Job Description Summary
As a Clinical Research Medical Advisor, you will play a key role in providing clinical, strategic and tactical leadership to support Global Drug Development (GDD) trials and clinical development plans with a medical / clinical accountability and direct impact on the efficiency of clinical trial conduct.
Job Description
As a CRMA your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
•Closely collaborates with Study & Site Operations (SSO) to ensure fast clinical trial start up,recruitment according to planned timelines, early identification of potential delays and robust recruitment mitigation plans. Co own start up phase and the recruitment plan for the development clinical trials with the local SSO organization.
•Provide clinical development and indication expertise and drives, together with the local SSO, the execution of clinical trials with high quality and within planned timelines; provide indication and protocol training's to investigational sites as well as SS O colleagues.
•Assess the clinical feasibility of implementing a clinical trial protocol based on regional/local medical practice using physician interviews, local databases (RWE, payer data, patient association feed back, etc.) and analysis of the competitive environment.
•Cooperates with local functions such as e.g. Medical Affairs, Patient access to identify and involve qualified investigators with recruitment potential and relevant key experts for clinical development in order to exploit the value of the assigned project( s) in the context of the investigational product(s).
•Review and resolution of local medical issues / questions if necessary, support the discussion of issues to global teams.
Requirements:
•Scientific degree ideally MD
•experience in the pharmaceutical industry with at least 3 years’ experience in clinical development or trial monitoring across different indications / therapeutic areas.
•Fluent English
•Ability to manage a study from the medical / clinical perspective, and a demonstrated capability to problem solve and mediate complex clinical / medical / operational issues.
•Demonstrate an understanding of regulatory requirements and policies, procedures, and guidelines pertaining to clinical trials.
•Track record of delivering complex global clinical projects in quality and time.
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to build rapport and trust with diverse stakeholders.
•This position will require local and international travels; up to 30% of working time
Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this?
With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reac h our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Skills Desired
Building Constructions, Clinical Protocols, Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Hazard Identification (HAZID), Health Sciences, Immunology, Intensive Care UnIT (Icu), Internal Controls, Internal Medicine, Internet Protocol Suite, Job Description, Medical Information, Organizing, Patient Care, Stakeholder Engagement, Utilization Management (Um)