Translational Clinical Oncology Postgraduate Fellow

Our Translational Clinical Oncology (TCO) postgraduate program is your opportunity for 2 years of in-depth hands-on development, focused on providing transformative medicines that make a difference in patients’ lives. As part of TCO mission to deliver new medicines to treat patients with cancer, your work will be important to execute scientifically driven early clinical trials to inform the next generation of therapeutics.

Duration: 2 years
Start date: as soon as possible

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Clinical Scientist for global studies.
• Support the clinical protocol development process in collaboration with line functions of the clinical trial team; contribute to the medical/scientific input given for the development of study-related documents and processes which resides in other line functions; contribute to the development of clinical sections of study-level regulatory documents.
• Support dose escalation meetings with investigators. Coordinate the real time availability of quality clinical trial data, to provide consolidated information for dose escalation meetings and Phase II data reviews with relevant stakeholders.
• Support the ongoing medical/scientific review of clinical trial data across assigned studies in collaboration with the medical expert and key line functions, and partners on data analysis and data interpretation, including reporting clinical study results in CSR.
• Support Clinical Scientist by setting up and maintaining appropriate study tracking forms including: enrollment log/trial allocations forms, site and vendor contact lists, drug shipping logs, PK and biomarker sample trackers.
• May serve as Clinical Scientist for low complexity global studies.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• A post graduate degree in a scientific field: PhD; Masters; PharmD; completed within the past ca. 12 months
• Strong understanding of oncology/hematology/radioligand therapy
• Fluent English (oral and written)
• Demonstrated high learning agility
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities

Please submit a cover letter that includes your motivation for the position and from when you will be available. Thank you.

Why Novartis

Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Accessibility and accommodation:

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