Clinical Research Associate (CRA)
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Job overview
The Clinical Research Associate works in a sponsor-dedicated model supporting early development studies across multiple therapeutic areas in the United States. The role serves as the link between investigational sites and the sponsor, conducts site visits, monitors compliance and patient safety, and supports recruitment, data quality, and site operations. Candidates need a relevant degree or RN qualification and clinical trial monitoring experience.
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Full job description
Clinical Research Associate - Early Development Multi TA - US
At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.
As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.
Responsibilities:
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Serve as the primary point of contact between investigational sites and the sponsor
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Conduct all types of site visits, including selection, initiation, routine monitoring, and close-out
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Ensure site compliance with ICH-GCP, SOPs, and regulations
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Maintain up-to-date documentation in CTMS and eTMF systems
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Support and track site staff training and maintain compliance records
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Monitor patient safety, ensuring timely and accurate AE/SAE/PQC reporting
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Support subject recruitment and retention efforts at the site level
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Oversee drug accountability and ensure proper storage, return, or destruction
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Resolve data queries and drive timely, high-quality data entry
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Document site progress and escalate risks or issues to the clinical team
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Assist in tracking site budgets and ensuring timely site payments (as applicable)
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Collaborate with cross-functional partners including CTAs, LTMs, and CTMs
Requirements:
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A graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or equivalent, or a qualified RN
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Eligible to work in United States without visa sponsorship
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A clinical research professional with 2+ years of on-site monitoring experience in the pharmaceutical or CRO industry Experience monitoring Phase I /II clinical trials
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Experience monitoring Phase I/II clinical trials
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Proficient in ICH-GCP, local regulatory requirements, and clinical systems like CTMS and eTMF
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A clear communicator, problem-solver, and collaborative team player
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
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Various annual leave entitlements
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A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
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Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
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Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
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Life assurance
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Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site (https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits) to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here (https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations)
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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How this job compares
Set against the 559 open Clinical Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$75–175K/yr201 salary ranges
- US median$58–64/hr46 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 559 open Clinical Research Associate jobs across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Parexel225 open
- IQVIA133 open
- ICON Clinical Research (this employer)32 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Clinical Research Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (508 postings).
- Education
- 127 of the 559 open Clinical Research Associate jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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