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Senior Clinical Research Associate

External
Abbvie logoAbbvie · Cape Town, South Africa
Full-timeRemote1mo ago30+ days old, may be filled
Clinical TrialsComplianceCross-functional CollaborationGCPLeadershipLess
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Responsibilities

  • Aligns, trains and motivates the site staff and principal investigator on the goals of the clinical trial program, protocol, and patient treatment principles for the trial ensuring a trusted partnership. Able to support, guide, and mentor junior personnel on Site Management activities.
  • Superior understanding of site engagement and ability to customize site engagement strategy for assigned study/ies and critically apply new strategies as needed. Gather local/site insights and utilize site engagement tools to report/track progress and measure impact of that strategy.
  • Possesses advanced level of competency to mentor and train less experienced CRAs on various aspects of work and provides input into their development. Supports local onboarding of more junior CRAs. Demonstrates ability to openly listen to and consider viewpoints to enhance outcomes.
  • May participate/lead in global/local task forces and initiatives. Responsible for activities as assigned by manager.;
  • Appropriate tertiary qualification in health related disciplines (e.g., Medical, Scientific, Pharmacy, Nursing).
  • Minimum of 3 years of clinically related experience, of which a period of 5 years is preferable in independent clinical research monitoring of investigational drug or device trials in any therapeutic area. Familiar with risk‐based monitoring approach, onsite and offsite monitoring.
  • Knowledge of appropriate therapeutic area indications with the ability to understand and apply scientific concepts as they relate to the conduct of clinical trials
  • Superior knowledge on existing and emerging local regulatory and legal requirements, ICH/GCP Guidelines and applicable policies.
  • Demonstrate advanced communication skills and superior cross-functional collaboration skills among internal and external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate superior planning and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic environment with competing projects and deadlines.
  • Superior ability to leverage technology, to

Benefits

Health insurance

Additional Information

Purpose: Advance AbbVie's pipeline by striving for excellence in clinical research, turning science into medicine for our patients and leveraging advanced capabilities to drive industry leading performance. Partners with study teams, AbbVie internal R&D stakeholders, investigators, and site staff for meaningful and effective engagements positioning AbbVie as the partner of choice in clinical trials. Focus on site clinical research that ensures appropriate conduct of the trial while driving improvement in data integrity, compliance, overall study performance and customer experience.


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