Senior Clinical Research Associate - Sponsor dedicated - Belgium - Home based (m/w/d)

IQVIA Inc; Zaventem; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Mobile phone

Rewards and benefits package

Job summary

IQVIA Belgium is seeking a Senior Clinical Research Associate to support sponsor-dedicated programs, with home-based flexibility in Belgium. The role requires strong monitoring expertise, regulatory knowledge, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality study execution.

The position offers opportunities to work with leading pharmaceutical partners, gain development resources, and advance within IQVIA's global network while maintaining site relationships and patient

Qualifications

• University degree in scientific discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of independent, on-site monitoring experience as a CRA within a CRO or pharmaceutical environment.
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch, French, and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits in accordance with study protocols, GCP, ICH guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensure investigational sites maintain high standards of patient safety, data integrity, protocol compliance, and study quality.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with investigators and site personnel, providing ongoing guidance, training, and support throughout the study lifecycle.
• Monitor study progress, including regulatory documentation, patient recruitment and enrollment, data query resolution, and site performance metrics.
• Collaborate with sites to implement and optimize patient recruitment and retention strategies to support study timelines.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and inspection-ready study documentation, including ISF, TMF, monitoring reports, and follow-up communications.
• Identify, assess, and appropriately elevate study risks, site issues, and quality concerns while driving timely resolution.
• Partner closely with cross-functional study teams to support successful study execution and delivery of project objectives.
• Mentor and support junior clinical team members through coaching, training, and co-monitoring activities, as applicable.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support study start-up, maintenance, close-out, and site financial activities as required.

Skills

Clinical monitoring

On-site CRA

Cross-cultural comms

Regulatory knowledge

Education

University degree in scientific discipline

Job description

Senior Clinical Research Associate - Sponsor dedicated - Belgium - Home based

For candidates able to start before December 2026, a discretionary sign‑on bonus of up to 4,300 EUR may be offered, with the final amount confirmed at offer stage, subject to role level and relevant experience.

Why Join Clinical Functional Service Partnerships (CFSP)?

At IQVIA, our Clinical Functional Service Partnership (CFSP) model gives you the best of both worlds: the variety and sponsor‑level exposure of working as an embedded member of a leading pharmaceutical or biotechnology team, backed by the stability, global infrastructure, and career support of IQVIA. You'll develop deep, specialist expertise on a dedicated program, with the flexibility to expand across sponsors and therapeutic areas as your career progresses - and the security of a long‑term IQVIA career even as individual programs evolve.

Through our long‑standing partnerships with the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, you'll contribute to clinical research programs that bring innovative treatments to patients worldwide, working across all phases of development and a broad range of therapeutic areas, within a culture that supports flexibility, continuous learning, and wellbeing.

IQVIA Belgium are currently seeking motivated Senior Clinical Research Associate practitioner to join our unique and dynamic Sponsor dedicated model.

This is a role based in Belgium

Build Your Future with IQVIA

At IQVIA, you'll apply your clinical research expertise to drive meaningful outcomes for patients and sponsors around the world. As a Clinical Research Associate, you'll work across innovative studies and therapeutic areas, build your reputation with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners, and grow your skills through structured training, mentorship, and genuine global career pathways. If you're ready to take ownership of site relationships, sharpen your expertise, and help bring life‑changing treatments to patients worldwide, we'd love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close‑out visits in accordance with study protocols, GCP, ICH guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensure investigational sites maintain high standards of patient safety, data integrity, protocol compliance, and study quality.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with investigators and site personnel, providing ongoing guidance, training, and support throughout the study lifecycle.
• Monitor study progress, including regulatory documentation, patient recruitment and enrollment, data query resolution, and site performance metrics.
• Collaborate with sites to implement and optimize patient recruitment and retention strategies to support study timelines.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and inspection‑ready study documentation, including Investigator Site Files (ISF), Trial Master Files (TMF), monitoring reports, and follow‑up communications.
• Identify, assess, and appropriately elevate study risks, site issues, and quality concerns while driving timely resolution.
• Partner closely with cross‑functional study teams to support successful study execution and delivery of project objectives.
• Mentor and support junior clinical team members through coaching, training, and co‑monitoring activities, as applicable.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support study start‑up, maintenance, close‑out, and site financial activities as required.

Your Profile

• University degree in scientific discipline or health care
• Minimum of 3 years of independent, on‑site monitoring experience as a CRA within a CRO or pharmaceutical environment.
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch, French, and English, both written and spoken.
• Good knowledge of, and skill in applying, applicable clinical research regulatory requirements (i.e., Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines). Organizational and problem‑solving skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and cross‑cultural communication skills to build strong, trusted partnerships with Belgium site investigators and medical staff.
• A collaborative mindset to work effectively with cross‑functional global teams, project managers, and local study coordinators.

Why join us?

• Grow your career with access to development resources, training, and advancement opportunities
• Enjoy the flexibility and trust to balance your professional and personal commitments
• Expand your therapeutic knowledge through dedicated learning and development programs
• Be part of a successful global organization with an excellent reputation and supportive culture
• Benefit from a company car, mobile phone, and an attractive rewards and benefits package

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.