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The Senior Clinical Research Associate works in a sponsor-dedicated model, overseeing clinical trial activities in accordance with protocols, regulatory requirements, and industry standards. The role focuses on monitoring quality and continuous improvement, supporting site performance, and collaborating with teams and site personnel. It requires a relevant bachelor's degree, extensive CRA experience, and willingness to travel approximately 60%.
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Senior Clinical Research Associate
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.
As a Senior CRA at ICON Plc, you will oversee and manage clinical trial activities to ensure they are conducted according to protocol, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
What You Will Do:
You will lead on clinical trial monitoring tasks requiring technical depth, with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities include:
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Monitoring clinical trial sites to ensure adherence to study protocols, regulatory requirements, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards.
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Conducting site visits to assess site performance, resolve issues, and provide support to ensure successful trial execution.
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Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and accurate data collection and reporting.
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Providing training and guidance to site staff and other CRAs to maintain high standards of clinical trial conduct.
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Building and maintaining effective relationships with site personnel and stakeholders to facilitate smooth trial operations.
Your Profile:
You will have a strong foundation in clinical trial monitoring, with the experience to work independently and guide others.
Required qualifications and experience:
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Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline or healthcare-related field
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Extensive experience as a Clinical Research Associate, with a strong understanding of clinical trial processes and regulatory requirements.
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Proven ability to manage multiple sites and projects simultaneously, with strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
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Expertise in monitoring practices, data integrity, and site management, with proficiency in relevant clinical trial software and tools.
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Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and drive compliance within a complex environment.
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Willingness to travel as required (approximately 60%)
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 575 open Clinical Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$75–175K/yr219 salary ranges
- US median$56–62/hr39 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 575 open Clinical Research Associate jobs across the US. 24% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Clinical Research Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (509 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 146 of the 575 open Clinical Research Associate jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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