Study Leader

Major Accountabilities

• Leads the clinical trial team delivery of multiple global studies of standard complexity and priority and promotes learning, sharing, consistent performance, and operational excellence through an agile mindset, agile principles, and team of teams' model
• Acts as the CTT product owner with duties and responsibilities per established ways of working
• Guides planning and decision making at the study level and delivers assigned clinical study/studies per the Operational Execution Plan (OEP) and clinical study protocol
• Fosters an agile culture within assigned studies to achieve sprint goals and cycles, maximizing collaboration and minimizing dependencies to achieve long-term business impact
• In collaboration with regulatory writing and clinical development, promotes operational excellence in the development of global clinical trial protocol(s), by translating the approved study concept sheet(s) into efficient, high quality, executable clinical protocols, and study­ related documents
• Create effective CTT dynamics and achieve on performance, prioritization, and communication in close collaboration with CTT sub-team leaders
• Proactive risk management and inspection readiness
• Responsible for developing clinical study timelines with appropriate oversight from the Study Director-community Lead (SD-CL) and close support from the Clinical Operations Program Head (COPH), and overseeing assigned study budgets
• Ensures systems are maintained with up-to-date study status, risks, and issues

• Fosters a close working relationship with SSO Clinical Project Managers (CPMs), VPG Trial Vendor Managers (TVMs) and CDO Trial Data Scientist (TDS) to deliver on clinical study objectives and to strengthen the relationship between the global and local teams
• Oversees study recruitment and responsible for activating mitigations strategies in collaboration with the SSO Clinical Program Managers (CPMs)
• Ensures proper handling of all study close out activities, including, but not limited to site close out, final drug accountability, and audit readiness of Trial Master File documentation, developing of Clinical Study Reports, reporting of clinical trial results and publications, when appropriate
• Partners and collaborates with PSP/Clinical Operations Program Head (COPH) to deliver clinical studies in alignment with program strategy
• Plays an important role in achieving excellence in study operations and management through process improvement in collaboration with the Study Leadership Community Lead/Host and GCO Process, Training, and Compliance (PTC)

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences/healthcare (or clinically relevant degree) is strongly preferred. Advanced degree is preferred.
• ≥ 2 years of recent involvement in clinical research or drug development in an academic or industry environment spanning clinical activities in Phases I through IV
• ≥ 1 years of recent contribution to and accomplishment in all aspects of conducting clinical studies (e.g., planning, executing, reporting and publishing) in a global/matrix environment in pharmaceutical industry or a contract research organization, including expert knowledge of international standards (GCP/ICH), health authorities (FDA/EMA), local/National Health Authorities regulations and Novartis standards
• Experience in managing people globally in a complex matrix environment preferred
• Experience in developing effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Good communicator and presenter (oral and written)
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills and enterprise mindset, demonstrated by ability to drive for aligned solutions for SSO and GCO/GDD
• Project management skills and demonstrated ability to meet timelines
• Strategic thinking with analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of appropriate therapeutic area preferred

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