Senior Clinical Research Associate

Alira Health; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alira Health is seeking a permanent Senior CRA in The Netherlands or Belgium to lead clinical monitoring efforts across studies. The role focuses on guiding CRA teams, ensuring adherence to SOPs, timelines, and budgets, and coordinating cross-functional activity with sites and sponsor teams.

The candidate will review visit reports, conduct co-monitoring, manage monitoring plans, and ensure data integrity through source document verification in line with ICH-GCP and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in life sciences or related field required.
• Minimum 2 years clinical monitoring experience in EU; capable of autonomous monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and oversight to CRA team to ensure SOP, scope, timelines and budget adherence.
• Review monitoring visit reports and conduct co-monitoring and evaluations as needed.
• Coordinate site visits and ensure timely investigator site engagement and documentation.
• Manage monitoring plans, site ethics documents, and site contract negotiations as required.
• Prepare and review monitoring visit reports with accurate site issue documentation and action plans.

Skills

Clinical Monitoring

GCP Knowledge

Team Leadership

Cross-functional

Regulatory Knowledge

Education

BS Life Sciences

Tools

CTMS

eTMF

Job description

Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.

Job Description Summary

Alira Health is searching for a permanent Senior CRA in The Netherland or Belgium.

Job Description ROLE

The Sr CRA is an important member of the Alira Health Clinical team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides guidance, oversight, and feedback to the CRA team to ensure adherence to project scope, SOPs, timelines, and budget requirements.
• Reviews monitoring visit reports, conducts co-monitoring and evaluation visits as needed.
• Ensures appropriate and timely investigator site visits.
• Coordinates with appropriate cross-functional departments to facilitate negotiation/issue resolution for clinical trial monitoring related issues.
• Assists in development of study-specific Monitoring Plans and training presentations as required.
• Assists in set up/collection of site specific ethics documents and site contract negotiation as required.
• Provides monthly billing information to finance team as required.
• For monitoring stand-alone projects, manages study budget and acts as referent for the sponsor.
• Performs qualification, initiation, interim, and close-out visits both remotely and onsite, ensuring proper documentation of monitoring visits.
• Prepares consistently accurate and timely monitoring visit reports documenting site-related problems, resolutions, actions taken, protocol deviations, study progress, and enrollment status.
• Ensures integrity of CRF data through meticulous and thorough source document review and verification.
• Performs quality control and verification of documents collected at sites for eTMF/TMF.
• Conducts investigational product accountability.
• Reviews site regulatory binder for required documents.
• Maintains regular contact with study sites to ensure protocol/GCP compliance, assesses patient accrual rates, and responds to sponsor requests.
• Complies with and ensures team compliance with ICH GCP guidelines, FDA regulations, and company/Sponsor SOPs.
• Participates in internal, client/sponsor, scientific, and other meetings as required.
• Facilitates adverse event reporting and ensures the reconciliation of SAE reports with source documentation and CRFs.
• Works closely with in-house CRAs/CTC and data management to resolve queries on discrepant data.
• Proactively identifies site issues and develops problem-solving strategies for sites.
• Conducts audit preparation at study sites as needed.
• Works with other CRAs to maintain consistency and promote a collaborative team atmosphere.
• Participates in internal, client/sponsor, scientific, and other meetings as required.
• Assists in CRA new hire training and onboarding.
• Performs CRA mentoring.
• Collaborates with development and maintenance of Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS).
• Manages and resolves conflicting priorities to deliver on commitments.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

DESIRED QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

• US: BS/BA from an undergraduate program (life sciences or related discipline preferred).
• US: 3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical / biotechnology / CRO industry, 2 year of clinical monitoring experience with 1 year of management experience.
• EU: Minimum 2 years of clinical monitoring experience in the pharmaceutical / biotechnology / CRO industry and ability to autonomously manage monitoring activities.

Contract Type Regular

TECHNICAL COMPETENCES & SOFT SKILLS

• Quality focused; Proven ability to be careful, thorough, and detail-oriented.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to manage priorities, organize time and solve problems.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, meeting management, cross-functional team, and leadership skills.
• Ability to travel.
• Ability to manage stress.
• Professional, trustworthy and disciplined.
• Ability to problem-solve unstructured or ambiguous challenges.
• US: Strong command of English, both written and verbal EU: Strong command of Local language, both written and verbal, in the country where monitoring activities are performed.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with customer service orientation.
• Good computer skills, with ability to use clinical trial management systems, clinical trial databases and electronic data capture.
• Self-starter who thrives in a collaborative, yet less structured team environment.
• Knowledge of clinical research, ICH GCP and local regulations.
• Knowledge of Regulatory and Ethical requirements.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with Sponsor, Site and Project Team members.
• US: Permanent authorization to work in the U.S.
• EU (Italy): Certified Monitor in compliance with Italian CRO decree dated 15Nov2011.
• EU: Graduation in a scientific health field.
• EU: Adequate English Languages English Education Bachelor of Science (BS): Biology, Bachelor of Science (BS): Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science (BS): Life Sciences, Bachelor of Science (BS): Pharmacy.

Alira Health is a global advisory firm providing consulting and research and clinical development services whose mission is to humanize healthcare and life sciences, in partnership with patients, through innovative technologies and expert guidance. From development to medical care, we complement the expertise of our Pharma, Biotech, and MedTech clients with a full spectrum of services across their entire solutions lifecycle.

With offices around the world, Alira Health provides a vibrant and creative environment with benefits that include professional development, global travel, flexible work programs and more.

We welcome your passion and drive, talent and entrepreneurial spirit, sense of service and teamwork.

We are an integrated team of over 800 scientists, strategists, economists, clinicians, and biostatisticians representing over 30 nationalities. This broad global perspective and cultural richness has a direct impact on providing innovative solutions for our clients that lead to higher standards of care and an improved patient experience.

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