Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Syneos Health is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization dedicated to accelerating customer success in drug development and commercialization. The Clinical Scientist role within the Clinical Surveillance & Training team focuses on ensuring endpoint quality, data integrity, and trial success through scientific leadership and collaboration with clinical operations and study teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead Rater Training Excellence: Design and deliver scientifically grounded rater training programs to ensure consistent, high-quality endpoint assessment and reduce variability across sites
- Drive Patient Eligibility Quality: Perform comprehensive eligibility reviews, providing a second level of scientific oversight to confirm appropriate patient selection and minimize protocol deviations and safety risks
- Deliver Data-Driven Insights: Analyze clinical and endpoint data to identify trends, variability, and potential risks—translating findings into actionable insights that improve study execution
- Shape Protocol Strategy: Partner with sponsors and study teams to review protocols and provide expert guidance on endpoint strategy, scale selection, and study design feasibility
- Act as a Scientific Leader: Collaborate cross-functionally with clinical operations, medical, and sponsor teams to proactively identify risks and deliver solutions that protect study integrity
Skills
- Doctoral level degree relevant to therapeutic area (e.g., for CNS: Clinical Psychology PhD or PsyD or Psychiatry MD)
- Moderate to extensive clinical experience with patients in relevant therapeutic areas
- Knowledge of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric assessments, including patient reported outcome measures, inferential biostatistics, and medical terminology
- Experience with clinical research or pharmaceutical industry
- Excellent planning/organizational skills and ability to prioritize and multitask
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken, with an ability to inform, influence, convince, and persuade
- Strong presentation skills, with experience presenting in professional settings
- Ability to travel as necessary (approximately 20%)
Benefits
- Company car or car allowance
- Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
- Company match 401k
- Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
- Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time
- Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work
Company Overview
Syneos Health, the only fully integrated end-to-end clinical and commercial solution organization. It was founded in 1985, and is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.syneoshealth.com/.