
10,000+ employees
🏥 Healthcare
🧬 Biotechnology
💊 Pharmaceuticals
Healthcare • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals
Fortrea is a global clinical research organization (CRO) specializing in providing comprehensive clinical development services to biopharma and MedTech companies. With over 30 years of experience, Fortrea offers a range of services including clinical pharmacology, phase I-IV study management, regulatory strategy, market access, and more. They focus on advancing healthcare innovation by integrating data and scientific expertise to deliver tailored solutions that enable faster decision-making and improve patient outcomes, especially in the realm of cell and gene therapy programs, as well as various therapeutic areas like oncology, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases.
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10,000+ employees
🏥 Healthcare
🧬 Biotechnology
💊 Pharmaceuticals
Healthcare • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals
Fortrea is a global clinical research organization (CRO) specializing in providing comprehensive clinical development services to biopharma and MedTech companies. With over 30 years of experience, Fortrea offers a range of services including clinical pharmacology, phase I-IV study management, regulatory strategy, market access, and more. They focus on advancing healthcare innovation by integrating data and scientific expertise to deliver tailored solutions that enable faster decision-making and improve patient outcomes, especially in the realm of cell and gene therapy programs, as well as various therapeutic areas like oncology, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases.
• Coordinate site-level activities throughout clinical study start-up and potentially closeout • Serve as the single point of contact for investigative sites from feasibility and outreach through activation and maintenance • Ensure regulatory compliance, site management, site support and training, and collaboration among sponsor, CRO, and clinical site staff • Act as local country expert in study start-up activities • Mentor and train junior colleagues when appropriate • Identify and mitigate issues that could delay studies • Identify and assess potential research sites • Conduct site outreach, confidentiality agreement collection, and feasibility surveys • Conduct remote pre-study visits and complete follow-up documentation • Support customization and translation of informed consent forms and patient-facing materials • Collect, track, and quality-review essential documents for site activation and ongoing regulatory compliance • Support IRB/IEC renewals, PI changes, and document expirations • Participate in study team meetings and develop action plans for site-level risks and issues • Support CRA teams with site initiation visit preparation, vendor coordination, supplies, access, and document distribution • Submit to and liaise with IRB/IEC, Third Bodies, and Regulatory Authorities • Perform initial and amended contract and budget negotiations with sites • Maintain high-quality filing systems and an audit-ready Trial Master File • Track start-up progress and site requirements and deadlines • Maintain ongoing system compliance to ensure Fortrea is audit ready • Serve as primary contact for investigative sites and ensure timely delivery within scope and budget • Perform CRF review and source-data validation, monitor protocol deviations and SAE reporting • Perform country and site informed-consent-form review and customization • Perform other assigned duties
• University/College degree (life science preferred), or certification in a related allied health profession from an appropriate accredited institution (e.g., nursing certification, medical or laboratory technology), or 3–5 years' work experience in clinical research • Relevant and equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of educational requirements • High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 5 years' work experience in clinical research may be considered in lieu of the above requirement • Strong working knowledge of ICH/GCP guidelines and RA, IRB/IEC regulations • Fluent in the local official language and English, written and verbal • Minimum of 3+ years of experience in clinical development or start-up/regulatory process • Thorough knowledge of ICH/GCP, RA, IRB/IEC, and other applicable regulations/guidelines • Familiarity with investigator start-up documents and contract/budget negotiation processes • Previous interaction with operational project teams and investigative sites • Understanding of research protocol requirements and ability to communicate and educate others about them • Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously • Ability to identify and resolve potential start-up issues • Ability to negotiate contracts and budgets effectively with research sites
• Remote-based work required with possible office presence depending on location • Limited travel for training only • EEO and accommodations support
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