Senior Clinical Research Associate

8 ore fa

Verona, Veneto, Italia Alira Health Tempo pieno
Overview

As a Senior Clinical Research Associate, you will independently conduct site monitoring for clinical trials and provide leadership to the CRA team to ensure quality and compliance. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional groups across the US and EU to address site questions, support recruitment, and train sites. The role blends hands-on monitoring with guidance on budgets, visits, and regulatory documentation, contributing to trial success in a fast-paced environment. This position offers impact in a global, collaborative culture that values courage, accountability, honesty, inclusivity, and elevating others.

Responsabilità
  • Provide guidance and oversight to the CRA team to ensure adherence to scope, SOPs, timelines, and budgets
  • Review monitoring visit reports and conduct co-monitoring and evaluation visits as needed
  • Coordinate with cross-functional departments for issue resolution in monitoring activities
  • Assist in development of study-specific Monitoring Plans and training materials
  • Support site ethics documents setup and site contract negotiations
  • Provide monthly billing information to finance
  • Manage study budget for monitoring stand-alone projects and act as sponsor referent
  • Perform qualification, initiation, interim, and close-out visits (remote and onsite) with proper documentation
  • Prepare accurate monitoring visit reports detailing site issues, resolutions, and progress
  • Ensure data integrity through source document verification and eTMF/TMF quality checks
  • Conduct investigational product accountability and review regulatory binders
  • Maintain site contact to ensure protocol/GCP compliance and patient accrual monitoring
  • Ensure compliance with ICH GCP, FDA regulations, and SOPs
  • Participate in meetings and training activities; mentor new CRAs and support onboarding
  • Collaborate on CTMS development and maintenance
  • Prioritize conflicting demands to meet commitments
  • Perform additional duties as assigned
Requisiti fondamentali
  • EU: ≥4 years of clinical monitoring experience in pharma/biotech/CRO
  • Ability to travel in Italy
  • Oncology experience
  • Strong command of English (written and verbal) and local language proficiency in country of monitoring
  • Permanent work authorization in the US; valid in EU Italy
  • Graduation in a scientific health field
  • Experience with regulatory/ethical requirements and ICH GCP
  • Quality-focused and detail-oriented
  • Strong organizational and multitasking abilities
  • Problem-solving under pressure
  • Clinical trial management systems (CTMS)
  • Electronic data capture (EDC)
  • eTMF/TMF document handling