--- title: 'Senior Clinical Trials Specialist at Adaptive Biotechnologies' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-clinical-trials-specialist-adaptive-biotechnologies-remote-52753e5dcsrx' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-28' --- # Senior Clinical Trials Specialist at Adaptive Biotechnologies - **Company:** Adaptive Biotechnologies - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-26 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28 - **Apply:** https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings/listing?gh_jid=8893641002 ## Job description At Adaptive, we’re Powering the Age of Immune Medicine.  Our goal is to harness the power of the adaptive immune system to transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treated. As an Adapter, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives. With Adaptive, you’ll create a career highlight through collaboration with bright, curious colleagues working at the apex of innovation and application. It’s time for your next chapter. Discover your story with Adaptive. Position Overview The Senior Clinical Trial Specialist will be responsible for supporting and contributing to the Adaptive Biotechnologies Dx Customer Operations team to ensure our customers and their patients have an exceptional experience.  This position will directly support clinical trials for the company’s commercially available diagnostic product, clonoSEQ™, which is an assay for the detection and monitoring of minimal residual disease (MRD). ## Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions - Maintain the Clinical Trial Managers in maintaining detailed requirements of MRD-related trial protocols, facilitating sample processing and data generation - Support Adaptive Biotechnologies’ Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team as needed in the design and management of Adaptive’s clinical trial collaborations - Partner with Quality Assurance to document deviations and nonconformances in accordance with GCLP practices - Coordinate and communicate with internal and external stakeholders regarding dual workflow patient samples - Lead cross-functional efforts to create customer-specific collateral for clinical trials. - Assist customers with patient linking requests which may involve re-accessioning or re-processing events - Tier II support for customer issue and complaint resolution - Lead onboarding activities for new clinical trial customers - Serve as point of contact for trial investigators and/or their staff to answer or triage trial-related questions regarding ordering, specimen type and sample processing, and reporting timeframes - Attend clinical trial investigator / participating site meetings and generate meeting / project documentation as needed - Partner with BSM and Lab Operations teams to ensure smooth sample receipt, processing and results delivery in accordance with contractual trial agreements and analytical plan - Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on assigned clinical trial requirements - Work closely with many of the company’s internal departments, including Biological Sample Management, Lab Operations, and Accounts Receivable, Medical Affairs, and Quality Assurance - Work with the larger Dx Customer Operations team to streamline processes, ensure efficiency and improve existing standard operating procedures - Contribute to a culture of success and ongoing business goal achievement - All other duties as assigned Position Requirements - Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience - 2 to 4 years of prior Clinical Trials, Clinical Services or Client Services experience is highly preferred - Experience working with GCLP trials or in an FDA regulated environment preferred - Strong customer and patient focus with a demonstrated understanding of HIPAA requirements - Familiarity with basic laboratory and customer service-related systems such as LIMS and SFDC - Strong attention to detail and meticulous data entry skills - Ability to manage multiple tasks to completion in a dynamic office setting - Effective and professional communication skills for engagement with both internal and external personnel - Excellent written communication skills are required, including technical proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. - Flexible team-player with the ability to take on new assignments Working Conditions - Some travel may be required #LI-Remote ## Compensation Salary Range: $80,200 - 120,400 Possible “other compensation” elements to include: - equity grant - bonus eligible ALERT: Malicious groups posing as Adaptive employees have recently used fraudulent email aliases to extend employment offers, provide fake documents, and request sensitive personal and financial information. Legitimate Adaptive employment opportunities are initiated through our careers page and extended after multiple interviews with verified employees. Adaptive does not ask new hires to purchase anything out-of-pocket, including home office supplies and equipment. Interested in this position, but don’t meet all the requirements?  Adaptive is committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams across our organization.  Please consider applying even if your experience doesn’t match all the qualifications; you may be the exact candidate we’re searching for! Adaptive is not currently sponsoring candidates requiring work authorization support for this position. Adaptive’s posted compensation information includes a base salary (or hourly rate) range and summary of other available total compensation. The base salary range represents a minimum-to-maximum salary (or hourly rate) available to candidates upon extension of offer. Base salary is thoughtfully considered upon offer and is determined through multiple evaluation checks throughout the interview process, including: a candidate’s ability to meet minimum qualifications (skills/experience/education), a candidate’s ability to thoughtfully address preferred qualifications, current market conditions, and internal pay equity. Listed base salary is exclusive of bonus, commission, equity, differential pay, benefits, and other incentives. Adaptive's [benefits at-a-glance](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/benefits-at-a-glance). Adaptive Biotechnologies is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Please refer the [“Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster](https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) for more information. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email hr@adaptivebiotech.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [accommodations@adaptivebiotech.com](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/discoveryourstory/accommodations@adaptivebiotech.com). This email is created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response. NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: Adaptive Biotechnologies values our relationships with our Recruitment Partners and will only accept resumes from those partners who have active agreements with Adaptive. Adaptive Biotechnologies is not responsible for any fees related to resumes that are unsolicited or are received by any employee of Adaptive Biotechnologies who is not a member of the Human Resources team. ## About Adaptive Biotechnologies ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Adaptive Biotechnologies translates the genetic language of the adaptive immune system into clinical diagnostics and therapeutics by sequencing T‑cell and B‑cell receptors at scale. - **Entity Type**: Public (Nasdaq: ADPT) - **Headquarters**: Seattle, Washington, USA (with additional offices in Bothell, WA; South San Francisco, CA; and New York, NY) - **Founded**: 2009 - **Founders**: Chad Robins (CEO, Chairman) and Harlan Robins, PhD (CSO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Biotechnology / Immune‑driven diagnostics and drug discovery - **Target customers**: Biopharma companies (for clinical trials and drug development), clinicians (for MRD testing), and academic researchers - **Mission**: “Translate the genetic language of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease.” [adaptivebiotech.com/our-story](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/our-story/) ## Products & Services - **Immune Medicine Platform** – A high‑throughput, AI‑enabled deep‑sequencing service for T‑cell and B‑cell receptors. It covers the full R&D pipeline from preclinical target discovery through Phase 3 clinical trials, including repertoire annotation, guided data analysis, and a data portal (Connector/Visualizer). [adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform/) - **Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) Testing** – Highly sensitive NGS‑based assessment of MRD for use in clinical practice and drug trials, particularly in hematologic cancers. [adaptivebiotech.com](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/) - **Target Discovery in Autoimmunity** – Identification of autoreactive TCRs and their antigens in conditions such as spondyloarthritis, type 1 diabetes, and multiple sclerosis. [adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform/) - **TCR‑antigen Data Licensing** – Large‑scale, curated datasets mapping TCRs to thousands of disease antigens, offered under licensing agreements (e.g., with Pfizer). [adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed in search results (publicly traded; market cap fluctuates) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not explicitly stated in provided sources; the company is publicly held and reports quarterly financials - **Notable Investors / Partners**: - **Pfizer** – Two immune receptor licensing agreements announced. [adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform/) - Over 150 peer‑reviewed publications and 1,000+ individual repertoires sequenced using the platform. [adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform/) - **Growth Signals**: - 300K+ individual immune repertoires sequenced to date. - 260+ clinical trials supported. - 15+ years of deep domain expertise in immunosequencing. - CLIA‑certified, CAP‑accredited laboratory at corporate headquarters. [adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings/) ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary Immune Medicine Platform** – Combines high‑throughput TCR/BCR sequencing with AI‑powered antigen mapping, creating one of the largest curated TCR‑antigen databases. - **Patent‑Protected Technologies** – 5+ patent families covering key aspects of immune repertoire analysis. - **Clinical‑Grade Operations** – CLIA‑certified lab and regulatory expertise allow the platform to be used both in clinical diagnostics and as a companion diagnostic. - **Published Track Record** – The most published immune medicine platform in the world (150+ peer‑reviewed papers), providing credibility with biopharma partners. ## Strategic Focus - **Advancing Immune‑Driven Medicine** – The company is focused on deploying its platform at “speed and scale” to launch universal diagnostics and expand therapeutic target discovery. - **Expanding Partnerships** – Recent licensing agreements with Pfizer signal a strategy to monetize proprietary data and co‑develop therapies. - **Autoimmunity & Infectious Disease** – Beyond oncology, the platform is being applied to autoimmune conditions (e.g., type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis) and infectious disease research. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: Core values include “Innovate Fearlessly,” “Work Together,” “Follow True North,” “Debate Openly,” “Have Fun,” and “Make it Happen.” Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) such as Adaptive Pride, Asian Pacific @ Adaptive, Black Adapter Network, Women @ Adaptive, and Veterans & Military foster an inclusive environment. [adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings/) - **Benefits**: - **Healthcare**: 90‑100% of employee monthly premiums covered for medical, dental, and vision. - **Financial**: 401(k) with match (traditional & Roth), company‑paid short‑/long‑term disability, life and AD&D insurance. - **Time Off**: 12 company‑paid holidays, sick leave, generous PTO. - **Parental Leave**: 6 weeks paid parental leave for new parents (in addition to short‑term disability). - **Commuter**: ORCA card for Seattle staff; commuter programs for SSF and NY offices. - **Mental Wellness**: Counseling sessions, legal/financial consultation for employees and immediate family. [adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings/) - **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office policy not explicitly stated, but multiple physical locations (Seattle HQ, Bothell, South San Francisco, NY) suggest a mix of on‑site and remote possibilities. The Seattle HQ has received two TOBY awards for building excellence. - **Mission‑Driven Work**: Employees (“Adapters”) are drawn by the opportunity to “advance science and enable a new dimension of healthcare.” The company actively warns of fraudulent employment offers and directs applicants to its official Greenhouse portal. ## Sources 1. [adaptivebiotech.com – Homepage](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/) 2. [adaptivebiotech.com – Career Listings & Benefits](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/career-listings/) 3. [adaptivebiotech.com – Immune Medicine Platform](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/our-platform/) 4. [adaptivebiotech.com – Who We Are / Leadership](https://www.adaptivebiotech.com/who-we-are/) 5. 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