Welcome to Orano
Helping to meet current and future challenges to preserve our world and build the world of tomorrow while taking care of everyone's health is stimulating for you. For us too. By joining the Orano Group, a leading international player in the nuclear industry, you are in the right place.
Every day we work to produce efficient low-carbon energy, to fight global warming, to find solutions that save natural resources, and to contribute to progress in health.
Our strengths? Across the entire fuel cycle, we have extensive expertise in cutting-edge technologies, safe, high value-added products and services, and a strong capacity for innovation. All of these factors reflect the strong skills of our 17,000 employees, whom we are constantly striving to develop. With their different backgrounds and experience, they are proof of our openness to all talents. They share the same ambition: to give nuclear energy its full value.
Job description
Position Summary:
The Sr. Clinical Research Associate will oversee outsourced clinical operations activities including but not limited to site management, site monitoring and site level TMF filing. Additional responsibilities may be assigned (e.g. management of central labs).
Job Duties:
- Oversee outsourced clinical trial monitoring by reviewing monitoring plans, monitoring visit reports, deviation listings, and conducting periodic oversight monitoring visits. Review site training materials including Site initiation visit slides and related materials. May attend / present at site initiation visits (e.g. present company overview and pipeline slides).
- Develop or oversee development of study / country master ICFs; facilitating internal reviews as appropriate and applicable. Review subject facing documents (e.g. subject ID cards, subject instruction material) for accuracy against the protocol, IB, consent and other documents as applicable.
- Oversee site management activities by:
- Ensuring sites are compliant with GCP, and CROs are appropriate and timely escalation of deviations or non-compliance etc. Serve as primary point of contact for the CRO regarding site level issues.
- Review site level documents as relevant, e.g. site recruitment plans, site level ICF changes (including facilitation of internal review where appropriate).
- Ensuring timely collection /submission of updated regulatory documents and that TMF site files are in an inspection ready state. May also conduct or assist with study and country level TMF QC.
- Track distribution of safety letters to site. Escalate deviations from regulatory timelines to Clinical Project Manager.
- In coordination with other clinical team members, ensure study data quality by:
- Ensuring timely data entry and query resolution by sites.
- Serve as primary escalation point for late data entry / query resolution or lagging source data verification percentage.
- Support internal clinical data review process (e.g. review data for accurate subject disposition). Action follow-up items as applicable after internal data review meetings (e.g. schedule calls or follow-up with sites where additional discussion may be required).
- Provide updated site level documentation and applicable updates to regulatory as appropriate (e.g. updated 1572s, communicating site activations/site lists).
- Contribute to development of vendor oversight plans for outsourced clinical operations activities.
Our Full-Time Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance – with generous employer contributions
- 401(k) with employer matching and contribution amounts
- Life insurance and Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance provided by the company
- Generous Paid Time Off and holiday schedules
- Numerous Training and Development opportunities
Ideal qualifications
Candidates must meet minimum qualifications to be considered.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, nursing, pharmacy, or a related field.
- A minimum of 7-10 years of experience as a Clinical Research Associate, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead CRA role.
- At least 2 years of prior experience at a pharmaceutical or biotech company in overseeing outsourced monitoring activities.
- Prior experience (minimum 3 years) monitoring oncology clinical trials.
Differentiating Qualifications:
- Certification through an industry-recognized organization (e.g., ACRP or SOCRA) is highly desirable.
- Experience with radioligand therapy trials.
- Prior start-up environment experience.
Skills and Knowledge Required:
- In-depth knowledge of clinical trial and clinical monitoring processes, GCP, ICH guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
- In-depth knowledge of documentation expected to filed in the Trial Master File.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Proficiency with Medidate RAVE electronic data capture (EDC) systems.
- Working knowledge of RECIST.
Orano is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other characteristic protected by law.