Clinical Research Associate I

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. Were revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

As the Clinical Research Associate I you will assist in the clinical execution and management of all aspects of assigned clinical studies. This includes but not limited to planning and implementation of clinical studies from concept to clinical study report per timelines and quality standards.

This is a full-time onsite position.

What Youll Work On

• The incumbent may be asked to perform other function-related activities in addition to the below mentioned responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs.
• Participate in study start up activities, to include but not limited to, conducting investigator debarment checks, collection of regulatory documents and preparing the study files.
• Conduct Site Qualification Visits (SQV) and reporting to ensure study staff and research site are adequate to perform ADC trials.
• Responsible for assisting senior study startup staff during site selection process
• Maintain and audit Trial Master File and upload to Veeva Vault to ensure inspection readiness.
• Proactively and effectively communicate the status of clinical trial start up to management.
• Support regulatory submissions
• Perform any other duties as assigned by management.
• Must be able to travel 20-30%

Required Qualifications

• BS degree in life sciences preferred, with two years of experience as a CRC/CTA or combination of appropriate education and experience.
• Experience in conducting medical device studies preferred, pharmaceutical background may also be considered.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by management

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellence in teamwork, stellar interpersonal and communication skills including building rapport with team members, peers, and management.
• Working knowledge of GCP, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs.
• Flexibility in daily activities.
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite

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The base pay for this position is $72,100.00 $114,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.