47 Research Associate jobs in Saudi Arabia

**Job Overview**
Perform monitoring and site management work to ensure that sites are conducting the study(ies) and reporting study data as required by the study protocol, applicable regulations and guidelines, and sponsor requirements.
**Essential Functions**
- Perform site monitoring visits (selection, initiation, monitoring and close-out visits) in accordance with contracted scope of work and Good Clinical Practice.
- Work with sites to adapt, drive, and track subject recruitment plan in line with project needs to enhance predictability.
- Administer protocol and related study training to assigned sites and establish regular lines of communication with sites to manage ongoing project expectations and issues.
- Evaluate the quality and integrity of study site practices related to the proper conduct of the protocol and adherence to applicable regulations. Escalate quality issues as appropriate.
- Manage the progress of assigned studies by tracking regulatory submissions and approvals, recruitment and enrollment, case report form (CRF) completion and submission, and data query generation and resolution. May support start-up phase.
- Ensure copies/originals (as required) site documents are available for filing in the Trial Master File (TMF) and verify that the Investigator's Site File (ISF) is maintained in accordance with GCP and local regulatory requirements.
- Create and maintain appropriate documentation regarding site management, monitoring visit findings and action plans by submitting regular visit reports, generating follow-up letters and other required study documentation.
- Collaborate and liaise with study team members for project execution support as appropriate.
- If applicable, may be accountable for supporting development of project subject recruitment plan on a per site basis.
- If applicable, may be accountable for site financial management according to executed clinical trial agreement and retrieve invoices according to local requirement.
**Qualifications**
- High School Diploma or equivalent Degree in scientific discipline or health care preferred.
- Requires at least 2 years of year of on-site monitoring experience.
- Equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
- Good knowledge of, and skill in applying, applicable clinical research regulatory requirements.
- i.e., Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.
- Good therapeutic and protocol knowledge as provided in company training.
- Computer skills including proficiency in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and use of a laptop computer and iPhone and iPad (where applicable).
- Written and verbal communication skills including good command of Arabic and English language.
- Organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Effective time and financial management skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers, and clients.
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To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.
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If you want to do your next step as a CRA, this is your chance!

You’ll have training and development to plan and progress your career in the direction you choose. And you won’t do it alone – you will have dedicated mentoring and receive structured quarterly reviews on performance, promotion and bonus awards.

While Projects Vary, Your Typical Responsibilities Might Include

• Performing site selection, initiation, monitoring and close-out visits, plus maintaining appropriate documentation
• Supporting the development of a subject recruitment plan
• Establishing regular lines of communication plus administering protocol and related study training to assigned sites
• Evaluating the quality and integrity of site practices – escalating quality issues as appropriate
• Managing progress by tracking regulatory submissions, recruitment, case report form (CRF) completion, and data query resolution

You will need to be comfortable collaborating and communicating with a variety of colleagues and customers. Ideally, you will also have a good basic knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements.


You Should Have

• A Bachelor's degree in a health care or other scientific discipline or educational equivalent
• At least 1,5 - 2 years of on-site monitoring experience
• Fluent in Arabic and English language
• Good written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language
• Requires frequent travel to sites
• Flexible about location, but location must have good connectivity to travel
• Homebased

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If you want to do your next step as a CRA, this is your chance!
You'll have training and development to plan and progress your career in the direction you choose. And you won't do it alone - you will have dedicated mentoring and receive structured quarterly reviews on performance, promotion and bonus awards.
**While Projects Vary, Your Typical Responsibilities Might Include**
+ Performing site selection, initiation, monitoring and close-out visits, plus maintaining appropriate documentation
+ Supporting the development of a subject recruitment plan
+ Establishing regular lines of communication plus administering protocol and related study training to assigned sites
+ Evaluating the quality and integrity of site practices - escalating quality issues as appropriate
+ Managing progress by tracking regulatory submissions, recruitment, case report form (CRF) completion, and data query resolution
You will need to be comfortable collaborating and communicating with a variety of colleagues and customers. Ideally, you will also have a good basic knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements.
**You Should Have**
+ A Bachelor's degree in a health care or other scientific discipline or educational equivalent
+ At least 1,5 - 2 years of on-site monitoring experience
+ Fluent in Arabic and English language
+ Good written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language
+ Requires frequent travel to sites
+ Flexible about location, but location must have good connectivity to travel
+ Homebased
If you want to make an impact in the global research market, where we are working to make a real difference in patient health, we ask you to **apply now and join our team** .
**Connect to** _great opportunity_
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.
To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.
EEO Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

Masters various techniques relevant to ongoing research projects; performs experiments in an independent manner; collects, prepares, and analyses specimens or conduct animal studies; calculates and evaluates results; maintains efficient operation of the laboratory such as laboratory inventory, organization and orders; keeps up-to-date of current publications relative to methods within area of research; and provides supervision and guidance to students and junior technical staff.

**Essential Responsibilities and Duties**:
1. Runs wide variety of scientific experiments and research projects.

2. Evaluates and interprets data and provides results to investigators to support publication.

3. Assists in the preparation and writing of research reports, manuscripts, and papers for presentation and publication.

4. Searches literature, utilizing all available resources, regarding new methodology and designs experiments accordingly.

5. Responsible for general laboratory organization and maintenance, and supply ordering.Develops and implements research quality control procedures.

6. Develops and implements research quality control procedures.

7. Provides assistance to other laboratory team members as directed by the Supervisor.

8. Follows all laboratory safety rules and regulations.

9. Follows all hospital related policies and procedures.

10. Participates in self and other’s education, training and development, as applicable.

**Education**:
Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree of Science from an accredited institution in a scientific discipline relevant to the research field is required

**Experience Required**:
Four (4) years of relevant experience with Master’s Degree or six (6) years with Bachelor’s Degree is required

**Other Requirements(Certificates)**:

- Evidence of excellent level of technical, managerial, communication and computer skills and accomplishments that need to be described and scored by immediate supervisor in the Scientific Scoring Form.
- Evidence of publications as a co-author.
- Evidence of mentoring ability and supervisory skills to trainees, and junior technical staff.

Masters various techniques relevant to ongoing research projects; performs experiments in an independent manner; collects, prepares, and analyses specimens or conduct animal studies; calculates and evaluates results; maintains efficient operation of the laboratory such as laboratory inventory, organization and orders; keeps up-to-date of current publications relative to methods within area of research; and provides supervision and guidance to students and junior technical staff.

**Essential Responsibilities and Duties**:
1. Runs wide variety of scientific experiments and research projects.

2. Evaluates and interprets data and provides results to investigators to support publication.

3. Assists in the preparation and writing of research reports, manuscripts, and papers for presentation and publication.

4. Searches literature, utilizing all available resources, regarding new methodology and designs experiments accordingly.

5. Responsible for general laboratory organization and maintenance, and supply ordering.Develops and implements research quality control procedures.

6. Develops and implements research quality control procedures.

7. Provides assistance to other laboratory team members as directed by the Supervisor.

8. Follows all laboratory safety rules and regulations.

9. Follows all hospital related policies and procedures.

10. Participates in self and other’s education, training and development, as applicable.

**Education**:
Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree of Science from an accredited institution in a scientific discipline relevant to the research field is required

**Experience Required**:
Four (4) years of relevant experience with Master’s Degree or six (6) years with Bachelor’s Degree is required

**Other Requirements(Certificates)**:

- Evidence of excellent level of technical, managerial, communication and computer skills and accomplishments that need to be described and scored by immediate supervisor in the Scientific Scoring Form.
- Evidence of publications as a co-author.
- Evidence of mentoring ability and supervisory skills to trainees, and junior technical staff.

**Analytical Research Associate Scientist - Tamheer Program**
- Performing the daily analytical work for new R&D products with different dosage forms (tablets, capsules, oral solutionsetc) as per the following:

- Performing assay, and related substance tests for raw materials using HPLC analytical instrument.
- Testing Organic volatile impurities using GC analytical instrument.
- In-process testing performing the physical and chemical tests of in-process samples using different analytical instruments.
- Performing assay, dissolution, and related substance tests of stability samples for the different dosage forms using HPLC,UV etc analytical instruments.
- Performing the daily and monthly calibration of analytical equipment
- Executing tasks in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).

**Education & Qualification**:

- Bachelor’s or Diploma in Chemistry
- Fresh Graduated
- Not Registered in GOSI in last 6 months

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Regional Talent Acquisition Specialist | People & Culture | Employer Branding | Certified HR Diploma

Purpose Statement:

To provide administrative and financial support to the Saudi Medical Evidence Team. Manage, coordinate, document and follow up with the One R&D Team within the Affiliate

Major Responsibilities:

• Supports in a dedicated way the Saudi Medical Evidence Team with secretarial, administrative, organizational, and travelling requests. Maintains and manages calendars, including event, meeting and travel scheduling and domestic and international travel arrangements.
• Organizes meeting and events for Saudi Medical Evidence Team (monthly medical LT -meetings, monthly XLT meetings,, organizing internal and external meetings and take care of the operational elements (booking of rooms, minutes, monitoring progress of actions).
• Assists on documentation and files management, ensures documents are filed accurately and timely, and official documents are renewed timely.
• Provides project management support to the Saudi Medical Evidence Team on key projects, including action item tracking, organization and communication of team materials (e.g. meeting minutes, SharePoint sites, etc.).
• Assist in getting monthly information on update of org charts from Saudi Medical Evidence Team , Monthly reports, Prepare and update the medical team yearly calendar, Create, handle and follow-up POs for medical projects, Create/Update MA distribution lists
• Applies basic project management principles and techniques to the coordination and completion of assigned goals and tasks. Prioritize tasks with effective use of time.
• Compiles and provides routine standard reports on a monthly and ad hoc basis. Proactively address conflicting, incorrect, insufficient, or inappropriate information prior report publication. Assist with collection and analysis of project and process data and metrics. Apply basic project management tools for metrics collection. Participate in the development of guidelines and checklists.
• Interacts with employees, managers and Directors in support of project coordination.
• Assesses performance against plans, processes, and practices to determine effectiveness and recommend areas for process improvement to Leadership team and medical community.
• Establishes and maintains strong network within department and external clients.
• Ensures timely flow of communication and continually updates Saudi Medical Evidence Team and group regarding project(s) in order to manage expectations. With some oversight, exercises appropriate judgment to efficiently progress deliverables using formal channels and informal networks, key policies, procedures, and are consistent with the organization’s culture.

Clinical Development admin and financial support:

• Receiving invoices from vendors, reviewing and sending them for posting
• Creating quarterly Breakdowns (Internal and External) for clinical studies different sites
• Following up till receiving the proof of payments/cheques
• Creating Shopping Carts, Purchase Orders, and ACRs
• Assisting with investigators site and vendor payments according to local finance processes
• Ensuring financial information and documents for assigned studies and sites are entered into SAP for Clinical Operations Department
• Tracking and following up the budget with finance department
• Keeping the payment tracker up to date
• Drafting agreements of different vendors and following up with Legal Team
• Creating Annual Breakdowns for the estimated governmental payments
• Documenting department’s expenses of all the services
• Tracking Clinical trial shipments including but not limited to IP, Lab Kits, Devices shipments and update the local trackers accordingly
• Follow up with the Importer of Record (IOR) listed on all clinical trial shipments to ensure proper clearance/delivery of each shipment to the respective site.
• Follow up with the study coordinator(s) to ensure collecting of a signed/dated acknowledgment of receipt for each shipment
• Contact Person for the vendors (CROs, Courier, Destruction Facility…etc) to manage and handle all logistics communications

Administrative support:

• In house Support in business diner/event/travel arrangements/ investigator meetings
• Communicating with doctors of clinical trials to support in administrative work or handling issues
• In-house support for CRAs in filling and archiving process
• In house support for CRAs to conduct submission packages and updating submissions status on COSMOS
• Supporting Clinical Team with handling of essential documents including contracts
• Ordering stationery items or any needed materials

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in a technical, or project management related discipline.
• Experience with an administrative role is a must (2 Years minimum)
• Clinical research administrative role is preferred
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred
• English/ Arabic fluency both verbal and written
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Virtual meeting platforms (Microsoft teams, Zoom etc.) understanding of business processes and requirements
• Strong planning and organization skills
• Self-starter, able to function at a high level with general instruction, has a proactive approach
• Must be self-directed and work well in a team environment, be able to work on multiple projects concurrently and meet commitments, possess excellent oral and written communication skills, be
• process-oriented, convert goals to tasks and define estimates on time and requirements to achieve goal objectives, and demonstrate initiative.
• Adaptable, deals with ambiguity, learns quickly, flexible and can change course quickly when needed
• Professional demeanor and ability to maintain confidentiality

Key Stakeholders:

Internal Stakeholders: Saudi Medical Evidence Team , Clinical Site Management Team, Affiliate Network, Brand Teams, Region and Area colleagues, Finance, ….

External Stakeholders: Customers, travel agencies, suppliers

Seniority level

• Seniority level Associate

Employment type

• Employment type Contract

Job function

• Job function Administrative
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Regional Talent Acquisition Specialist People & Culture Employer Branding Certified HR Diploma

Purpose Statement:

To provide administrative and financial support to the Saudi Medical Evidence Team. Manage, coordinate, document and follow up with the One R&D Team within the Affiliate

Major Responsibilities:

• Supports in a dedicated way the Saudi Medical Evidence Team with secretarial, administrative, organizational, and travelling requests. Maintains and manages calendars, including event, meeting and travel scheduling and domestic and international travel arrangements.
• Organizes meeting and events for Saudi Medical Evidence Team (monthly medical LT -meetings, monthly XLT meetings organizing internal and external meetings and take care of the operational elements (booking of rooms, minutes, monitoring progress of actions).
• Assists on documentation and files management, ensures documents are filed accurately and timely, and official documents are renewed timely.
• Provides project management support to the Saudi Medical Evidence Team on key projects, including action item tracking, organization and communication of team materials (e.g. meeting minutes, SharePoint sites, etc.).
• Assist in getting monthly information on update of org charts from Saudi Medical Evidence Team , Monthly reports, Prepare and update the medical team yearly calendar, Create, handle and follow-up POs for medical projects, Create/Update MA distribution lists
• Applies basic project management principles and techniques to the coordination and completion of assigned goals and tasks. Prioritize tasks with effective use of time.
• Compiles and provides routine standard reports on a monthly and ad hoc basis. Proactively address conflicting, incorrect, insufficient, or inappropriate information prior report publication. Assist with collection and analysis of project and process data and metrics. Apply basic project management tools for metrics collection. Participate in the development of guidelines and checklists.
• Interacts with employees, managers and Directors in support of project coordination.
• Assesses performance against plans, processes, and practices to determine effectiveness and recommend areas for process improvement to Leadership team and medical community.
• Establishes and maintains strong network within department and external clients.
• Ensures timely flow of communication and continually updates Saudi Medical Evidence Team and group regarding project(s) in order to manage expectations. With some oversight, exercises appropriate judgment to efficiently progress deliverables using formal channels and informal networks, key policies, procedures, and are consistent with the organization's culture.

Clinical Development admin and financial support:

• Receiving invoices from vendors, reviewing and sending them for posting
• Creating quarterly Breakdowns (Internal and External) for clinical studies different sites
• Following up till receiving the proof of payments/cheques
• Creating Shopping Carts, Purchase Orders, and ACRs
• Assisting with investigators site and vendor payments according to local finance processes
• Ensuring financial information and documents for assigned studies and sites are entered into SAP for Clinical Operations Department
• Tracking and following up the budget with finance department
• Keeping the payment tracker up to date
• Drafting agreements of different vendors and following up with Legal Team
• Creating Annual Breakdowns for the estimated governmental payments
• Documenting department's expenses of all the services
• Tracking Clinical trial shipments including but not limited to IP, Lab Kits, Devices shipments and update the local trackers accordingly
• Follow up with the Importer of Record (IOR) listed on all clinical trial shipments to ensure proper clearance/delivery of each shipment to the respective site.
• Follow up with the study coordinator(s) to ensure collecting of a signed/dated acknowledgment of receipt for each shipment
• Contact Person for the vendors (CROs, Courier, Destruction Facility etc) to manage and handle all logistics communications

Administrative support:

• In house Support in business diner/event/travel arrangements/ investigator meetings
• Communicating with doctors of clinical trials to support in administrative work or handling issues
• In-house support for CRAs in filling and archiving process
• In house support for CRAs to conduct submission packages and updating submissions status on COSMOS
• Supporting Clinical Team with handling of essential documents including contracts
• Ordering stationery items or any needed materials

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in a technical, or project management related discipline.
• Experience with an administrative role is a must (2 Years minimum)
• Clinical research administrative role is preferred
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred
• English/ Arabic fluency both verbal and written
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Virtual meeting platforms (Microsoft teams, Zoom etc.) understanding of business processes and requirements
• Strong planning and organization skills
• Self-starter, able to function at a high level with general instruction, has a proactive approach
• Must be self-directed and work well in a team environment, be able to work on multiple projects concurrently and meet commitments, possess excellent oral and written communication skills, be
• process-oriented, convert goals to tasks and define estimates on time and requirements to achieve goal objectives, and demonstrate initiative.
• Adaptable, deals with ambiguity, learns quickly, flexible and can change course quickly when needed
• Professional demeanor and ability to maintain confidentiality

Key Stakeholders:

Internal Stakeholders: Saudi Medical Evidence Team , Clinical Site Management Team, Affiliate Network, Brand Teams, Region and Area colleagues, Finance, .

External Stakeholders: Customers, travel agencies, suppliers

Seniority level

• Seniority level Associate

Employment type

• Employment type Contract

Job function

• Job function Administrative
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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**Job Responsibility**
- Perform samples analysis for quantification of different environmental pollutants using the most common analytical techniques GC- FID, GC-MS, HPLC and LC-MS.
- Train joiner chemists on the advanced analytical techniques.
- Conduct basic and applied research related to water treatment, analytical method development and environmental monitoring.
- Publish findings in reputable peer reviewed journals.
- Write research proposals.

**Compensation & Benefits**
- Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience. The appointment includes the following benefits according to the university policy.
1. Tax free salary.
2. Free furnished air-conditioned on-campus housing unit with free essential utilities and maintenance.
3. Air ticket/s to Dhahran on appointment.
4. Annual repatriation air ticket/s for family members up to four persons.
5. 30 days of paid vacation.
6. Assistance with local tuition fees for school-aged dependent children.
7. Transportation allowance
8. Free health care at KFUPM Clinic
9. End-of-service gratuity after two (2) years of continuous service.
The KFUPM campus has a range of facilities including a medical and dental clinic, health club with swimming pool, an extensive library, computing, researc**Qualifications**
- PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry.
- Has an experience in a research centers similar to the Center for Environment & Marine Studies whose working in the environmental monitoring and in the determination of hazardous contaminants such as TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon), PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon), polychlorinated, and BTEX (benzene, ethylbenzene, and toluene) in water, sediment and biota samples.
- Experience in Analytical instruments such as GC-MS, HPLC and LC-MS.
- Published a good number of articles in reputable journals
- Ability to work with interdisciplinary research groups.

**Special Instructions to Applicants**
- 1. Applications are invited for faculty positions as soon as possible at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
2. Applicants must be fluent in English as it is the medium of instruction in the University.
3. A good track record of research and of handling projects independently.

**Contact Information**
- Director of Talent Acquisition Department
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
KFUPM Box 5005, Dhahran 31261
Saudi Arabia

Telephone: +966 13 860-7854
Fax: +966 13 860-2442**Open Date**

**Close Date**

**Open Until Filled**
- Yes