Every door into clinical research, with someone holding it open.

Entry-level clinical research jobs are more varied than the word "coordinator" suggests. This page lists all of them — CTAs, CRCs, research assistants, data and regulatory support — pulled from site, hospital, university, CRO, and sponsor career pages, re-checked all day. Each one comes with the insiders who work there and a first message, written for you. Free, no card, no trial.

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3236 of 3236 jobs · 1157 remote · median advertised $145k

Bristol Myers Squibbtoday

Sr.Director, Clinical Data Management, Oncology

Princeton - NJ - US · onsite

$235k–$284k

senior

Veeva Systemstoday

Senior Technical Product Manager (AI) - Vault Medical

Canada - Toronto · onsite

Remote, Mexico · remote

2 Locations · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

ClinChoicetoday

Senior Principal Biostatistician/Senior Manager, Biostatistician - Study Lead (Oncology) - Remote

United States · remote

Salary not posted

senior

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

Senior Medical Writer - Early Development Services

3 Locations · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

Country Approval Specialist - FSP

Budapest, Hungary · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Gilead Sciencestoday

Director, Medical Affairs Research

United States - California - Foster City · onsite

Mexico, Mexico City · hybrid

Salary not posted

senior

ICON plctoday

Clinical Research Coordinator 1

US, Nashville, TN · onsite

2 Locations · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Parexeltoday

Associate Clinical Operations Leader

India, Remote · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Worldwide Clinical Trialstoday

Senior Specialist, Site Contracts - Spain

2 Locations · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

FSP Assoc Manager Clinical Operations

Remote, Mexico · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

FSP Assoc Manager Clinical Operations (Study Start-Up)

Remote, Mexico · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Florence Healthcaretoday

Practice Partner (Registered Nurse)

Remote · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Premier Researchtoday

Director, Study Start Up United Kingdom

United Kingdom · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Pfizertoday

Senior Medical Director, Hematology

United States - California - La Jolla (inactive) United States - Illinois - Lake Forest United States - Washington – Bothell United States - Pennsylvania - Collegeville United States - New York - New York City United States - Massachusetts - Cambridge United States - Connecticut - Groton · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Truvetatoday

Senior Technical Program Manager, Data

Hyderabad, India · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Takedatoday

Senior Medical Director, Japan Clinical Sciences Head

Osaka, Ōsaka · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Parexeltoday

Clinical Trial Coordinator- Finance- FSP

Canada, Quebec, Remote · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Amgentoday

Senior Manager Biostatistical Programming

Taiwan - Taipei · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Veeva Systemstoday

Lead Consultant / Project Manager - Quality Cloud

Salary not posted

senior

Amgentoday

Global Pharmacovigilance (PV) Scientist, Senior Manager

United States - Remote · remote

Salary not posted

senior

Johnson & Johnsontoday

Sr. Trial Manager, Early Development, Oncology

2 Locations · onsite

Uxbridge - GB · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

AstraZenecatoday

Executive Director Clinical Operations, Program Management

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America · hybrid

$305k–$457k

senior

ICON plctoday

Clinical Trial Manager

Belgium, Mechelen · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Veeva Systemstoday

Director - Vault Safety Suite

Massachusetts - Boston · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

ICON plctoday

Clinical Site Associate

Korea, Seoul · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Premier Researchtoday

Clinical Operations Instructional Designer/Trainer Analyst II

United States of America · onsite

Brazil, Sao Paulo · remote

Salary not posted

entry

Parexeltoday

Medical Director/Senior Medical Director - Neurology or Psychiatry

Serbia, Remote · remote

Hyderabad, India · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Pulmovanttoday

Manager/Senior Manager, Statistical Programming, Pulmovant

Remote, US · remote

Salary not posted

senior

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

Senior Research Associate – Clinical Outcomes Assessment (COA) & In-Trial Research (ITR) - EMEA

6 Locations · onsite

United States - California - Foster City · onsite

$261k–$338k

senior

AstraZenecatoday

Diagnostics Coordinator

Ciudad de México, , Mexico · onsite

Remote, Argentina · remote

Wisconsin - Madison · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Eli Lillytoday

Clinical Research Lead

ES: Alcobendas · onsite

Tarrytown, New York, United States of America · onsite

São Paulo, Brazil · onsite

2 Locations · onsite

Remote, Mexico · remote

Multiple locations · onsite

Salary not posted

senior

Gilead Sciencestoday

Clinical Data Management Manager

United States - California - Foster City · onsite

6 Locations · remote

Remote, Mexico · remote

Salary not posted

entry

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

FSP Associate Manager Clinical Operations

Remote, North Carolina, USA · remote

United States, California, Remote · remote

Salary not posted

senior

Parexeltoday

Medical Monitor/Study Physician/Medical Director - Home Based - FSP

Germany, Remote · remote

Salary not posted

senior

CZ Biohubtoday

Research Associate II, High-Throughput Cell Biology

Chicago, IL (Onsite) · onsite

$70k–$87k

midinsiders soon

Labcorptoday

Medical Director, Clinical Development – MRD Portfolio (Solid Tumors)

2 Locations · onsite

Mexico, Remote · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

CRA I/ II- FSP - Spain

2 Locations · onsite

$45k–$100k

senior

CTI Clinicaltoday

Clinical Research Associate II / Senior Clinical Research (CRA) - Italy

Italy - Remote · remote

Salary not posted

senior

ICON plctoday

Site Management Associate

Poland, Warsaw · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Veristattoday

Principal Medical Writer - Clinical Focus

3 Locations · onsite

$142k–$153k

senior

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

Project Manager - Early Phase

Remote, India · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

FSP Country Approval Specialist

Remote, North Carolina, USA · remote

Salary not posted

mid

Thermo Fisher Scientifictoday

Senior CRA level II

Prague, Czechia · remote

Salary not posted

senior

AstraZenecatoday

Global Development Medical Director, Late Respiratory and Immunology Clinical Development

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America · onsite

Budapest · onsite

Taguig Metro Manila, , Philippines · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Pfizertoday

Yokohama, Japan · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Abiologicstoday

Senior Research Associate, In Vivo Pharmacology

Watertown, MA · onsite

AUS - New South Wales - Macquarie Park · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Veeva Systemstoday

Small to Midsize Strategy Leader - Clinical Data

Massachusetts - Boston · onsite

Vilvoorde, Belgium · onsite

Shanghai, China · onsite

Salary not posted

mid

Profluenttoday

Senior Research Associate - Technology Development

Emeryville, California, United States; On-site · onsite

Multiple locations · onsite

Most people think "clinical research job" means one job. It's at least six. Here's what each one actually is, and what it asks for.

1. Clinical Trial Assistant (CTA). The admin backbone of a study team — tracking documents, scheduling, filing regulatory paperwork, chasing sites for signatures. Usually a bachelor's in anything life-science-adjacent. This is the single most common first job in the industry, and the most common launch pad into CRC and CRA roles.

2. Clinical Research Coordinator I / Study Coordinator. The patient-facing role: consenting participants, running study visits, entering data, reporting adverse events. "CRC I" postings are the true entry tier; some ask for 1–2 years, many don't. If the wall is your problem, we keep a page just for CRC jobs with no experience required.

3. Research Assistant / Study Assistant (university). The academic route: recruiting participants, entering data, running sessions in a PI's lab. Pays less, counts as real "research experience" the day you start, and a PI's reference is gold.

4. Clinical data management assistant. Cleaning and querying trial data in EDC systems. Detail-obsessed people who'd rather love a spreadsheet than a patient do very well here, and these roles go remote early.

5. Regulatory affairs assistant / regulatory coordinator. IRB submissions, regulatory binders, document control. If you enjoy rules and paperwork done perfectly, this door is underrated and chronically short on applicants.

6. Drug safety / pharmacovigilance associate. Processing adverse event reports for CROs and sponsors. Often hires new grads with pharmacy, nursing, or life-science backgrounds; mostly remote-friendly.

Reading an "entry level" posting honestly

Some postings say "entry level" and mean "entry level, if you already did the job somewhere else for two years." Here's how to read past the label:

The magic clause. "…or an equivalent combination of education and experience" means the years are negotiable. Apply.
"CRC I" vs "CRC II." The Roman numeral is the tier. I is entry. II wants 2–3 years. Don't waste heartbreak on the IIs yet.
Experience vs. research experience. Patient care, lab work, phlebotomy, quality roles, and university volunteering frequently satisfy postings that seem to demand a research résumé.
CRA postings marked "entry level." Usually want coordinator experience — see CRA jobs for how that ladder actually works.

If a posting looks like a stretch, remember what it's really asking: will this person be careful and pleasant for eight hours a day. Résumés answer that question badly. A conversation with someone inside answers it well.

Who actually hires entry level

Sites, hospitals, and universities hire beginners most readily — they need local help and will train the rest.
CROs hire waves of CTAs, data, and regulatory associates, plus CRA trainees. Big-company processes, real titles, fast promotion paths.
Sponsors (the pharma companies themselves) hire the least at entry level; their roles typically want a CRO or site background first. That's the second job, not the first.

What entry-level clinical research pays

From postings we see daily: CTAs and university research assistants commonly advertise $40k–$58k. CRC I roles commonly $48k–$62k, higher in expensive metros and at academic medical centers. Data, regulatory, and safety associates $50k–$65k. It's not tech money in year one — but coordinator-to-CRA and CTA-to-CRA paths roughly double inside a few years, and titles compound fast in this industry.

The shortcut that actually works

Applications from strangers get skimmed. Applications with a name attached get read. In one large U.S. company's hiring data, referred candidates were 6% of applicants but 29% of hires — about 2× as likely to get an interview (Brown, Setren & Topa, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2013; Journal of Labor Economics, 2016).

That's why every job here ships with its people: the CTA who got promoted last year, the coordinator who was in your seat two years ago. We show you who they are and write the first message. You have one good conversation. The rest follows.

Browse the listings, or get a free plan built around you — no card.

Questions

What is the easiest clinical research job to get with no experience? Clinical Trial Assistant and university research assistant roles are the most reliably open to zero-experience candidates. CTAs at CROs hire in cohorts; research assistant postings appear constantly at universities.

Do I need a degree to work in clinical research? Almost all entry postings ask for a bachelor's, usually in a life science, nursing, psychology, or public health — but RNs and experienced MAs/paramedics get hired into coordinator roles without one. See how to become a clinical research coordinator for the full paths.

What's the difference between a CTA and a CRC? A CTA supports the study team (documents, scheduling, tracking) and rarely touches patients. A CRC runs study visits and works with participants directly. CTA is the easier entry; CRC is where most people are aiming.

Can I get an entry-level clinical research job remotely? Honestly — rarely. On-site roles hire beginners much more readily, and most fully-remote roles want a year or two first. See remote clinical research jobs for which remote doors open earliest.

Is clinical research a good career? Steady demand, titles that compound quickly (coordinator → senior → manager, or coordinator → CRA), and real options to go remote within a couple of years. The first year is the hard one — which is exactly what the referral mechanic here is for.

Where do the jobs come from? Straight from employers' own career pages — sites, hospitals, universities, CROs, and sponsors — re-checked several times a day. No aggregator spam, no reposted dead links.

Careers overlap: CRA → regulatory operations

Monitors and coordinators cross into regulatory operations more than any other move. The other side of the house lives at regulatory operations jobs, and our CRA to regulatory operations guide maps the crossing.

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