Clinical Research Associate (CRA) CV template for pharma, biotech and CRO jobs
A sample Clinical Research Associate (CRA) CV, built on the layout I use for my own CV and for clients. The person, the employers and every number in it are invented, so treat each line as a prompt and replace it with your own evidence. You get it in English and in German, as Word and PDF.
Made by Andreas Schulz, MoreThanCareer.de: 17 years in recruitment, 14 of them in pharma and CRO environments at Bayer, ICON and Syneos Health. Free for your own CV. If you share the template, please keep the credit line in the footer. Checked every quarter, next review planned for February 2027.
What a Hiring Manager checks in a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) CV
- Independent monitoring experience in months or years. Many CRA II and Senior CRA ads ask for an exact minimum.
- Phases, therapy areas, number of sites and countries.
- Visit types you run on your own, from selection to close-out, and remote or risk-based monitoring.
- Current regulations: ICH-GCP E6(R3), the EU Clinical Trials Regulation and CTIS.
- Quality signals such as deviation rates, audit results and sponsor feedback.
Keywords that belong in it
Use the ones that are true for you, in the words the job ad uses: site monitoring, ICH-GCP, risk-based monitoring, SDV, site initiation, close-out, EU CTR, CTIS, eTMF, oncology.
How the template is built
Target role above the name, a short profile, career highlights with numbers before the experience, role title and dates on one line, employer and location on the next, and competencies as a keyword line at the end. The reasoning behind each part is on the pharma CV template page. If your target is a German employer, read how your Arbeitszeugnis will be compared with your CV in the Arbeitszeugnis decoder.
Frequently asked questions
How do I show CRA experience levels on a CV?
State the months or years of independent monitoring, the number of sites and the visit types you run without supervision.
Should a CRA CV mention home-based work?
Yes, next to the location. Many CRA roles are home-based and recruiters filter by region.
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