P2P2 — Developing Professional
Intermediate
Clinical Research Associate (CRA) / Sr. Coordinator
What this level means
Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence
- Scope
- Defined deliverables / small features
- Autonomy
- General supervision; reviewed at milestones
- Complexity
- Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
- Impact
- Own and immediate-team deliverables
- Decision rights
- Routine technical choices within guidance
- Leadership
- May guide interns
- Typical experience
- 1–3 yrs
What you'd do
- Independently conduct site start-up activities: site qualification, initiation and routine monitoring visits.
- Verify site adherence to protocol, GCP, and SOPs; ensure accurate CRF data and resolve queries.
- Collect and review essential documents for completeness (site files, consents, safety reports).
- Train site staff on study requirements; facilitate communications between sponsor and site.
- Escalate operational or safety issues to the study manager; contribute to status reports.
- Conduct site start-up activities
- Verify protocol adherence
- Review essential documents
- Train site staff
- Contribute to status reports
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Site qualification
- Monitoring visits
- Protocol adherence verification
- CRF data management
- Site staff training
- Communication facilitation
- Issue escalation
- Status reporting
- ICH GCP guidelines
- FDA regulations
- Study protocols
- Monitoring techniques
- CTMS/EDC tools
- Document management
- Site management
- Clinical trial operations
- Accountability
- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal
- Time management
What good looks like
- Solid knowledge of ICH GCP, FDA regs, and study protocols.
- Ability to conduct monitoring techniques and accurately verify data.
- Competence in CTMS/EDC tools and electronic file management.
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.