Initiation CRA - Serbia - FSP
Primary Location: Serbia, Remote Job ID R0000036871 Category Clinical Trials Date Posted 11/28/2025Overview
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
If you want to be part of a leading CRO and transform scientific discoveries into new treatments, then Parexel FSP challenges you to live up to your potential by joining us at Initiation CRA, home-based and sponsor dedicated, in Serbia.
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the completeness of Site Essential Document Packages as well as the Site Regulatory Packages (SRP) required to achieve site initiation and activation status. This also includes the renewal of critical essential documents in the event of protocol amendments introduced during the Final Approved Protocol to Last Patient, First Visit. Areas of additional responsibility include the tracking of document translations requirements, site SRP reviews and approvals, and required training activities.
Will ensure the clinical study insurance documents are current and filed in the electronic Trial Master File (TMF) from the beginning of the study until study completion in compliance with SOPs and guidance.
We are looking for hard-working, talented, high-caliber people. We know that employee satisfaction leads to customer satisfaction, which is the ultimate driver of long-term success.
As the company that conducts vital clinical studies for sponsors, including the world's leading biotech’s and top 50 pharmaceutical companies, we offer you enormous security and long-term prospects.
You will work from your home office base, supporting studies within their country or region. ‘Manageable sites, manageable protocols’ is our mantra. Expect exciting professional challenges in inspiring studies, but with time for your outside life.
The most significant aspect of this position is
Site Initiation and Regulatory Packages
- Gathers all documents required for the purposes of enabling Site Initiation; includes the compilation of documents from multiple internal stakeholders and supporting functions to then distribute to the site in a structured and time sensitive manner.
- Identifies and tracks documents that require translations/linguistic validations and works with translation support services to define the scope of work and critical timelines for deliverables.
Study Investigator Site Essential Document Oversight
- Serves as study expert on investigator site essential documentation
- Develop and maintain Regeneron documentation of expectations / standards of investigator site essential documentation
- Provide training to internal and external study teams on the expectations / standards of investigator site essential documentation
- Review investigator site essential documentation packages from CROs per process and sample as needed
- May collaborate directly with sites regarding collection of documents and IRB timelines for site activation and ensure that relevant documents are uploaded into the eTMF.
- Collect study specific metrics and feedback and provide to internal and external study teams (including CRO partners) and Regeneron management as required.
- Assists in inspection readiness activities in relation to site start up documents
- Participates in lessons learned opportunities to retrain study teams and CROs understand what has worked or not to prevent repeating past mistakes.
Study Team Interaction
- May represent Site Start up on cross-functional study team (s) and/or sub-team(s); Attends Kick Off meetings to present SSU Roles and Responsibilities
- Works with and provides status to study team to ensure essential documentation packages are approved for initial drug shipments according to study timelines. Supports Clinical Study team in ensuring regulatory documents are submission and audit ready Escalates as necessary
- Collaborates with CRO and internal team to ensure timely feedback / resolution of document issues
- Provides support for overall study and site timelines and milestone projections
- Management of investigator and Site usability and due diligence checks
- Supports deliverables for site initiation and activation
Additionally, for assigned studies in the EU region:
- Engage with Regulatory Affairs functional representatives to plan the Clinical Trial Application (CTA) for any one up and coming clinical trial that involves EU countries
- Engage with Clinical Trial Management functional representatives to determine key study milestones and country allocation strategies
- Coordinate with Clinical Transparency regarding any redactions required for relevant documents identified for CTA submissions
- Identify the list of Member State/countries participating in any one clinical trial and capture the information within the CTIS database
- Identify the key study level and Member State/country level milestones that represent Study Start, Study Completion, Enrollment Start, Enrollment Completion and any potential hold/restart/cancel dates that may apply to the study and capture the relevant dates within the CTIS database
- Identify the Institutions and Primary Investigators for each Member State/Country where the clinical trial will be conducted and capture relevant contact information within the CTIS database
- Locate the documents that are deemed applicable at the Member State/country and/or site level for the purposes of Clinical Trial Application (CTA) submissions and upload them into the CTIS database
- Maintain the list of participating Member States/countries, Institutions and Primary Investigator over the life cycle of the study to ensure alignment and synchronization.
- Triage any questions that surface (RFIs, Requests For Information) as a result of capturing and/or reporting on REGN clinical trial applications
- Engage and oversee any vendor engaged to help collect, enter and/or maintain relevant information regarding Clinical Trial Applications (CTA) via the EMA CTIS database
From you we expect
- Bachelor degree
- 3+ years in essential or regulatory document management in Pharmaceutical /CRO industry, understanding of clinical study start up requirements and working knowledge of relevant documentation.
- Experience in the clinical drug development process, specifically trial planning, and execution practices, including IRB/IEC and Investigator site roles and responsibilities.
- Knowledge and understanding of ICH/GCP and regulatory guidelines/directives, especially ICH E6 R2
- Experience in managing Sponsor and Site related contact information and essential documents
- Experience in the creation and management of Investigator and Institution contact information in a CTMS
- Experience in registering essential documents within the Trial Master File structure
- Demonstrates expert knowledge in own field, with a strong understanding of adjacent areas for the development of pragmatic and creative solutions
- Works with management to support the development of department strategy, operational objectives, and matters of significance
- Achieves goals in creative and novel ways, operating with significant autonomy
- Makes decisions on complex to highly complex issues regarding work approach for project components and completion of team tasks and responsibilities
- Team player with a positive attitude and resilience
- Good communication and inter-personal skills
- Strong project management and prioritization skills
- Attention to detail and ability to problem solve and generate results
- Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with CROs and support models for Site Activation
- Strong familiarity with EUCTD/R and Federal Code of Regulations
- Familiarity with Veeva Vault Clinical for CTMS and eTMF use
- May require up to 25% travel
- Proficient in oral and written communication, excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills with an ability to work in a team environment and independently
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software applications
For an immediate interview, please contact marta.kuniewicz@parexel.com
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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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