Clinical Research Associate I

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

AbbVie is seeking an entry-level Clinical Research Associate (CRA) I to support clinical trials.   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 CRA I will partner with investigators and site staff to ensure effective trial delivery, data integrity, compliance, patient safety, and a 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
• Support audit and inspection readiness at all times
• Follow up on corrective and preventive actions where needed
• Contribute to global and local initiatives

What the role involves:

The role combines site relationship management, scientific understanding, operational execution, and patient recruitment support. The 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.

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. You are also eager to learn, adaptable.   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 of local regulatory and legal requirements, ICH/GCP guidelines, and applicable policies.
• AI literacy.

This is a hybrid office based position at the wonderful Forskaren building in Stockholm.  We will assess applications ongoing so please submit at your earliest convenience.  We are not working with recruitment agencies for this position so please direct your application to us directly for review.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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