Remote Clinical Trials Coordinator: Docs & Budgets

Merck; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 68,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ is seeking a Clinical Trial Coordinator to oversee trial and site administration, document management, budgeting, and regulatory support for site-start up and submissions. This role collaborates with COM, CRM, and CRA, and interacts with finance for CTRAs and payments.

The successful candidate will manage essential documents, update CTMS, prepare submission packages, track budgets, and support meetings, with a focus on timely site readiness and compliance.

Qualifications

• Completed job training (office management, administration, finance, health care preferred) or Bachelor’s Degree.
• Experience in clinical trial documentation and regulatory guidelines is preferred.
• Strong IT skills including MS Excel and Office; ability to adapt to new clinical IT applications.

Responsibilities

• Trial and site administration: track essential documents, report safety, collate/distribute study tools, update CTMS and trackers.
• Document management: prepare, ship, archive clinical documents, eTMF reconciliation, QA, and translations.
• Regulatory & Site Start-Up: assist with submissions, collect forms, track insurance certificates, support IRB/Regulatory submissions.
• Budgeting, Agreement and Payments: manage country/site budgets, CTRAs, contract tracking, payments, and compliance.
• Meeting Planning: organize local investigator meetings, invitations, materials, and venue support.

Skills

Clinical Document Management

Clinical Research

Clinical Trial Documentation

Clinical Trial Management

Clinical Trials Monitoring

Clinical Trials Operations

Clinical Trial Support

Customer-Focused

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

CTMS

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Communication

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ is seeking a Clinical Trial Coordinator to oversee trial and site administration, document management, budgeting, and regulatory support for site-start up and submissions. This role collaborates with COM, CRM, and CRA, and interacts with finance for CTRAs and payments.

The successful candidate will manage essential documents, update CTMS, prepare submission packages, track budgets, and support meetings, with a focus on timely site readiness and compliance.