Clinical Research Manager (Future Opportunity)

This is a temporary contractor opportunity at Novartis. Novartis touches the lives of a tenth of the world’s population. Every role here, regardless of contract type, makes an impact on human life! Novartis partners with external managed service provider Magnit Global to offer engaging temporary contractor opportunities for professionals seeking flexibility in their career and opportunities to gain new skills and experiences providing services to an inclusive global medicines company.

Major accountabilities

• Contributes to all operational/clinical trial deliverables that are in scope of the specific JD, according to timelines, budget, operational procedures, quality/compliance and performance standards.
• Conducts/contributes to study start-up activities such as overseeing protocol development, CRF development, and Informed Consent Form development.
• Ensures proper handling of all study conduct and close-out activities including but not limited to site close out, final drug accountability and audit readiness of Trial Master File documentation (if in scope of the specific JD).
• Responsible for education, implementation and compliance to standards (SOPs) and best practices for clinical operations/clinical data review activities within assigned clinical trial(s) and within clinical program(s), including sharing lessons learned.
• Reports technical complaints/adverse events/special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt and manages distribution of marketing samples (where applicable).

Key performance indicators

• Timely, efficient and quality execution of assigned trials and trial related activities within budget, and in compliance with quality standards.
• Proactive operational planning with effective contingency and risk mitigation plans.
• Adherence to Novartis policy and guidelines and external regulations – performing clinical data review and insights consistently and accurately which meets the Novartis quality standards, timelines, and is inspection ready.
• High quality contributions to study/program level and/or submission documents (e.g. IDP, protocol, ICF, clinical sections of CTA).
• Strong leadership skills to support management in team competency building, lead/contribute to local/global initiatives and best practice sharing across programs and/or departments – clearly demonstrates Novartis Values and Behaviors (Innovation, Quality, Collaboration, Performance, Courage and Integrity).

Minimum Requirements

• Work experience: Financial Management, Collaborating across boundaries, Operations Management and Execution, Project Management.
• Skills: Budget Management, Clinical Research, Clinical Trial Protocol, Clinical Trials, Coaching, Data Analysis, Data Integrity, Learning Design, Lifesciences, Risk Monitoring, Trends Analysis.
• Languages: English.

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Magnit at directsourceproteam@prounlimited.com.