Senior CRA – Global Clinical Trials & Mentorship

IQVIA Inc; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking a Senior CRA to join its Clinical Functional Service Partnership (CFSP) team. The role involves site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits across sponsors, ensuring patient safety, data integrity, and protocol adherence.

You will build strong relationships with investigators, support recruitment strategies, and maintain inspection-ready documentation. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of on-site monitoring in CRO/pharma, solid GCP/ICH knowledge, and the

Qualifications

• University degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, or related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years on-site monitoring experience in CRO/pharma environments.
• Strong knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Preferrable experience in sponsor-dedicated 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 across cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel within the assigned region (up to 40-60%).

Responsibilities

• Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits per study protocols, GCP/ICH and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure sites maintain patient safety, data integrity, protocol compliance and study quality.
• Build and maintain relationships with investigators and site personnel; provide guidance and support.
• Monitor study progress including regulatory docs, recruitment, data queries, and site performance metrics.
• Collaborate with sites to optimize patient recruitment and retention to support timelines.
• Maintain inspection-ready study documentation (ISF, TMF, monitoring reports).
• Identify, assess, and escalate study risks, site issues, and quality concerns; drive timely resolution.
• Partner with cross-functional study teams to support execution and delivery of objectives.
• Mentor junior team members through coaching and co-monitoring activities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and support start-up, maintenance, close-out, and site finance activities.

Skills

GCP & ICH knowledge

On-site monitoring

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

University degree in Life Sciences or related field

Job description

IQVIA is seeking a Senior CRA to join its Clinical Functional Service Partnership (CFSP) team. The role involves site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits across sponsors, ensuring patient safety, data integrity, and protocol adherence.

You will build strong relationships with investigators, support recruitment strategies, and maintain inspection-ready documentation. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of on-site monitoring in CRO/pharma, solid GCP/ICH knowledge, and the