Senior Clinical Research Associate (West Coast based)

ERGOMED; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ergomed Group is hiring a Clinical Research Associate to conduct on-site or remote monitoring for phase 2/3 trials, ensuring sites remain qualified and compliant. You will assess facilities, staff, and processes, and mentor junior staff as needed.

You should have a life sciences degree, extensive monitoring experience, and full working proficiency in English. Travel nationally is required, and you will join a global team dedicated to safe, effective therapies for patients worldwide.

Qualifications

• Degree in Life Sciences or equivalent education/experience.
• Extensive on-site monitoring experience in phase 2/3 trials.
• Full working proficiency in English; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform on-site or remote monitoring visits (Pre-Study, Initiation, Interim, Close-Out).
• Verify investigator qualifications, resources, facilities, equipment, and staff.
• Train investigational site staff as necessary.
• Support regulatory submissions when applicable.
• Mentor/train new staff and conduct co-monitoring visits.

Skills

On-site monitoring

English proficiency

Team collaboration

Planning and multitasking

Problem solving

Education

Life Sciences degree

Job description

Company Description

Medicine moves forward here. So will you.

Clinical trials, safety studies, and audits make safe and innovative pharmaceutical-led care possible. As part of Ergomed Group, you help patients benefit so they experience more of life’s meaningful moments. Biopharmaceutical companies are our clients. Patients are our purpose.

Ergomed Group brings together Ergomed CRO, PrimeVigilance, Prudentia, and ADAMAS Consulting to help biopharmaceutical companies develop, deliver and safeguard therapies in oncology, rare disease and other complex areas of medicine. Across the Group, our teams turn the signals that clinical trials, safety systems and quality data generate into insight that helps bring safer treatments to patients around the world.

The science and analysis that guides our work is demanding. And this is where we excel. What defines us, though, is how we work together. Across countries, cultures and time zones, we bring kindness, curiosity and a shared sense of purpose to work that genuinely matters. Ideas are welcome here. Growth is expected. And every person has room to make a real difference to patients' lives.

Whether you are early in your career or bringing decades of experience, we want you to feel valued for what you do and for who you are. If that sounds like the place you have been looking for, we would love to hear from you.

Job Description

• Performs on-site or remote Pre-Study, Initiation, Interim, and Close-Out monitoring visit activities to ensure that facilities and staff at the investigational site continue to be adequate for the conduct of the study
• Identifies the investigators and verifies that the investigator has adequate qualifications, resources, facilities, equipment and staff to conduct the clinical study throughout the study period.
• Trains investigational site staff as necessary
• When applicable, supports preparation of regulatory and / or EC submissions
• Participates in mentoring/training of new staff as well as performing co-monitoring visits, to assess junior staff performance.

Qualifications

• College/University degree in Life Sciences or an equivalent combination of education, training & experience
• Extensive on-site monitoring experience in phase 2/3 trials, ideally with experience of complex trials in oncology or rare disease
• Full working proficiency in English
• Ability to plan, multitask and work in a dynamic team environment
• Communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to travel nationally

Additional Information

When you join Ergomed Group, you make a difference by helping to bring safe and effective pharmaceutical treatment to patients around the world. You’ll join a passionate and collaborative team of experts in clinical research, pharmacovigilance, and quality consulting.

We are diverse in many ways, yet our values unite us. Our values are how we work, not words on a wall. If they sound like you, you will feel at home here.

• Quality: we hold ourselves to the standard patients deserve.
• Integrity and trust: we do the right thing, especially when it is hard.
• Drive and passion: we care about the outcome, because someone is waiting on it.
• Agility and responsiveness: we move quickly, because patients cannot wait.
• Belonging: everyone is welcome, and every voice counts.
• Collaborative partnerships: we go further by going together.

We look forward to welcoming your application.