Senior Clinical Research Associate - Sponsor-Focused

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

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