Senior Clinical Research Associate

Senior Clinical Research Associate

The Senior Clinical Research Associate is responsible for ongoing support and monitoring of Freenome’s Clinical Trials.  This newly created position will be instrumental in advancing our mission to diagnose cancer at its earliest and most treatable stages.  

How you’ll contribute: 

• Participate in the investigator recruitment process. Performs site feasibility and evaluates the capability of the site to manage and conduct the clinical study successfully
• Performs study initiation activities, training the site personnel on the protocol and study procedures, provides training on completion of the eCRF, monitoring activities, and study close-out activities, either remote or on-site
• Monitor and support activities at the clinical trial sites to recruit and enroll study participants
• Ensure timely completion of site data entry and query resolution
• Manage the communications with the site staff on patient recruitment activities and coordinate patient visits and procedures related to clinical research
• Be a resource for study sites and participants by answering questions and explaining related procedures
• Ensure the study site is compliant following ICH and GCP guidelines
• Contribute to the development of clinical monitoring SOPs and process initiatives
• Create thorough documentation of study-related documents and update them as needed
• Ability to travel ~50+%

What you’ll bring: 

• BA/BS degree in healthcare, nursing, or a  life science-related field with at least three years of biopharma clinical trial experience, at least one year experience as a Clinical Research Associate
•  Proven abilities to perform Clinical Research Associate responsibilities independently in an early-stage company 
•  Strong business acumen; in-depth knowledge of multidisciplinary functions involved clinical operations, biostatistics, regulatory, commercial operations with the ability to integrate multiple perspectives into the clinical development process for best end-results
• Excellent project management skills: the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and goals to ensure the timely, on-target, and within-budget accomplishment 
• Strong interpersonal, verbal communication and influencing skills: can influence without authority and experience building and cultivating relationships with key partners and stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Strong business presentation skills: highly effective at summarizing and presenting the key considerations and decision-points
• Confident and competent when interacting with varying levels of internal/external stakeholders
• Track record of effective decision-making and sound judgment
• Excellent teamwork skills and track record of working highly effectively, efficiently, and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
• Must possess superior analytical and creative thinking skills
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to keep detailed, accurate records
• Proficiency in Google Suites and MS Office programs

Freenome has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees. As a condition of employment, our employees working on-site are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved or as otherwise required by law.

About Freenome

Freenome is on a mission to empower everyone with the tools they need to detect, treat, and ultimately prevent cancer.

We have pioneered the most comprehensive multiomics platform for early cancer detection through a routine blood draw.  By combining deep expertise in molecular biology with advanced computational biology and machine learning techniques to recognize disease-associated patterns among billions of circulating, cell-free biomarkers, we are developing simple and accurate blood tests for early cancer detection and integrating the actionable insights into health systems to operationalize a machine learning feedback loop between care and science. 

Our recent $270 Million Series C brings our financing to over $500 million from investors, including;  Bain Capital, Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital, Polaris Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., GV (formerly Google Ventures), Roche Venture Fund, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Ventures, Data Collective Venture Capital, Novartis and Verily Life Sciences. 

Our Science

Freenome is building technology to advance the understanding of cancer through multiple analytes derived from blood. These signals include cell-free DNA, methylation of cell-free DNA, cell-free RNA, circulating proteins, and immune profiling derived from thousands of prospective samples. By developing novel statistical learning methods and applying them to integrate various -omics datasets, Freenome is a leader in modeling specific biological mechanisms to capture disease-dependent signatures, including gene expression, immune response, tumor burden, the tissue of origin, and 3D chromatin structure. 

By building comprehensive discovery datasets and modeling critical biological systems, Freenome is learning what biological changes are present within the blood between a variety of different disease states, including cancer, autoimmune disorders, infections, drug response, and aging. The synthesis of Freenome’s datasets, cross-functional technical expertise, and audacious mission to discover biological truth, we seek to improve the lives of millions through early detection and early treatment of disease.  

Our Culture

Freenomers are technical, creative, visionary, grounded, empathetic, and passionate. We build teams around divergent expertise, allowing us to solve problems and ascertain opportunities in unique ways. Freenomers are some of the most talented experts in their fields, joining together to advance healthcare, one breakthrough at a time. 

We value empathy, integrity, and trust in one another, and we respect the diverse perspectives of our colleagues and those we serve.  We assume positive intent and give each other the benefit of the doubt with the firm belief that we are a team working toward the same objectives.  We believe in empowering and supporting each other in a collaborative and dynamic environment. 

What does a successful person look like at Freenome?

Those who thrive at Freenome prioritize, manage, and execute their own goals with ownership and alignment with those of the company. They embrace our values of empathy, integrity, striving for greatness, servant leadership, trust, and holding themselves and their team accountable to these values. They crave collaboration with brilliant minds from disparate fields of study and believe that hiring and mentorship are fundamental to our success. Above all, they welcome and provide constructive feedback and criticism, trusting in others’ good intentions, and being secure in knowing that embracing mistakes is the best way to learn and grow. For those who pursue challenges, understudied problems, and want the opportunity to see their work impact the lives of millions of people affected by cancer every year, there’s no better place to be than Freenome.

Freenome is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. Freenome does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.