Senior Clinical Scientist
Natera
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Carlos • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $129,800 - $162,300 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Support the development and refinement of study documents under the guidance of senior clinical scientists.
- Contribute to authoring and reviewing sections of study protocols and supporting documents.
- Assist in preparing materials for regulatory response packages as needed.
- Provide protocol and study-specific training to internal teams and CRO partners.
- Help ensure study manuals, CRFs, and associated guidelines are aligned with protocol requirements.
- Participate in study meetings, site initiation visits, investigator meetings, and pre-site selection discussions to support successful study conduct.
- Conduct routine clinical data reviews to ensure data quality, completeness, and medical plausibility.
- Assist in monitoring safety data, reviewing protocol deviations, and identifying trends requiring escalation.
- Collaborate to support data cleaning activities, ensuring alignment with study timelines.
- Partner with clinical scientists, statisticians, and medical directors to extract and interpret scientific data for abstracts, posters, presentations, and manuscripts.
- Support medical and scientific writing, including background research, data summaries, and figure/table preparation.
- Contribute to preparation of internal and external presentations for advisory boards, steering committees, investigator meetings, and relevant conferences.
- Track enrollment progress and key performance metrics across ECD studies; support forecasting and variance analyses.
- Maintain dashboards or trackers to identify trends in clinical data, site performance, and study progress.
- Flag data anomalies, patterns, or operational risks to senior team members.
- Serve as a clinical science representative in internal meetings, supporting scientific and operational discussions.
- Engage with medical directors, medical science liaisons, clinical operations, regulatory, and other internal stakeholders on cross-functional projects.
Requirements
- Advanced degree preferred (MS, RN, or PhD).
- 2-4 years of experience in clinical research, clinical science, oncology research, or related scientific/medical fields.
- Experience with clinical data review, data interpretation, or scientific analyses preferred.
- Familiarity with oncology, CRC, or early detection technologies is a plus.
- Basic understanding of study protocols, CRFs, and clinical research processes.
- Some experience with scientific communication (abstracts, posters, or manuscripts) is beneficial.
- Experience with project management, clinical research, and scientific writing.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
- Free testing in addition to fertility care benefits.
- Pregnancy and baby bonding leave.
- 401k benefits.
- Commuter benefits.
- Generous employee referral program!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
clinical data reviewdata interpretationscientific analysesscientific writingproject managementstudy protocolsCRFsdata cleaningregulatory response preparationdata quality assurance
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationtrainingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsattention to detailinterpersonal skillsanalytical thinkingpresentation skillsstakeholder engagement
Certifications
MSRNPhD