Clinical Research Associate - Oncology - Western Canada (Field-Based)
As a Site Manager you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organization, powered by healthcare intelligence.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Serve as the primary point of contact between investigational sites and the sponsor
- Conduct all types of site visits, including selection, initiation, routine monitoring, and close-out
- Ensure site compliance with ICH-GCP, SOPs, and Health Canada regulations
- Maintain up-to-date documentation in CTMS and eTMF systems
- Support and track site staff training and maintain compliance records
- Monitor patient safety, ensuring timely and accurate AE/SAE/PQC reporting
- Support subject recruitment and retention efforts at the site level
- Oversee drug accountability and ensure proper storage, return, or destruction
- Resolve data queries and drive timely, high-quality data entry
- Document site progress and escalate risks or issues to the clinical team
- Assist in tracking site budgets and ensuring timely site payments (as applicable)
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners including CTAs, LTMs, and CTMs
You are:
- Based in Western Canada (prefer BC or Alberta)
- Eligible to work in Canada without visa sponsorship
- A clinical research professional with 2+ years of on-site monitoring experience in the pharmaceutical or CRO industry
- Experienced across multiple therapeutic areas, ideally including Oncology, Hematology, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Early Phase/Phase 1
- A graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or equivalent, or a qualified RN
- Knowledgeable in Health Canada regulations and working with Research Ethics Boards (REBs)
- Proficient in ICH-GCP, local regulatory requirements, and clinical systems like CTMS and eTMF
- A clear communicator, problem-solver, and collaborative team player
- Willing and able to travel approximately 50% for on-site monitoring visits
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent. In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family. Our benefits examples include:- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others
