeholders, investigators, and site staff
  • Serve as the primary sponsor point of contact for investigative sites
  • Align, train, and motivate site staff and principal investigators on trial goals, protocols, and patient-treatment principles
  • Support, guide, and mentor junior personnel and CRAs on site-management activities
  • Conduct site evaluation, site training, routine onsite/offsite monitoring, and site-closure monitoring
  • Ensure compliance with protocols, monitoring plans, regulations, GCP, ICH Guidelines, SOPs, and quality standards
  • Develop and customize site-engagement strategies; gather site insights and track strategy impact
  • Develop recruitment and retention techniques based on the patient disease journey
  • Participate in or lead global/local task forces and initiatives
  • Conduct continuous risk assessment with the Central Monitoring team and address site risk signals
  • Implement preventative and corrective action plans to mitigate risk and promote compliance
  • Identify, evaluate, and recommend potential investigators and sites
  • Ensure quality and timely submission of site data and safety-event reporting
  • Maintain audit and regulatory inspection readiness at assigned sites
  • Manage investigator payments according to executed contract obligations, as applicable

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 3 years of clinically related experience
  • Preferably 2 years of independent clinical research monitoring experience for investigational drug or device trials
  • Appropriate tertiary qualification in a health-related discipline (e.g., Medical, Scientific, Pharmacy, Nursing) preferred
  • Familiarity with risk-based monitoring and onsite/offsite monitoring
  • Knowledge of therapeutic-area indications and scientific concepts relevant to clinical trials
  • Superior knowledge of local regulatory and legal requirements, ICH/GCP Guidelines, and applicable policies
  • Advanced communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Superior planning and organizational skills; ability to manage competing projects and deadlines
  • Ability to leverage technology, tools, and resources for customer-centric site support
  • Superior interpersonal, written, verbal, active listening, and presentation skills
  • Ability to independently address clinical site issues using functional expertise, critical thinking, and judgment
  • Integrity consistent with AbbVie’s code of business conduct and leadership values
  • Self-motivated and focused on timely, quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment

Benefits:

  • Employees can work remotely
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Commitment to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving the community