Clinical Research Associate

Clinical Research Associate
Location: Chennai
Travel: As required
Company: bEarly Technovations Pvt. Ltd.
Product: paceB | AI-Integrated Gait & Foot Function Analysis System
About bEarly
bEarly is a medical technology company that has developed and commercialised paceB, an AI-integrated system for objective gait and foot function assessment across neurology, foot care, rehabilitation, and physiotherapy. We collaborate with clinical and academic institutions to generate evidence and translate research findings into meaningful product improvements.
About the Role
We are looking for a Clinical Research Associate to coordinate paceB clinical studies from initiation through publication.
This is an individual-contributor role involving study coordination, site and stakeholder management, documentation, data workflows, scientific writing, publication support, and translation of clinical findings into R&D and Product inputs.
Key Responsibilities
Support study feasibility, protocol development, ethics and institutional submissions, site onboarding, and study initiation.
Coordinate investigators, clinicians, research coordinators, and partner institutions.
Maintain study plans, documentation, action items, and milestone trackers.
Coordinate participant recruitment, study visits, device deployment, and protocol-compliant data collection.
Support data-quality checks, query resolution, data cleaning, reconciliation, dataset finalisation, and inspection-ready records.
Coordinate biostatisticians and other external specialists as required.
Interpret study outputs and prepare abstracts, posters, presentations, and manuscripts.
Coordinate manuscript drafting, author review, journal selection, submission, peer-review responses, revision, resubmission, and publication tracking.
Maintain the paceB clinical evidence library.
Convert clinical findings and investigator feedback into documented R&D and Product inputs, research gaps, and future-study opportunities.
Travel to study sites for initiation, data-collection support, and investigator engagement when required.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Biomedical Sciences, or a related discipline.
2–3 years of relevant experience in clinical or healthcare research, medical devices, CROs, hospitals, academia, or life sciences.
A minimum of two peer-reviewed research publications as an author or co-author is mandatory.
Candidates should demonstrate meaningful involvement in study design, data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, manuscript drafting, or substantive scientific review.
Preference will be given to candidates who have supported studies through data collection, cleaning or analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, journal submission, peer-review responses, revision, and publication.
What Success Looks Like
Studies are delivered on schedule with complete documentation and reliable data.
Data queries are resolved promptly and scientific outputs are completed and submitted.
Peer-reviewed publications progress successfully through submission and publication.
Clinical findings are translated into actionable R&D and Product inputs.
Why Join bEarly?
Work at the intersection of AI, healthcare, biomechanics, and clinical research.
Contribute to a medical technology already being used in clinical settings.
Collaborate directly with clinicians and research institutions.
Contribute to scientific publications and see research outcomes influence product development.
Take meaningful ownership of evidence generation in a growing MedTech company.
Build a career in Clinical Research and Clinical Affairs as the organisation scales.
Compensation: Competitive salary based on experience and capability.

Work arrangement
Hybrid