Senior CRA

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Clinical Research Associate (Senior CRA) to support clinical trials. Situated in Stockholm, in this role you will work with hospitals and private clinics across Sweden region as part of a collaborative Nordic team. The role offers direct involvement in clinical research operations, site engagement, and study execution. The position requires strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to build trusted relationships with sites.
The purpose of the role is to advance AbbVie’s pipeline by striving for excellence in clinical research, turning science into medicine for patients, and leveraging advanced capabilities to drive strong performance. The Senior CRA will partner with investigators and site staff to ensure effective trial delivery, data integrity, compliance, patient safety, and a positive site experience. The Senior CRA will partner with investigators and site staff to ensure effective trial delivery, data integrity, compliance, patient safety, and positive site experience.
Key responsibilities:
Serve as a main point of contact for investigative sites
Build and maintain strong working relationships with site staff and investigators
Conduct site engagement calls and regular site contact
Support site monitoring activities to ensure protocol compliance and quality conduct of the trial
Participate in site evaluation, site training, routine monitoring, and site closure activities
Help sites understand the study protocol, treatment principles, and operational expectations
Encourage recruitment and retention by supporting patient identification and site engagement
Use local knowledge, central monitoring insights, and CRM tools to track progress and site performance
Identify, assess, and recommend potential investigators and sites
Ensure data quality, timely data submission, and follow-up of safety events
Always support audit and inspection readiness
Follow up on corrective and preventive actions where needed
Contribute to global and local initiatives
Mentoring of junior CRAs
What the role involves:
The role combines site relationship management, scientific understanding, operational execution, and patient recruitment support. The Senior CRA will need to work across several protocols at once, and there may be periods of high intensity depending on study activity and site needs. While there will be regular site visits, the role also includes office-based work, answering site questions, supporting the global study team, and managing site issues proactively
You are today working as a Senior CRA or alternatively ready to take the next step to a Senior CRA role. The ideal candidate is thorough, self-motivated, collaborative, and customer focused. You are comfortable in a fast-paced, but highly regulated environment, enjoy working with people, and can think critically to solve issues. In addition, you have:
Degree in pharmacy, biomedicine, nursing, medicine, or another science-related discipline
Knowledge of therapeutic areas and the ability to apply scientific concepts to clinical trial conduct
Strong planning, organisational, and time-management skills
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with competing priorities and deadlines
Strong interpersonal skills - written, verbal, and listening skills.
Comfortable using systems, tools, and technology to support site needs
Able to build trusted relationships through engagement, training, and motivation
Fluent in Swedish and English
Valid driver’s licence
Willingness to travel (up to 50%).
Nice to have but not essential:
Experience in clinical research monitoring of investigational drug or device trials
Familiarity with onsite and offsite monitoring and risk-based monitoring approaches
Understanding local regulatory and legal requirements, ICH/GCP guidelines, and applicable policies.
AI literacy.

Skills
GCP, CRM, Clinical Research

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid