For candidates able to start before December 2026, a discretionary sign‑on bonus of up to 4,300 EUR may be offered, with the final amount confirmed at offer stage, subject to role level and relevant experience.
Why Join Clinical Functional Service Partnerships (CFSP)?
At IQVIA, our Clinical Functional Service Partnership (CFSP) model gives you the best of both worlds: the variety and sponsor-level exposure of working as an embedded member of a leading pharmaceutical or biotechnology team, backed by the stability, global infrastructure, and career support of IQVIA. You'll develop deep, specialist expertise on a dedicated program, with the flexibility to expand across sponsors and therapeutic areas as your career progresses - and the security of a long-term IQVIA career even as individual programs evolve.
Through our long-standing partnerships with the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, you'll contribute to clinical research programs that bring innovative treatments to patients worldwide, working across all phases of development and a broad range of therapeutic areas, within a culture that supports flexibility, continuous learning, and wellbeing.
Please note: for this role you must be based in the Netherlands.
Build Your Future with IQVIA
At IQVIA, you'll apply your clinical research expertise to drive meaningful outcomes for patients and sponsors around the world. As a Clinical Research Associate, you'll work across innovative studies and therapeutic areas, build your reputation with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners, and grow your skills through structured training, mentorship, and genuine global career pathways. If you're ready to take ownership of site relationships, sharpen your expertise, and help bring life-changing treatments to patients worldwide, we'd love to hear from you.
Role details:
Working in partnership with a single sponsor
Typically allocated to 1-2 clinical trial protocols, which may include studies in Oncology, Neurology, Immunology and/or Diabetes
Responsible for approximately 10 investigational sites
Conducting on-site visits approximately 8 days per month, depending on study and sponsor requirements
Supported by a dedicated IQVIA Line Manager throughout your employment
Excellent work-life balance through a structured sponsor-dedicated model
Reduced travel requirements (approximately 40%) through the sponsor's Fit for Purpose Monitoring approach, which incorporates remote monitoring activities and reduces the need for frequent on-site visits.
Key responsibilities
Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits in accordance with study protocols, GCP, ICH guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Ensure investigational sites maintain high standards of patient safety, data integrity, protocol compliance, and study quality.
Build and maintain effective relationships with investigators and site personnel, providing ongoing guidance, training, and support throughout the study lifecycle.
Monitor study progress, including regulatory documentation, patient recruitment and enrollment, data query resolution, and site performance metrics.
Collaborate with sites to implement and optimize patient recruitment and retention strategies to support study timelines.
Maintain accurate, complete, and inspection-ready study documentation, including Investigator Site Files (ISF), Trial Master Files (TMF), monitoring reports, and follow-up communications.
Identify, assess, and appropriately escalate study risks, site issues, and quality concerns while driving timely resolution.
Partner closely with cross-functional study teams to support successful study execution and delivery of project objectives.
Mentor and support junior clinical team members through coaching, training, and co-monitoring activities, as applicable.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support study start-up, maintenance, close-out, and site financial activities as…