Study Start-Up Clinical Research Associate

Key Responsibilities:-

• Supports country SSU strategy in close collaboration with relevant team or business units. Collaborates with local relevant team and global study team to ensure Study Start-Up timelines and deliverables are met according to country commitments
• Accountable for timely start-up activities from country allocation until site greenlight at assigned sites. Conducts site selection visits, verifies site eligibility for a specific study. Main contact for trial sites during site selection, study start-up and IRB/IEC and HA submission preparation. Ensures that KPIs and time schedule for study start-up are met as planned
• Facilitates the preparation and collection of site and country level documents. Collects submission relevant site-specific documents. Supports SSU Manager in preparation of country-specific documents.
• Supports SSO Study Start-Up Manager and assigned sites in vendor set-up activities. Prepare and finalize site specific documents for submission. Negotiates investigator payments as needed
• Supports preparation of financial contracts between Novartis and investigational sites and investigators as needed. Updates all systems until site Green Light on an ongoing basis
• Supports preparation of audits and inspections. Supports reduction of formal site-specific IRB/IEC deficiencies. Ensures timelines, accuracy, and quality of country and site TMF documents in study start-up to ensure TMF inspection readiness
• Ensures adherence to financial standards, prevailing legislation, Health Authority and SOP requirements. Implements innovative and efficient processes which are in line with Novartis strategy. Ensures sites are prepared for “Green Light” and is accountable to send the Green Light to SSU Manager for review and approval.

Essential Requirements :-

• A degree in scientific or health discipline, preferably with clinical operations experience
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in clinical operations in a monitoring / site management role. Advanced understanding of all aspects of clinical drug development with particular emphasis on trial set-up, execution, and monitoring
• Central or in-house monitoring or field monitoring experience is desirable. Strong site management capabilities with demonstrated negotiating and problem-solving skills
• Advanced understanding of the international aspects of drug development process, including strong knowledge of international standards, health authorities (FDA/EMA), local/National Health Authorities regulations and Novartis standards
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to travel. Ability to manage multiple priorities and manage time efficiently
• Fast change adaptability to best partner & influencing with sites on fast changing landscape. Trust and rapport building is a very important skill needed. Good communication skills, ability to influence others. Relationship management.

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 reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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