Clinical Research Associate II
AbbVie
August 18, 2026
Remote friendly (Seattle, WA)
United States
$84,500 - $162,000 USD yearly
Clinical Research and Development
Responsibilities:
- Primary point of contact for investigative site; provides trial contextual information and strengthens AbbVie’s positioning.
- Aligns, trains, and motivates site staff and principal investigator on clinical trial goals, protocol, and patient treatment principles.
- Conducts site evaluation, training, routine, and closure monitoring to ensure compliance with protocol, monitoring plans, applicable regulations, GCP/ICH, AbbVie SOPs, and quality standards; ensures subject safety.
- Customizes site engagement strategy; gathers local/site insights and uses tools (e.g., CRM) to track progress and measure impact.
- Connects protocol/scientific principles to day-to-day execution; evaluates recruitment/retention plans based on patient disease journey; builds therapeutic area/asset/clinical landscape knowledge.
- Mentors/trains less experienced CRAs; may support global/local task forces and initiatives.
- Performs continuous risk assessment and partners with Central Monitoring to identify early performance/safety issues.
- Resolves site risk signals; ensures preventative/corrective action plans to mitigate risk and promote compliance (customer-centric approach).
- Identifies/evaluates/recommends new investigators/sites.
- Ensures quality and timely submission of site data; supports safety reporting/follow-up; maintains audit/regulatory inspection readiness; manages investigator payments per contract.
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualification in health-related discipline (Medical, Scientific, Nursing) preferred.
- Minimum 1 year clinically related experience; 6 months required in clinical research monitoring of investigational drug/device trials; risk-based monitoring; onsite/offsite monitoring.
- Preferred: therapeutic area indication knowledge.
- Advanced knowledge of local regulatory/legal requirements; ICH/GCP and applicable policies.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration; planning/organization; use of technology/tools for customer-centric support.
- Strong interpersonal skills (written/verbal/presentation), active listening; relationship/trust building.
- Integrity; self-motivated; delivers timely/quality outcomes.
Benefits (explicitly stated): Paid time off; medical/dental/vision insurance; 401(k); eligibility for short-term incentive programs.
- Primary point of contact for investigative site; provides trial contextual information and strengthens AbbVie’s positioning.
- Aligns, trains, and motivates site staff and principal investigator on clinical trial goals, protocol, and patient treatment principles.
- Conducts site evaluation, training, routine, and closure monitoring to ensure compliance with protocol, monitoring plans, applicable regulations, GCP/ICH, AbbVie SOPs, and quality standards; ensures subject safety.
- Customizes site engagement strategy; gathers local/site insights and uses tools (e.g., CRM) to track progress and measure impact.
- Connects protocol/scientific principles to day-to-day execution; evaluates recruitment/retention plans based on patient disease journey; builds therapeutic area/asset/clinical landscape knowledge.
- Mentors/trains less experienced CRAs; may support global/local task forces and initiatives.
- Performs continuous risk assessment and partners with Central Monitoring to identify early performance/safety issues.
- Resolves site risk signals; ensures preventative/corrective action plans to mitigate risk and promote compliance (customer-centric approach).
- Identifies/evaluates/recommends new investigators/sites.
- Ensures quality and timely submission of site data; supports safety reporting/follow-up; maintains audit/regulatory inspection readiness; manages investigator payments per contract.
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualification in health-related discipline (Medical, Scientific, Nursing) preferred.
- Minimum 1 year clinically related experience; 6 months required in clinical research monitoring of investigational drug/device trials; risk-based monitoring; onsite/offsite monitoring.
- Preferred: therapeutic area indication knowledge.
- Advanced knowledge of local regulatory/legal requirements; ICH/GCP and applicable policies.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration; planning/organization; use of technology/tools for customer-centric support.
- Strong interpersonal skills (written/verbal/presentation), active listening; relationship/trust building.
- Integrity; self-motivated; delivers timely/quality outcomes.
Benefits (explicitly stated): Paid time off; medical/dental/vision insurance; 401(k); eligibility for short-term incentive programs.