How to become a clinical research professional
Official title: Clinical research professional
Clinical research professional plans, directs and coordinates clinical research projects. He/she directs the activities of workers engaged in clinical research projects to ensure compliance with protocols and overall clinical objectives. He/she may evaluate and analyse clinical data.
Main tasks
- Designing and conducting experiments and tests to discover new information to solve problems in areas such as the environment, agriculture and health, and to develop new products, processes and techniques for pharmaceutical, agricultural and environmental use
- Writing scientific papers and reports detailing research and new findings which are then made available to the scientific community in scientific journals or at conferences for scrutiny and further debate
- Assisting researchers in their conduct and implementation of clinical research projects
Ways in
- University: Pharmacy degrees, Offered by 2 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $107,880 a year. The middle half earn $79,584 to $163,584 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a clinical research professional?
Ways in include: Pharmacy degrees.
How much does a clinical research professional earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $107,880 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $79,584 to $163,584.
Will AI change the work of a clinical research professional?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026