Senior Global Trial Associate

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The Senior Global Trial Associate contributes to the operational execution of clinical studies to ensure delivery on time, within budget, and of high quality in compliance with ICH/GCP, Regulatory Authorities’ regulations/guidelines, and applicable SOPs/WPs. The Sr. GTA participates on one or more cross‑functional study team(s) and/or performance and quality oversight of one or more Contract Research Organization (CRO) teams and vendors.

He/She primarily works on routine to complex projects/trials at varying stages and supports multiple complex trials as needed with moderate to minimal supervision.

• Manages the development and/or collection of study level documentation and supports Global Trial Lead (GTL) in ensuring eTMF accuracy and completion of all studies.
• Provides operational input and facilitates operational processes as an SME in support of the startup, maintenance, and closure of studies.
• Uses performance metrics and quality indicators to assist the GTL in driving study execution.
• Proactively identifies risks and develops/implements actions to avoid or mitigate them.
• Resolves routine problems and escalates important issues appropriately with a sense of urgency.
• Actively contributes as a key functional member on cross‑functional teams.

• Provides and supports input to study level tools and plans while working with moderate to minimal supervision.
• Independently performs core GTS tasks and escalates/pushes back/delegates appropriately.
• Actively contributes to study meetings by leading some components.
• Contributes to oversight of the required country regulatory (e.g., CTA, MoH) and country/site IRB/IEC approvals/notifications.
• Displays flexibility to work on various trials at varying stages/complexity with minimal guidance as needed.
• Understands strategy and decision making at program level and their impact on the studies.
• Assists in initiatives for process development and improvement.
• Assesses situations and identifies the path forward with appropriate resources.
• Understands interdependencies of assigned tasks.
• Manages vendors and site payment processing and tracking.
• Facilitates maintenance of study budget tracking tools and reconciles invoices with overall contract/budget and finance reports.

• BA/BS in a relevant discipline strongly preferred.
• Minimum 2‑4 years’ experience in Clinical Research or related work experience. Global experience is preferred.
• Experience in the use of industry Clinical Trial Management Systems and Clinical Trial Master File Systems.
• Knowledge of ICH/GCP, regulatory guidelines and directives, and the drug development process.
• Knowledge of clinical research budgets including processing and tracking of site and vendor payments is preferred.
• Working knowledge of project management preferred.
• Travel required less than 5%.

Madison – Giralda – NJ – US: $103,560 – $125,495 Princeton – NJ – US: $103,560 – $125,495 The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full‑time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account…