Clinical Research Associate - Orthopaedics

About the role

Stryker is hiring a Clinical Research Associate in Sydney to support research across orthopaedic implants and technologies. The work is hybrid and involves generating clinical evidence that informs product development, market access and how the technologies are used in clinical practice.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate clinical research studies from proposal and protocol development, through ethics and governance approval, study activation, monitoring, data collection, analysis and close-out.
• Prepare and maintain research submissions, study documentation, contracts and governance materials, meeting ethics, regulatory, quality and internal requirements.
• Partner with orthopaedic surgeons and research personnel to progress studies and build effective research relationships.
• Develop clinical and product-area knowledge in orthopaedics with surgeons and internal partners.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Regulatory, Legal, R&D and other teams to turn clinical evidence and surgeon insights into decisions on product development, regulatory and reimbursement needs, market access and adoption.
• Manage clinical data and study quality, including data collection, source-data verification, database maintenance and study documentation, and escalate data quality, compliance or study risks.
• Contribute to analysis and scientific communication of study results, including abstracts, clinical summaries, presentations and scientific materials.
• Communicate complex clinical and research information clearly to surgeons, researchers and commercial stakeholders.
• Build knowledge of Stryker's research governance, contracting and clinical processes, taking increasing ownership of studies, internal projects and external research relationships.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or higher in medical science, biomedical science, bioengineering, engineering or a related clinical, scientific or medical device discipline.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in clinical research, clinical trial administration or clinical study management.
• Experience with regulated clinical research processes, including ethics committee submissions or research governance requirements.
• Preferred: experience in the medical device or healthcare industry, and experience supporting research involving orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine or upper extremities.
• Preferred: postgraduate research qualifications such as a Master's or PhD, and direct experience working with surgeons through clinical research or medical device activities.

Required skills

• Clinical data collection, verification, analysis or research databases.
• Research governance and ethics committee submission experience.