Clinical Site Support Specialist

Ikerian

📍Boston, MA
Posted May 19, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Clinical Site Support Specialist

Company

Ikerian

Location

Boston, MA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4412893191

Job Description

About Us

Ikerian AG (formerly RetinAI Medical) is a fast-growing medical device software company headquartered in Bern, Switzerland. Our mission is to enable the right decisions sooner in healthcare, through transformative AI & data management solutions for disease screening and monitoring. Join our diverse team of entrepreneurs, developers, researchers, and commercial experts who are collectively shaping the future of healthcare.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced clinician who is well versed in all aspects of ophthalmology.  This person will be responsible for building relationships with a clinical site's research coordinators and PI's, performing a medical record review of pre-identified patients to evaluate clinical trial eligibility based on a sponsor's protocol, delivering the results to the sites, and monitoring and collecting the outcomes. You will also be responsible for managing the sponsor relationship as it pertains to the individual project, updating them and meeting with them as contractually agreed, and knowing when to include a commercial team member or point of escalation if needed.  

This role will work closely with our data science and research team to ensure quality and accuracy of client deliverables as well as serving as an SME for consulting on eligibility criteria when needed.

Additional tasks may be assigned based on necessity, so the ability to remain flexible and be willing to assume additional responsibilities as our company grows is a must.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage site relationships for awarded projects

  • Review EHR records as it pertains to sponsor protocols and eligibility criteria.

  • manage deliverable to sites, tailoring as needed and as contractually agreed to ensure positive relationships and outcomes for both sites and sponsors.

  • Serve as an ophthalmology SME for collaboration and adjudication on ophthalmic or medical criteria with our research and data science team, for both awarded and no awarded work.

  • Attend key conferences to help build and maintain relationships with sites and coordinators, facilitating confidence in our services to them.

  • Serve as a US POC for our US sites as related to Candidate Identification projects.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 5 years in the ophthalmology field in a clinical capacity, with special focus on retina.

  • 1 or more years of project management experience.

  • Associates Degree, Completion of a Certified Ophthalmic Technician Program, COT, COA, or equivalent experience.

  • Demonstrated entrepreneurial and collaborative mindset

  • Experience as a CRC is nice to have, but not required.

  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

  • Knowledgeable in industry best practices as related to GCP, GDPR, and other relevant policies.

  • Willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time.

  • Strong customer service skills with an eye for detail and ability to nurture relationships.

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

  • Available to work during Central European Time (CET) business hours as needed.

Benefits

  • A chance to be part of an exceptional team driving innovation in healthcare.

  • A competitive salary in a supportive work environment that fosters work-life balance.

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development in an international setting.

  • A culture of collaboration and inclusion, which is fundamental to our ethos.

  • Occasional travel to our HQ in Switzerland, immersing you in our core operations and company culture.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach reviewing a patient's EHR against a complex sponsor protocol to determine clinical trial eligibility, specifically focusing on retina-related criteria?
  • 2.Can you explain how your ophthalmology expertise allows you to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a data science team developing AI for retinal disease screening?
  • 3.In the context of clinical site support, how do you ensure compliance with GCP and GDPR when handling and transmitting patient data to sponsors?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage a difficult relationship with a Principal Investigator or research coordinator at a clinical site.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to collaborate with a non-clinical team, like data scientists or commercial staff, to solve a complex problem.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you identified a process improvement in a clinical or project management setting and how you implemented it.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are reviewing EHR records for a high-priority sponsor and find a patient who perfectly meets the clinical criteria, but the site coordinator insists the patient is ineligible based on a nuance not clearly defined in the protocol. How do you handle this?
  • 2.You are the US Point of Contact for a project, and a site is frustrated because a deliverable tailored for them is delayed due to internal delays from the European data science team. How do you manage the site's expectations and the internal team?

Resume Keywords

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OphthalmologyRetinaEHR ReviewClinical Trial EligibilitySite Relationship ManagementSubject Matter ExpertGCPGDPRProject ManagementSponsor ManagementCross-functional CollaborationClinical Research

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