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Clinical Research Associate Entry

Medpace
Navi Mumbai, India
₹4.1 LPA - ₹6.1 LPA
Posted 25/08/2026

About the Role

Company Description 

Medpace is a global full-service Contract Research Organization (CRO) that helps biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies with development. Medpace provides services that work together such as clinical operations, monitoring, regulatory support, data management, safety, medical writing and laboratory capabilities. Because Medpace works in different countries Medpace can use scientific skill and therapeutic knowledge to help bring safe and effective medical treatments to people faster. Medpace always makes sure to keep standards, for quality and compliance.

Job Summary 

The Entry‑Level Clinical Research Associate role at Medpace in Navi Mumbai gives healthcare and life‑science graduates a chance to start a career in research. Even if a candidate has no research experience Medpace will provide structured PACE training. The Entry‑Level Clinical Research Associate will help trial sites ensure protocol and regulatory compliance review clinical documentation and safety information communicate with site teams and conduct monitoring activities. The Entry‑Level Clinical Research Associate will also gain exposure, to therapeutic areas and find career advancement opportunities.

Key Responsibilities 

  • Carry out site qualification, initiation, monitoring and closeout visits to make sure everyone follows the study protocols.

  • Keep talking with investigators, clinical research coordinators and other workers at the site.

  • Check the investigator credentials, site facilities, equipment, lab resources. If the staffing is enough.

  • Look at source records. Compare them to case report forms to make sure all trial data is right and complete.

  • Find any problems with paperwork. Help the site teams learn how to use Good Documentation Practices.

  • Spot any protocol deviations. Make sure those protocol deviations are reported and handled the right way.

  • Double check that every person joined in the study meets all the study eligibility criteria.

  • Read through regulatory documents and check that all required records are kept in good order.

  • Monitor products, medical devices, drug supplies and all the drug supplies records.

  • Check on events, serious adverse events other medications being taken and medical conditions to make sure reporting is correct.

  • Look at how the site finds people and keeps them in the study then give advice on how to do better.

  • Write up monitoring reports and send follow-up notes, about what was found what was wrong and how to fix it.

Qualifications 

  • You need to have at a Bachelor’s degree. It is better if your degree is in healthcare, pharmacy, medical or life-science fields.

  • If you have worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) before that might help you get the job.

  • Should be comfortable with traveling across the country about 60–80% of the time. This is because the CRA position requires you to visit sites often.

  • We expect you to know how to use Microsoft Office applications.

  • Previous clinical research experience is not mandatory to apply. This is because Medpace provides training, for the CRA position through the PACE® program.

Skills Required 

  • The role needs communication skills to communicate with investigators, clinical research coordinators and study teams.

  • Have organizational skills to handle many trial activities, documents, timelines and site tasks in a good way.

  • Being careful is very important to check data, source documents, regulatory records and study papers correctly.

  • Being able to think through problems and solve them is needed to find differences, protocol issues and compliance problems and help fix them.

  • Candidates should know the basics of research Good Clinical Practice (GCP) clinical trial rules and the laws that apply.

  • Being good with people and working in a team is important to build relationships with clinical sites and different teams.

  • Knowing how to use Microsoft Office tools is helpful for making reports keeping records and organizing study details.

  • People should also show they can change act professionally and be ready to travel a lot for site visits.

  • Wanting to learn and take training is good, for gaining knowledge and becoming better at trial monitoring.

Salary Structure 

The entry-level salary for a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) at Medpace in India ranges from approximately ₹4.1 Lakhs – ₹6.1 Lakhs per year for 0–1 year of experience.

Career Development 

  • This job offers training and real hands-on work in clinical trial monitoring. It helps new people build skills in GCP, site management, regulatory compliance and clinical research operations.

  • As you gain experience you can move up to senior CRA positions. Later you can even move into Clinical Project Management, Clinical Operations Management or other special leadership roles, in research.

How to Apply   

  1. Visit our job portal and search for Clinical Research Associate – Entry Level at Medpace.

  2. Review the eligibility criteria and job details carefully.

  3. Upload your updated resume and provide the required application details.

  4. Submit your application.

Market Insights & Trends

Salary Insights

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Hiring Trends

The number of jobs for this profile is going up every year. Hospitals and other healthcare companies are looking for people who're good, at their job and can also figure out new problems. They want who can do the work and also think on their feet to deal with the challenges of working in healthcare today.

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