Senior Clinical Trials Specialist
Adaptive Biotechnologies
80,200 - 120,400 / year
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Description
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Position Overview
The Senior Clinical Trial Specialist will be responsible for supporting and contributing to the Adaptive Biotechnologies Dx Customer Operations team to ensure our customers and their patients have an exceptional experience. This position will directly support clinical trials for the company’s commercially available diagnostic product, clonoSEQ™, which is an assay for the detection and monitoring of minimal residual disease (MRD).
Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions
- Maintain the Clinical Trial Managers in maintaining detailed requirements of MRD-related trial protocols, facilitating sample processing and data generation
- Support Adaptive Biotechnologies’ Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team as needed in the design and management of Adaptive’s clinical trial collaborations
- Partner with Quality Assurance to document deviations and nonconformances in accordance with GCLP practices
- Coordinate and communicate with internal and external stakeholders regarding dual workflow patient samples
- Lead cross-functional efforts to create customer-specific collateral for clinical trials.
- Assist customers with patient linking requests which may involve re-accessioning or re-processing events
- Tier II support for customer issue and complaint resolution
- Lead onboarding activities for new clinical trial customers
- Serve as point of contact for trial investigators and/or their staff to answer or triage trial-related questions regarding ordering, specimen type and sample processing, and reporting timeframes
- Attend clinical trial investigator / participating site meetings and generate meeting / project documentation as needed
- Partner with BSM and Lab Operations teams to ensure smooth sample receipt, processing and results delivery in accordance with contractual trial agreements and analytical plan
- Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on assigned clinical trial requirements
- Work closely with many of the company’s internal departments, including Biological Sample Management, Lab Operations, and Accounts Receivable, Medical Affairs, and Quality Assurance
- Work with the larger Dx Customer Operations team to streamline processes, ensure efficiency and improve existing standard operating procedures
- Contribute to a culture of success and ongoing business goal achievement
- All other duties as assigned
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- 2 to 4 years of prior Clinical Trials, Clinical Services or Client Services experience is highly preferred
- Experience working with GCLP trials or in an FDA regulated environment preferred
- Strong customer and patient focus with a demonstrated understanding of HIPAA requirements
- Familiarity with basic laboratory and customer service-related systems such as LIMS and SFDC
- Strong attention to detail and meticulous data entry skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks to completion in a dynamic office setting
- Effective and professional communication skills for engagement with both internal and external personnel
- Excellent written communication skills are required, including technical proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
- Flexible team-player with the ability to take on new assignments
Working Conditions
- Some travel may be required
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Compensation
Salary Range: $80,200 - 120,400
Possible “other compensation” elements to include:
- equity grant
- bonus eligible
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Interested in this position, but don’t meet all the requirements? Adaptive is committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams across our organization. Please consider applying even if your experience doesn’t match all the qualifications; you may be the exact candidate we’re searching for!
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Adaptive’s posted compensation information includes a base salary (or hourly rate) range and summary of other available total compensation. The base salary range represents a minimum-to-maximum salary (or hourly rate) available to candidates upon extension of offer. Base salary is thoughtfully considered upon offer and is determined through multiple evaluation checks throughout the interview process, including: a candidate’s ability to meet minimum qualifications (skills/experience/education), a candidate’s ability to thoughtfully address preferred qualifications, current market conditions, and internal pay equity. Listed base salary is exclusive of bonus, commission, equity, differential pay, benefits, and other incentives.
Adaptive's benefits at-a-glance.
Adaptive Biotechnologies is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Please refer the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster for more information. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email hr@adaptivebiotech.com.
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Benefits
- stock options
About this role
Adaptive Biotechnologies is seeking a Senior Clinical Trials Specialist to manage customer operations and clinical trial support for clonoSEQ™, a diagnostic assay for minimal residual disease detection and monitoring. You'll serve as the primary liaison between trial investigators, internal teams, and customers, handling everything from protocol requirements and sample coordination to customer onboarding and issue resolution. This role demands strong attention to detail, HIPAA compliance awareness, and the ability to navigate GCLP practices and FDA-regulated environments while juggling multiple stakeholders and priorities.
The position calls for a bachelor's degree and ideally two to four years in clinical trials, clinical services, or client services. Experience with GCLP trials or FDA-regulated settings is preferred. You'll need solid technical skills with systems like LIMS and Salesforce, excellent written and verbal communication, and a genuine customer and patient focus. The role is fully remote with occasional travel, and compensation ranges from $80,200 to $120,400 with equity and bonus eligibility.
This is a cross-functional role that requires you to work closely with lab operations, quality assurance, medical affairs, and accounts teams. If you thrive coordinating complex workflows, communicating across departments, and serving as a subject matter expert on specific trial requirements, this could be a strong fit—even if you don't check every box on the preferred qualifications list.
Pay for this role
$80,200 to $120,400 per year
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