Clinical Trial Associate

Location: Hybrid, Needham, MA Salary: $88k-$100k Why WorkWithUs? At Candel, our people drive our success. We value diversity, collaboration, and bold thinking in a supportive, mission‑driven environment. Like a team, we show up for each other and stay focused on making a difference for patients and families. Our leadership is transparent and empowering, and our culture is built on trust, flexibility, and accountability, encouraging ownership and innovation every day. Our Science: Advancing Cancer Immunotherapies Candel is a clinical‑stage biopharma company developing off‑the‑shelf, multimodal immunotherapies that stimulate personalized, systemic anti‑tumor responses. Our platforms use genetically modified adenovirus and HSV constructs. With positive Phase3 results for our lead candidate, it’s an exciting time to join us and help bring transformative cancer treatments to patients. Learn more: Position Summary The Clinical Trial Associate (CTA) role supports clinical trial execution in Phase2 and Phase3 trials. This role includes working on multiple protocols with the potential to cross‑train across different oncology indications using a variety of clinical trial databases. Essential Areas of Responsibility Execute and support day‑to‑day clinical trial operations in alignment with protocols, timelines, and regulatory requirements. Participate in reviewing, formatting, and finalizing study‑related templates, logs, plans, and manuals and ongoing training of personnel. Assist in collecting and completing essential study‑related activities, including data entry into multiple databases. Ensure the quality of data submitted from assigned study tasks and timely data submission, including appropriate progress reporting. Manage imaging vendor and maintain tracking of invoices, sample delivery and recovery from the vendor site. Assist in the planning and organizing study‑specific meetings and write and distribute regular updates. Assist the Clinical Trial Manager in select site management activities. This could include a review of monitoring reports and source document review. Maintain study‑related trackers that will support Clinical Operations and individual studies. Perform primary review of submitted clinical data, database entry, and source document verification according to established standard operating procedures (SOPs). Participate in the review and verification of data for quality control processes. Ensure quality in documentation and archiving of clinical data. Support invoice tracking, purchase order coordination, and budget‑related activities for study. Minimum Education, Experience and Skill Requirements Education Bachelor’s degree in a health‑related discipline or similar. Experience At least 2 years of experience in the clinical research/pharmaceutical/biotech arena and an understanding of clinical research and the requirements of a clinical operations function. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good organizational and interpersonal skills, and team drive. Knowledge of GCP and FDA regulations related to clinical trial conduct and familiarity with industry best practices. Able to manage multiple projects independently and use varying databases and management systems. Discretion in handling confidential information. Knowledge of project management tools and practices and proficiency in using normal office software: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Must be authorized to work in US. We cannot provide sponsorships. *** NOTE: We are not accepting resumes from agencies. *** #J-18808-Ljbffr