# Trainee Clinical Research Associate / Associate CRA (m/w/d)

**Company**: IQVIA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

At IQVIA, our Clinical Functional Service Partnership (CFSP) model offers the best of both worlds: the variety and sponsor-level exposure of working as an embedded member of a leading pharmaceutical or biotechnology team, backed by the stability, global infrastructure, and career support of IQVIA.

As a Trainee Clinical Research Associate / Associate CRA (m/w/d), you'll work across innovative studies and therapeutic areas, build your reputation with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners, and grow your skills through structured training, mentorship, and genuine global career pathways.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Complete therapeutic area, protocol-specific, and clinical research training required to perform assigned responsibilities.

- Gain practical experience in study conduct and site management through collaboration with experienced clinical research professionals.

- Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits in accordance with study protocols, GCP, ICH guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements.

- Ensure investigational sites maintain high standards of patient safety, data integrity, protocol compliance, and study quality.

- Build and maintain effective relationships with investigators and site personnel, providing ongoing guidance, training, and support throughout the study lifecycle.

- Monitor study progress, including regulatory documentation, patient recruitment and enrollment, data query resolution, and site performance metrics.

- Collaborate with sites to implement and optimize patient recruitment and retention strategies to support study timelines.

- Maintain accurate, complete, and inspection-ready study documentation, including Investigator Site Files (ISF), Trial Master Files (TMF), monitoring reports, and follow-up communications.

- Identify, assess, and appropriately escalate study risks, site issues, and quality concerns while driving timely resolution.

- Partner closely with cross-functional study teams to support successful study execution and delivery of project objectives.

**What you'll bring:**

- University degree in Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Completed advanced training in clinical research with 2-6 month duration is mandatory.

- Good knowledge of clinical trial processes, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ICH guidelines, and regulatory requirements.

- Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

- Fluent written and verbal communication skills in German language (minimum C1 level), along with a strong command of English.

- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.

- Willingness to travel within the assigned region (up to 40-60% of working time). A valid Class B driver's license.

- Home-office location throughout Germany (preference is North-Rhin-Westphalia, the Hamburg area, or the Frankfurt area).

- Availability to start on 16.Nov. or 1.Dec. 2026 is mandatory.

**What you can expect:**

- Permanent employment contract.

- In-depth training on the job, mentoring and co-monitoring.

- Home-Office in Germany and flexible working schedule.

- Company car or car allowance, accident insurance and more.

## Skills

### Required
- Clinical Research
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- ICH guidelines
- German
- English language

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