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Will AI replace clinical research associates?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting clinical research associates. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 35 live clinical research associates openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, almost no current clinical research associates openings ask for AI skills yet. The work is changing, not going away.
35live openings
0%ask for AI skills
89%remote
6companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
Employers still ask most for: GCP, Pharmaceutical, Clinical Research, Healthcare, Clinical Trials, Oncology — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Precision Medicine Group | 15 |
| Precision for Medicine | 15 |
| MapLight Therapeutics | 2 |
| Revolution Medicines | 1 |
| Inspire Medical Systems Inc. | 1 |
| Freenome | 1 |
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