Clinical Research Associate II
AbbVie
- Location
- Hoofddorp, NH, Netherlands
- Employment
- Full Time
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Entry
- H-1B history
- 94 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- 2h ago
Skills
About this role
Company Description
About AbbVie AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.
Job Description
Are you passionate about clinical research and motivated to help bring innovative medicines to patients? At AbbVie, you will join a collaborative team advancing science and making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives. As a Clinical Research Associate II, you will support the successful delivery of clinical studies by building strong partnerships with investigators and site staff. As a trusted AbbVie representative, you will help ensure high-quality trial conduct, data integrity, regulatory compliance, and improve the overall study performance and customer experience. This role offers the opportunity to apply your clinical research expertise alongside your communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills. Working cross-functionally across AbbVie’s R&D organization, you will help translate scientific innovation into potential new treatment options for patients. If you thrive in a dynamic environment, value continuous learning, and want your work to have a meaningful impact, we invite you to join AbbVie as a Clinical Research Associate II.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary AbbVie point of contact for assigned investigative sites, providing study-related information and connecting internal stakeholders with site personnel. Align, train, and motivate principal investigators and site staff on clinical trial objectives, protocols and patient treatment principles for the trial ensuring a trusted partnership. Conduct site evaluations, site initiation and training activities, routine on-site and remote monitoring, and site close-out activities in accordance with monitoring plans, AbbVie Standard Operating Procedures, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ICH Guidelines, applicable regulations, and quality standards, ensuring safety and protection of study subjects. Develop and implement tailored site engagement strategies for assigned studies, using local and site-level insights to track progress, assess impact, and support study performance. Apply a strong understanding of study protocols, scientific principles, and clinical trial requirements to day-to-day trial execution. Evaluate and support patient recruitment and retention strategies based on the patient journey, therapeutic area, and individual site needs. Build and maintain knowledge of the relevant therapeutic area, clinical asset, disease landscape, and patient journey to support successful recruitment and protocol compliance. Responsible for continuous risk-assessment proactively, and in collaboration with Central Monitoring team, monitor activities conducted by clinical sites to detect early overall study performance or patient safety issues. Advanced ability to think critically to resolve site risk signals while having robust understanding of site processes to drive study execution. Ensures preventative and corrective action plans are put into place, as needed, to mitigate risk and promote compliance using a customer centric approach. Identifies, evaluates and recommends new/potential investigators/sites on an ongoing basis. Potential sites may be identified through networking or internal AbbVie requests to assist in the placement of planned clinical studies with qualified investigators. Ensure the quality, accuracy, and timely submission of data from investigative sites, including appropriate reporting and follow-up of safety events.