Senior Clinical Research Associate - FSP
Primary Location: Netherlands, Remote Job ID R0000040924 Category Clinical Trials Date Posted 04/17/2026Overview
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
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Site Management and Monitoring Activities:
- Perform site management activities to ensure compliance with the protocol, monitoring plan, ICH GCP, local regulatory requirements, and sponsor SOPs.
- Conduct site qualification, initiation, interim, and close-out visits, both on-site and remotely.
- Partner with Clinical Trial Liaison (CTL) and other sponsor functions (e.g., Study Start-Up, Global Partnerships and Trial Optimization) to support site activation and deliverables.
- Establish and maintain productive professional relationships with investigator site staff, ensuring effective communication and problem-solving throughout study conduct.
- Perform drug accountability, reconciliation, and destruction, ensuring protocol compliance for storage and shipment requirements
Oversight Monitoring:
- Prepare and maintain Oversight Monitoring Plan
- Perform review of study metrics, assess CRO Clinical Research Associate (CRA) and Investigator Site performance and identify sites for oversight monitoring visits
- Conduct Oversight Monitoring Visits at sites, either independently or alongside CRO CRA
- Review site source documentation and verify accurate data capture (ALCOA principles)
- Review and report on status of study conduct at the investigator site ensuring appropriate follow up of any identified issues/action items
Documentation and Reporting:
- Ensure site regulatory files are current and verify timely submission of study documentation, including safety reporting.
- Write and submit accurate monitoring visit reports, oversight monitoring visit reports, and study correspondence in a timely manner.
- Periodically verify completeness of site documentation (e.g., investigator site file/regulatory binder contents).
Issue Management and Escalation:
- Identify and record protocol deviations, escalate non-compliance, and resolve study-related issues as necessary.
- Track, trend, and report issues, escalating them to the appropriate teams when required.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Maintain ongoing communication with site personnel, study teams, CTLs, Central Monitors, and CRO CRAs.
- Actively participate in team meetings and process improvement initiatives to enhance study outcomes.
Inspection Readiness
- Support inspection readiness activities and ensure sites maintain data integrity and protocol deliverables
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of related experience for Snr CRA
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills and critical thinking abilities.
- Working knowledge of the clinical drug development process, ICH GCP guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, EMA, PMDA).
Skills:
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships internally and externally.
- Familiarity with medical terminology and proficiency in IT applications, including Microsoft Office, EDC, CTMS, and data repositories.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver clear and concise written reports.
- Effective prioritisation and time management skills
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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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