Senior Clinical Research Associate (level dependent on experience)

Ctifacts; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ctifacts is seeking a Senior Clinical Research Associate, home-based in Houston, TX, to oversee multiple protocols and monitor sites across studies. You will coordinate enrollment strategies, site visits, and regulatory activities while maintaining high-quality documentation and collaboration with the project team.

The role emphasizes a strong focus on training, support from experienced management, and a commitment to patient-centered research in a remote-capable environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in allied health fields such as nursing, pharmacy, or health/natural science.
• RN with Associate’s Degree or 3-year Nursing Diploma with at least 2 years of clinical nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages investigative site activity for multiple protocols and provides updates to Project Manager/sponsor.
• Creates and implements subject enrollment strategies for assigned sites.
• Conducts study site visits (pre-study, initiation, monitoring, close-out) and completes site visit deliverables.
• Ensures proper storage, dispensation, and accountability of all investigational products and materials.
• Maintains tracking records for sites including CRF retrieval and regulatory documents.
• Participates in development of CRFs and other study documents.

Skills

Site management

Enrollment strategy

Study site visits

Regulatory documentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in allied health

RN with Associate’s Degree or 3-year Nursing Diploma with 2+ years clinical nursing experience

Job description

Position:Senior Clinical Research Associate (level dependent on experience)

Location: Houston, TX

Job Id:CRA ongoing TX2

# of Openings:1

Senior Clinical Research Associate ( home based ) (level dependent on experience)

Job Purpose/Summary

To help support the unique job functions of our CRAs, we have a dedicated training department that offers ongoing therapeutic training sessions from our world-class medical directors, and an experienced and supportive management team that is there to offer continual guidance. Additionally, all CRAs are able keep their hotel points and airline miles and are offered a home office allowance.
Maintaining our company culture across all regions, and especially with our remote employees, is incredibly important to our overall success. To do so, we have weekly all-staff meetings in which each department can provide an update on a study or milestone that they have achieved. Each employee also has the opportunity join one of our CTI Cares committees that not only help support our culture, but also focus on our various philanthropic efforts.

What You'll Do

• Manages investigative site activity for multiple protocols / indications and provides ongoing updates of site status to Project Manager / sponsor.
• Creates and implements subject enrollment strategies for assigned investigative sites.
• Conducts study site visits (pre-study, initiation, monitoring, and close-out) and completes site visit deliverables within given timelines in the Monitoring Plan.
• Ensures proper storage, dispensation, and accountability of all investigational product(s) and trial-related material.
• Maintains tracking records for assigned sites including tracking of subject status, subject case report form (CRF) retrieval / source document review (SCV), regulatory documents, and investigational product.
• Participates in development of CRFs and other study related documents

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in allied health fields, such as nursing, pharmacy, or health / natural science, or
• RN with Associate’s Degree or 3-year Nursing Diploma with at least 2 years of clinical nursing experience

Why CTI?

• We support career progression – We believe in promoting from within and we have a structured mentoring program and program for recent graduates to provide the support employees need to move forward
• We value education and training – We provide tuition assistance, partner with universities and colleges to create programs in our field, and have a dedicated training department
• We value our people - We have never had a layoff in our three decade history and we guaranteed full pay for our employees during the COVID-19 shut-down regardless of the number of hours worked. We support a work-life balance and the importance of time with family by offering generous vacation time, a hybrid work from home schedule, and paid parental leave.
• Our culture is unparalleled – We've received multiple awards recognizing CTI as one of the best places to work in the greater Cincinnati area , as well as one of the top CROs in the industry
• We think globally and act locally – With employees across 60 countries, we have global reach but maintain culture and connections to the local communities in which we work. Our CTI Cares Committees are dedicated to ensuring the CTI culture and values translate around the world.
• We are looking toward the future – We have had a consistent double-digit growth rate over the last decade, invest in cutting-edge technology, and pride ourselves on our average annual retention rate of 95%, which is much higher than many other CROs
• Our work makes a difference – We focus our work on treatments for chronically and critically-ill patients, who are depending on us to bring these life-changing therapies to market