Clinical Research Associate

at  Boston Scientific Corporation

Work mode: Hybrid
Onsite Location(s):Diegem, BE
Additional Locations: Belgium-Diegem; France-Voisins le Bretonneux; France-Île-de-France; Germany-Düsseldorf; Italy-Milan; Netherlands-Kerkrade; Netherlands-Kerkrade; Netherlands-Maastricht; Poland-Warsaw; Spain-Madrid; United Kingdom-Hemel Hempstead

• Work independently and proactively to coordinate all necessary activities for site regulatory submissions and essential document collection for allocated clinical research sites.
• Manage multiple sets of essential regulatory documents across several studies and division portfolios.
• Partner with clinical sites to support the negotiation and customization of Informed Consent Form (ICF)
• Develop and foster clinical research site relationships to become a subject matter expert in the site start up regulatory process across multiple studies.
• Leverage knowledge of site regulatory processes and division priorities to meet clinical study goals and objectives.
• Manage to achieve target IRB/EC timelines by assisting clinical research sites with the application submission process and approval tracking.
• Manage and problem solve site start up challenges that arise to mitigate impact to service level agreement and study goals.
• Develop, prepare, complete and track required regulatory, ICF and legal documentation.
• Document clinical research site and investigator readiness for participation across multiple studies
• Support internal quality audits, regulatory inspections, as applicable.
• Update and maintain study-specific startup and close out trackers.
• Update and maintain site specific metrics in Clinical Trial Management Systems, file and maintain site documents in eTMFs.
• Provide updates to leadership on site start up activities, investigator readiness, regulatory submission, approval status, etc.
• Escalate challenges and/or initiate outreach to Principal investigators, clinical research site coordinator, divisional clinical study leads and/or other stakeholders when appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements (ICH/GCP, MDR, GDPR, etc.) and internal SOPs/WI, policies & procedures.