Senior Clinical Trial Specialist (Contract)
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no invention. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove EEOC statement? That's EEO boilerplate, should be removed. Also remove "POSITION: Temporary, non-exempt" maybe not needed? It's metadata but could be considered minor metadata; we can fold into short
or drop. Probably drop. We need sections: About the role (description), Responsibilities (list), Qualifications (list), Skills (maybe combine with qualifications? but we have separate sections for Skills and Qualifications; we can put skills under Skills). Benefits: there is compensation and benefits info. Pay: we have hourly range. Schedule: maybe not specified; we have occasional travel, work location US, occasional travel, flexible hours, non-traditional hours. That could be schedule info. The posting mentions "Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting. Demonstrates flexibility to work non-traditional work hours when needed, given international operations across time zones." Also "Occasional travel may be required". That's schedule-ish. So we can include Schedule section with those details. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. We need to use
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information: description of role, responsibilities list, qualifications list, skills list (maybe separate), benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, wellness, discounts), pay (hourly range), schedule (flexible hours, occasional travel, virtual home office, non-traditional hours). Also mention contract-to-hire, temporary position with potential to convert to permanent, working closely with CTM, location US, occasional travel.
We need to avoid repeating job title. The job title is Sr. Clinical Trial Specialist (contract-to-hire). We should not repeat as heading.
We need to remove EEOC statement and "POSITION: Temporary, non-exempt". Also remove "We will not assign referral rights..." etc.
Let's extract content:
Company description: "Centessa Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, is a clinical-stage company developing orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonists as a new class of medicines for the treatment of narcolepsy and potentially other sleep-wake disorders. Centessa’s lead investigational candidate – cleminorexton (formerly ORX750) – is being developed for narcolepsy type 1, narcolepsy type 2, and idiopathic hypersomnia. Centessa's OX2R agonist portfolio includes additional clinical and preclinical-stage assets with potential utility across a broader range of neurological, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric conditions. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Centessa was recognized as a Great Place to Work® in 2026."
That's about the company, could be part of About the role? The "Description Of Role" heading appears then description. We'll treat About the role as the role description: "The (contract-to-hire) Sr. Clinical Trial Specialist perform tasks to support the planning and execution of clinical studies across one or more clinical trials. This role is a temporary position with the potential to convert to a permanent role, working closely with the Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) to ensure site start-up through close-out activities are conducted in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), GCP and regulatory guidelines."
We'll keep that.
Responsibilities: bullet list from "Key Responsibilities". We'll extract each sentence as list item.
Qualifications: list from "Qualifications". Items: B.A. or B.S. degree required. 4+ year’s experience within a biotech or pharmaceutical organization. Experience working with clinical sites, principal investigators, clinical operations staff and CROs a plus. Knowledge and training on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for clinical research studies. Computer skills should include proficiency with Microsoft Office software, specifically, Outlook, Word, and Excel. Independently motivated, detail oriented and good problem-solving ability. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Flexible and able to adapt to new situations as the business demands. Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting. Demonstrates flexibility to work non-traditional work hours when needed, given international operations across time zones. Occasional travel may be required to attend investigator meetings, site visits, and/or professional conferences. Amount of travel required is study-specific.
But some of those are more skills or schedule. We'll separate: Qualifications: education, experience, GCP knowledge. Skills: computer skills, motivation, detail oriented, problem-solving, communication, flexibility, adaptability, virtual home office, non-traditional hours, occasional travel. Benefits: compensation and benefits info.
Pay: hourly range $65.00 to $85.00 per hour.
Benefits: "Contractors engaged through Centessa are employed through a third-party agency that serves as the employer of record and provides access to a comprehensive benefits package. Eligible contractors may enroll in medical plans, including PPO and EPO options, as well as dental and vision coverage after 30 days. Additional perks, such as a 401(k), wellness programs, and other discounts, may also be available to eligible contractors."
Schedule: maybe we already covered flexible hours etc. But we could put schedule info under Schedule: "Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting. Demonstrates flexibility to work non-traditional work hours when needed, given international operations across time zones. Occasional travel may be required to attend investigator meetings, site visits, and/or professional conferences. Amount of travel required is study-specific."
We must not duplicate content; if we put travel under Skills, we shouldn't also put under Schedule. Better to separate: Skills: computer skills, motivation, detail oriented, problem-solving, communication, flexibility, adaptability. Schedule: virtual home office, non-traditional hours, occasional travel. Benefits: as above. Pay: hourly range.
Qualifications: education, experience, GCP.
Let's craft.
We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "EEOC Statement". Remove.
Now produce HTML fragment:
About the role
The (contract-to-hire) Sr. Clinical Trial Specialist performs tasks to support the planning and execution of clinical studies across one or more clinical trials. This role is a temporary position with the potential to convert to a permanent role, working closely with the Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) to ensure site start‑up through close‑out activities are conducted in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), GCP and regulatory guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Assists and provides support to the CTM and study team in the day‑to‑day operational management of assigned clinical trials.
- Supports the CTM in coordination, preparation, and documentation of internal and external meetings such as Kick‑Off Meetings, Investigator Meetings, and vendor management meetings by preparing agendas, minutes, and presentation materials, organizing meeting logistics and travel arrangements if necessary.
- Takes responsibility for meeting logistics, agendas, and minutes of the clinical study team in accordance with standards.
- Assists with tracking of purchase orders and invoices, site budgets, investigator payments, CTAs, etc.
- Assists in tracking key site metrics and milestones such as Site Initiation Visits and site activation, subject recruitment and enrollment, critical study dosing days and assessments, scheduled Monitoring Visits and Close‑Out Visits, etc.
- Contributes to study level tracking by maintaining tools to track assignment and training of study team members, recruitment materials and compliance tools, laboratory kits, samples and study supplies, vendor portal access, etc.
- Supports the CTM in the oversight of study vendors; including review of invoices.
- Supports the CTM and contributes to the review of clinical documentation such as Informed Consent (ICF), Study Reference Binder, Study Management Plans, Monitoring plan, study protocols, etc.
- Manages and maintains the study team SharePoint.
- Assists in clinical site oversight, data entry timeliness, review of monitoring trip reports and tracks resolution of all action items.
- Assists in TMF management to ensure it is being maintained up‑to‑date and all essential documents are appropriately filed in the TMF.
- Assists CTM and study team in the review and cleaning of study data in preparation for database lock.
Qualifications
- B.A. or B.S. degree required.
- 4+ years’ experience within a biotech or pharmaceutical organization.
- Experience working with clinical sites, principal investigators, clinical operations staff and CROs a plus.
- Knowledge and training on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for clinical research studies.
Skills
- Computer skills: proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel).
- Independently motivated, detail‑oriented, and good problem‑solving ability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Flexible and able to adapt to new situations as the business demands.
Schedule
- Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting.
- Demonstrates flexibility to work non‑traditional work hours when needed, given international operations across time zones.
- Occasional travel may be required to attend investigator meetings, site visits, and/or professional conferences; amount of travel is study‑specific.
Pay
The hourly range for this position is $65.00 to $85.00 per hour. Individual compensation within this range will be determined based on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and job knowledge.
Benefits
- Contractors engaged through Centessa are employed through a third‑party agency that serves as the employer of record and provides access to a comprehensive benefits package.
- Eligible contractors may enroll in medical plans, including PPO and EPO options, as well as dental and vision coverage after 30 days.
- Additional perks, such as a 401(k), wellness programs, and other discounts, may also be available to eligible contractors.
We must ensure no duplicate content. Check that we didn't include "Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting." also in Skills? We placed it only in Schedule. Good.
Check that we didn't include "Flexible and able to adapt to new situations as the business demands." in Skills; we have that. Good.
Check that we didn't include "Occasional travel may be required..." elsewhere; only in Schedule.
Check that we didn't include "Demonstrates flexibility to work non-traditional work hours when needed..." only in Schedule.
Check that we didn't include "Independently motivated, detail oriented and good problem-solving ability." only in Skills.
Check that we didn't include "Excellent written and verbal communication skills." only in Skills.
Check that we didn't include "Computer skills should include proficiency with Microsoft Office software, specifically, Outlook, Word, and Excel." only in Skills.
Check that we didn't include "Knowledge and training on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for clinical research studies." only in Qualifications.
Check that we didn't include "Experience working with clinical sites, principal investigators, clinical operations staff and CROs a plus." only in Qualifications.
Check that we didn't include "4+ year’s experience within a biotech or pharmaceutical organization."
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information: description of role, responsibilities list, qualifications list, skills list (maybe separate), benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, wellness, discounts), pay (hourly range), schedule (flexible hours, occasional travel, virtual home office, non-traditional hours). Also mention contract-to-hire, temporary position with potential to convert to permanent, working closely with CTM, location US, occasional travel. We need to avoid repeating job title. The job title is Sr. Clinical Trial Specialist (contract-to-hire). We should not repeat as heading. We need to remove EEOC statement and "POSITION: Temporary, non-exempt". Also remove "We will not assign referral rights..." etc. Let's extract content: Company description: "Centessa Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, is a clinical-stage company developing orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonists as a new class of medicines for the treatment of narcolepsy and potentially other sleep-wake disorders. Centessa’s lead investigational candidate – cleminorexton (formerly ORX750) – is being developed for narcolepsy type 1, narcolepsy type 2, and idiopathic hypersomnia. Centessa's OX2R agonist portfolio includes additional clinical and preclinical-stage assets with potential utility across a broader range of neurological, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric conditions. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Centessa was recognized as a Great Place to Work® in 2026." That's about the company, could be part of About the role? The "Description Of Role" heading appears then description. We'll treat About the role as the role description: "The (contract-to-hire) Sr. Clinical Trial Specialist perform tasks to support the planning and execution of clinical studies across one or more clinical trials. This role is a temporary position with the potential to convert to a permanent role, working closely with the Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) to ensure site start-up through close-out activities are conducted in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), GCP and regulatory guidelines." We'll keep that. Responsibilities: bullet list from "Key Responsibilities". We'll extract each sentence as list item. Qualifications: list from "Qualifications". Items: B.A. or B.S. degree required. 4+ year’s experience within a biotech or pharmaceutical organization. Experience working with clinical sites, principal investigators, clinical operations staff and CROs a plus. Knowledge and training on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for clinical research studies. Computer skills should include proficiency with Microsoft Office software, specifically, Outlook, Word, and Excel. Independently motivated, detail oriented and good problem-solving ability. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Flexible and able to adapt to new situations as the business demands. Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting. Demonstrates flexibility to work non-traditional work hours when needed, given international operations across time zones. Occasional travel may be required to attend investigator meetings, site visits, and/or professional conferences. Amount of travel required is study-specific. But some of those are more skills or schedule. We'll separate: Qualifications: education, experience, GCP knowledge. Skills: computer skills, motivation, detail oriented, problem-solving, communication, flexibility, adaptability, virtual home office, non-traditional hours, occasional travel. Benefits: compensation and benefits info. Pay: hourly range $65.00 to $85.00 per hour. Benefits: "Contractors engaged through Centessa are employed through a third-party agency that serves as the employer of record and provides access to a comprehensive benefits package. Eligible contractors may enroll in medical plans, including PPO and EPO options, as well as dental and vision coverage after 30 days. Additional perks, such as a 401(k), wellness programs, and other discounts, may also be available to eligible contractors." Schedule: maybe we already covered flexible hours etc. But we could put schedule info under Schedule: "Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting. Demonstrates flexibility to work non-traditional work hours when needed, given international operations across time zones. Occasional travel may be required to attend investigator meetings, site visits, and/or professional conferences. Amount of travel required is study-specific." We must not duplicate content; if we put travel under Skills, we shouldn't also put under Schedule. Better to separate: Skills: computer skills, motivation, detail oriented, problem-solving, communication, flexibility, adaptability. Schedule: virtual home office, non-traditional hours, occasional travel. Benefits: as above. Pay: hourly range. Qualifications: education, experience, GCP. Let's craft. We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "EEOC Statement". Remove. Now produce HTML fragment:
About the role
The (contract-to-hire) Sr. Clinical Trial Specialist performs tasks to support the planning and execution of clinical studies across one or more clinical trials. This role is a temporary position with the potential to convert to a permanent role, working closely with the Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) to ensure site start‑up through close‑out activities are conducted in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), GCP and regulatory guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Assists and provides support to the CTM and study team in the day‑to‑day operational management of assigned clinical trials.
- Supports the CTM in coordination, preparation, and documentation of internal and external meetings such as Kick‑Off Meetings, Investigator Meetings, and vendor management meetings by preparing agendas, minutes, and presentation materials, organizing meeting logistics and travel arrangements if necessary.
- Takes responsibility for meeting logistics, agendas, and minutes of the clinical study team in accordance with standards.
- Assists with tracking of purchase orders and invoices, site budgets, investigator payments, CTAs, etc.
- Assists in tracking key site metrics and milestones such as Site Initiation Visits and site activation, subject recruitment and enrollment, critical study dosing days and assessments, scheduled Monitoring Visits and Close‑Out Visits, etc.
- Contributes to study level tracking by maintaining tools to track assignment and training of study team members, recruitment materials and compliance tools, laboratory kits, samples and study supplies, vendor portal access, etc.
- Supports the CTM in the oversight of study vendors; including review of invoices.
- Supports the CTM and contributes to the review of clinical documentation such as Informed Consent (ICF), Study Reference Binder, Study Management Plans, Monitoring plan, study protocols, etc.
- Manages and maintains the study team SharePoint.
- Assists in clinical site oversight, data entry timeliness, review of monitoring trip reports and tracks resolution of all action items.
- Assists in TMF management to ensure it is being maintained up‑to‑date and all essential documents are appropriately filed in the TMF.
- Assists CTM and study team in the review and cleaning of study data in preparation for database lock.
Qualifications
- B.A. or B.S. degree required.
- 4+ years’ experience within a biotech or pharmaceutical organization.
- Experience working with clinical sites, principal investigators, clinical operations staff and CROs a plus.
- Knowledge and training on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for clinical research studies.
Skills
- Computer skills: proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel).
- Independently motivated, detail‑oriented, and good problem‑solving ability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Flexible and able to adapt to new situations as the business demands.
Schedule
- Ability to work effectively from a virtual home office setting.
- Demonstrates flexibility to work non‑traditional work hours when needed, given international operations across time zones.
- Occasional travel may be required to attend investigator meetings, site visits, and/or professional conferences; amount of travel is study‑specific.
Pay
The hourly range for this position is $65.00 to $85.00 per hour. Individual compensation within this range will be determined based on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and job knowledge.
Benefits
- Contractors engaged through Centessa are employed through a third‑party agency that serves as the employer of record and provides access to a comprehensive benefits package.
- Eligible contractors may enroll in medical plans, including PPO and EPO options, as well as dental and vision coverage after 30 days.
- Additional perks, such as a 401(k), wellness programs, and other discounts, may also be available to eligible contractors.