Salary Range: €69,000.00 - €128,100.00
Job Description Summary Ready to shape the safety of medicines used by millions worldwide?
As a Medical Safety Lead in Cardio Renal Metabolism, you will combine clinical insight and scientific expertise to evaluate safety data, detect signals, and guide critical decisions across the product lifecycle. Working with global cross-functional teams, you will play a pivotal role in helping millions of patients with serious diseases.
Job Description Location: Barcelona, Spain
Working Model: Hybrid (12 days/month in office)
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Relocation Support: Novartis is unable to offer relocation support - please only apply if the location is accessible to you.
Key accountabilities: Monitor clinical safety data, including literature, case reports, and signal detection activities
Drive the application of AI-enabled solutions to simplify and enhance pharmacovigilance processes, leveraging knowledge of AI agents and their use in medical safety.
Conduct medical assessment of individual adverse event cases and ensure accurate evaluation
Identify, evaluate,



and monitor safety signals using single-case and aggregate data
Contribute to responses for regulatory authorities and healthcare professional safety inquiries
Support preparation of core safety documents, including clinical overviews and summary reports
Provide medical input to aggregate safety reports and regulatory submissions
Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate safety insights across integral development teams
Guide adverse event coding, causality assessment, and interpretation of clinical safety data
Essential Requirements: Degree in Pharmacy, Nursing, Pharmacology, Life Sciences, or a medical degree (medical degree required for roles involving medical review of individual case safety reports)
Fluency in written and spoken English
At least 3 years' experience in drug development within a pharmaceutical company (including 2 years in patient safety at an operational or medical positio

📌 Medical Safety Lead (Barcelona)
🏢 Novartis
📍 Barcelona