CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

$84,000 - $105,000/Yr

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Diego, CA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Clinical Research Associate (CRA) at Crinetics will play a crucial role in the preparation and execution of Phase 1-3 clinical trials. This position involves overseeing the progress of clinical investigations, ensuring compliance with Good Clinical Practices, and collaborating closely with the Clinical Trial Manager and Clinical Monitoring management. The CRA will be responsible for site management, monitoring activities, and maintaining strong relationships with investigational sites throughout the trial process.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong, collaborative investigational site relationships and ensure continuity of relationships through all stages of the trial.
• Perform clinical study site management/monitoring activities efficiently in compliance with GCP/ICH requirements, SOPs, local laws and regulations, protocol, Clinical Monitoring Plan, and associated documents.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the study protocol and related procedures.
• Participate and provide input on site selection and site qualification activities.
• Coordinate and manage assigned tasks in collaboration with the study team to achieve site activation.
• Perform remote and on-site monitoring activities using various tools to ensure subject rights, safety and well-being are protected as well as the reliability and integrity of study data.
• Conduct site visits including but not limited to qualification visits, initiation visits, interim monitoring visits, and close-out visits; generate clear, comprehensive, and accurate visit reports and letters in a timely manner.
• Review and verify study records including source documents, case report forms, informed consent forms and other materials to ensure data is complete and accurate.
• Interact with the clinical study sites to resolve data queries and/or data entry errors and obtain additional information on potential serious adverse events.
• Assess and monitor investigational product receipt, storage, administration, accountability and return processes.
• Collect, review, and monitor essential regulatory documentation maintained by the site for study start-up, study maintenance, and study close-out.
• Submit site essential documents to the TMF following inline quality review and resolve any quality issues related to submitted documents.
• Train and assist site coordinators, investigators, and CRO (as applicable) in collecting data and executing the study in a timely manner that meets the protocol requirements and timelines/milestones; serve as a resource to site coordinators, investigators and other staff members regarding investigational products and protocols.
• Communicate and document contacts with investigators and site staff on issues related to protocol conduct, recruitment, retention, protocol deviations, regulatory documentation, adverse event reporting, site audits/inspections, and overall site performance.
• Identify, assess, and resolve site performance, quality or compliance problems and escalate as needed per defined escalation pathway in collaboration with CTM and/or Clinical Monitoring management.
• Assist in the development and implementation of subject enrollment and recruitment strategies for site.
• Manage and maintain visit information such as site/subject visit tracking and other documentation in Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), Trial Master File (eTMF) and other systems.
• Complete routine administrative tasks in a timely manner (e.g. timesheets, metrics, office and travel expense submissions and approvals as needed).
• Ensure internal and study-related trainings are completed per study timelines.
• Ensure all study deliverables are completed per Crinetics and study timelines.
• May conduct co-monitoring, data collection visits with Crinetics or CRO CRAs.
• Perform other Clinical Operations duties, as requested.

Requirements

• Bachelors in biological sciences or related discipline with at least 2 years of experience in the role of Clinical Research Associate (an equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered).
• Demonstrates critical thinking, root cause analysis and problem solving to identify site process failures; develop corrective and preventative actions to bring sites into compliance.
• Ability to motivate clinical site personnel to compliantly maintain/accelerate timelines to achieve clinical operational milestones.
• An understanding and demonstrated application of Good Clinical Practices, ICH Guidelines and regulatory requirements. Able to comply with safety standards and respect privacy and confidentiality.
• Advanced writing skills as they relate to the preparation of clinical trial documents.
• Advanced interpersonal skills with strong oral/written communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced negotiation skills and a tactful approach that leads to high value on services obtained and outcomes achieved.
• Well versed with the latest trends in the clinical trial industry.

Nice-to-haves

• Monitoring experience in startup, execution and close out activities related to clinical studies; experience using risk-based monitoring processes preferred.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual target bonus
• Stock options
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• 401k match
• Top-notch health insurance plans including medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 20 days of PTO
• 10 paid holidays
• Winter company shutdown