Senior CRA

IQVIA; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking a Senior Clinical Research Associate (CRA) to join our Clinical Functional Service Partnership in the UK. You will conduct site visits, ensure data integrity, and maintain regulatory compliance across studies with sponsor teams, while mentoring junior staff.

The role requires on-site monitoring experience, strong GCP knowledge, and the ability to travel up to 40–60% of your time within the region. A Life Sciences degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• 4 years minimum on-site monitoring experience of clinical trials.
• Strong knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in CRO/pharma or healthcare environment preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits per protocol and regulatory standards.
• Ensure patient safety, data integrity and study quality at investigational sites.
• Build relationships with investigators and site personnel; provide guidance and training.
• Monitor progress, documents, recruitment, data queries, and site performance metrics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support study delivery and timelines.
• Mentor junior clinical team members through coaching and co-monitoring.
• Support study start-up, maintenance, and close-out activities and site financial tasks.

Skills

On-site monitoring

GCP knowledge

Stakeholder mgmt

Travel 40–60%

Education

Life Sciences degree

Job description

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.

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.

What you’ll bring

• University degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 4 years minimum on‑site monitoring experience of clinical trials within a CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare environment.

• Strong knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Preferrable experience in a sponsor‑dedicated or cFSP environment.

• Knowledge of patient recruitment and study start‑up activities is preferred.

• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively within cross‑functional teams.

• Willingness to travel within the assigned region (up to 40–60% of working time).

Please note

this position cannot offer visa sponsorship, candidates must hold right to work in UK & Ireland.

Build Your Future with IQVIA

As a Senior CRA at IQVIA, you’ll apply your clinical research expertise to drive meaningful outcomes for patients and sponsors around the world. You’ll work on innovative studies across a variety of therapeutic areas, collaborate with industry-leading professionals, and take on increasingly strategic responsibilities throughout the clinical trial lifecycle. With continuous professional development, global career opportunities, and a culture that values expertise and innovation, IQVIA provides the platform to elevate your career and make a lasting impact on healthcare.

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