Senior Clinical Research Associate - Oncology - FSP
Primary Location: United States, Remote Additional Locations: Canada, Ontario, Remote Job ID R0000039182 Category Clinical Trials Date Posted 03/02/2026
Overview
As a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) at Parexel, you act as an integral part to get treatments to patients sooner. Our CRAs' priority is the safety and well-being of the patients. As you travel to investigator sites and perform your monitoring duties, we encourage you to be inquisitive, take accountability, build relationships, and act with integrity.
Join a team with a wide variety of experiences and knowledge, and work on global projects within a broad scope of therapeutic areas. We’re looking for people who want to grow personally and professionally and support their colleagues globally and cross-functionally.
Success Profile
Do you have these soft skills and interpersonal traits to succeed at Parexel?
- Communicator
- Detail-oriented
- Flexible
- Organized
- Problem-solver
- Self-starter
About This Role
Job Summary:
The Senior Clinical Research Associate (Sr CRA) will be a member of the Monitoring team and provide monitoring expertise to individual clinical trials and/or programs.
Key Accountabilities:
Conduct and provide support for in-house and outsourced clinical site monitoring activities to ensure adherence to Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and study protocols
Collaborate with study teams during start-up/feasibility and conduct site identification and assessment tasks.
Identify root causes and proactively escalate and resolve CRA and site performance issues through collaboration with stakeholders
Provide Monitoring expertise, mentoring and training to less experienced team members as required
Build positive working relationships and proactively seek feedback from site teams (e.g., Principal Investigators, Study Coordinators, Pharmacists, Site Administration)
Partner with study teams and sites in conducting site outreach activities, including patient recruitment and retention strategies
Provide input and lead cross-functional teams through the process to determine monitoring strategy (risk-based monitoring) for studies as required
Use regional knowledge to localize study processes and documents where possible
Represent Monitoring at Investigator Meetings as required
Perform other tasks as required
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
5+ years monitoring experience in clinical research experience required (i.e., biotechnology, pharmaceutical, Contract Research Organization (CRO))
Oncology monitoring experience required
Travel as required, to include domestic and international
Demonstrates working knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines and FDA regulations
Demonstrates ability to work independently and in a team environment
Proficiency with MS Office 365 (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint)
Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong organizational abilities
Education:
BA/BS, nursing degree, or advanced degree required. Degree in the life sciences preferred
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EEO Disclaimer
Parexel is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the United States includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Potential Career Path
Parexel offers various career paths and internal development programs for CRAs to advance to the next level. This could include enhancing your technical position, moving into management, or shifting to other areas of the business.
- APEX CRA
- CRA I
- CRA II
- Senior CRA
- Project ManagementSubject Matter ExpertPeople Management
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