Clinical Trial & Clinical Development Jobs

Clinical development covers the planning, execution, and oversight of clinical trials -- trial design, site and vendor management, data collection, and the regulatory work needed to move a trial from protocol to results. You'll see this function described both ways depending on who's hiring: "clinical development" tends to describe the broader strategic function, while "clinical trial" roles are usually the day-to-day execution jobs -- assistants, associates, and managers running the trial itself. Both are grouped together here.

Common titles include Clinical Trial Assistant, Clinical Research Coordinator, Clinical Trial Associate (CRA), Clinical Trial Manager, Clinical Trial Supply Manager, and, at senior levels, Director of Clinical Development. Hiring spans pharma and biotech sponsors, CROs running trials on a sponsor's behalf, and hospital-based clinical research sites.

Clinical Trial Assistant and Associate roles are a common first job in clinical research and generally require a life-sciences degree rather than prior trial experience. More senior CRA and Clinical Trial Manager roles usually require monitoring or site-management experience and regular travel to trial sites, while trial-supply and data-focused roles are more often remote-capable.