Global clinical research organization managing Phase I-IV trials across 100 countries
Fortrea operates a large-scale clinical trial execution platform spanning 100 countries with a research-heavy workforce (261 open research roles) supported by enterprise data infrastructure: SAS, Medidata, Veeva Vault, Azure cloud stack, and Snowflake. Pain-point clusters around study timeline acceleration and statistical programming efficiency signal active internal investment in trial execution speed and data standardization (SDTM/Adam dataset development, data-driven forecasting models), priorities reflected in their CDO hire and ongoing SAS program optimization work.
Notable leadership hires: Clinical Trial Lead, Chief Data Officer, Clinical Team Lead, Site Startup Lead, TMF Lead
Fortrea is a publicly traded clinical research organization providing Phase I-IV trial management, clinical pharmacology, and regulatory consulting across more than 20 therapeutic areas. The company serves biotech, biopharma, medical device, and diagnostic firms—from emerging to established stage—with full-service, functional-service, and hybrid delivery models. Operating across approximately 100 countries with a team exceeding 10,000 employees, Fortrea manages complex multi-site trial logistics, data standardization (SDTM/Adam frameworks), regulatory submissions, and site activation networks. The organization is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Fortrea uses SAS, Medidata, Veeva Vault, CDISC standards, Azure cloud (SQL, Synapse, Data Lake, Logic Apps, Functions, Arc, DevOps), Salesforce, Power BI/Apps/Automate, Snowflake, Informatica, Workday, and Spark for trial management and data integration.
Yes. Fortrea has 70 open data roles with 519 total active positions. Hiring spans senior (183), mid (145), and junior (101) levels across 25+ countries including US, China, India, UK, and Australia.
Fortrea is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and operates as a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: FTRE) with 10,001+ employees globally.
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