Clinical Research Analyst

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Salary Range

$55,000.00 - $85,000.00

Overview

The Clinical Research Analyst (CRA) applies research experience to support clinical research study teams, ensuring compliance with research regulations, policies, and procedures. Responsibilities include data management, analysis, and providing business understanding and analytics for various projects. The CRA will have direct patient contact to consent and recruit them and is involved in managing multiple research projects and supporting the analytical needs of several investigators. The CRA will help coordinate meetings with study teams and collaborators. The CRA will help with sample processing and data cleaning. The CRA will meet with the supervisor regularly to ensure key steps of projects are being executed on time.

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong organizational and time management abilities.

2. Demonstrated experience with clinical research data management and compliance with regulatory documents.

3. Strong clinical and research skills, including knowledge of medical and research terminology and methodologies.

4. Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks with competing deadlines, and solve problems effectively.

5. Proficiency in data analysis using statistical software and flexible schedule availability.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

1. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with experience in clinical research.

2. Ability to work with minimal supervision in a team environment and adapt to new processes.

3. Experience with clinical data management resources such as EPIC, OnCore, RedCAP, Excel, PowerPoint, NVivo, and R/other statistical software.

4. Familiarity with clinical research, rheumatic disease.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Works closely with investigators and other study team members including the project manager, for projects or programs of a small size or sections of medium projects and programs to consult, conduct analysis, and identify trial objectives and requirements within specific parameters. 2. Interprets research business needs and translates them into application and operational requirements for a specific area(s) of research. Develops necessary tools and workshops to successfully elicit requirements. 3. Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources - research protocols, clinical trial agreements, financial budgets and fees associated with research - to reconcile conflicts, and decompose high-level information into data essentials. 4. Analyzes data with standard methods, interprets the results, and provides written summary and reporting of data analysis. Develops reporting modules, ad-hoc reports and related reporting tools. Conducts research, data analysis, modeling, projecting and scenario analyses, with the aid of planning technology and databases 5. Develops and maintain documentation and libraries on key processes. 6. Assesses risk and ensures compliance with research protocols/guidelines, university procedures, and third party regulations. 7. Determines training needs, designs, develops and conducts training sessions, meetings and conference calls with study teams and staff members. 8. Performs or assists with research compliance audits or self-assessments. 9. Communicates effectively the perspective of business opportunities, needs, and risks. Required Education and Experience Bachelor's degree in a related field and one year of related work experience in the same job family or an equivalent combination of experience and education. Must be knowledgeable in regional and federal regulations with the ability to perform independent decision-making on a daily basis.

Job Posting Date

01/30/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Administration & Operations

Compensation Grade Profile

Supervisor; Senior Associate (21)

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff Fixed Duration (Fixed Term)

Work Model

Hybrid

Location

300 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.

Health Requirements

This role is a healthcare worker position. Healthcare workers (HCW) are defined as university employees working a healthcare setting who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, human research subjects or infectious materials including body substance, contaminated medical supplies, devices and equipment, surfaces, or air. HCW have specific health requirements that must be met prior to starting work, including MMR vaccine or immunity, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine or immunity, TB screening, COVID vaccine according to University policy, hepatitis B vaccine or immunity, and annual flu vaccination.

Posting Disclaimer

Salary offers are determined by a candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and education in relation to the position requirements, along with the role's grade profile and current internal and external market conditions.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring department.

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