Summary
Job Title: Clinical Research Associate
Location: Barcelona Provincial, Spain
Relocation Support: This role is based in Barcelona Provincial, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Step into a role where your work directly advances clinical innovation and brings life-changing therapies closer to patients. As a Clinical Research Associate, you will be at the forefront of trial delivery—building trusted site partnerships, ensuring high-quality execution, and driving performance across Phase I–IV studies. In this site-facing role, you will take ownership of monitoring activities, proactively identify risks, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure trials are delivered with excellence, integrity, and impact.
About The Role
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as primary point of contact between Novartis and clinical trial sites, ensuring strong, collaborative partnerships
- Manage assigned Phase I–IV study sites in compliance with protocols, monitoring plans, and regulatory requirements
- Conduct site initiation visits to ensure site teams are fully trained on study protocols and expectations
- Deliver ongoing training for amendments and new site personnel to maintain compliance and consistency
- Perform on-site and remote monitoring activities to ensure patient safety, data integrity, and protocol adherence
- Proactively assess site performance, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies to improve outcomes
- Identify process gaps and collaborate with sites to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Promote a strong compliance culture, ensuring adherence to ethical standards, regulations, and data privacy requirements
- Build strong site relationships to enhance patient recruitment and reduce operational challenges
- Lead site closeout activities, ensuring completion of follow-up actions and proper documentation and archiving
Essential Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or healthcare-related discipline
- Minimum 1 year of experience in clinical research, including monitoring or site management
- Understanding of clinical trial processes, including Good Clinical Practice and International Council for Harmonisation guidelines
- Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and standards, including general and local health authorities
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills to effectively collaborate with clinical trial sites
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, demonstrating strong organization and time management skills
- Analytical and risk-based thinking with the ability to identify issues and implement effective mitigation strategies
- Fluency in written and spoken English and the local language
Desirable Requirements
- Strong understanding of the drug development process and clinical research methodologies
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