Salary Range: €63,600.00 - €118,000.00
Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid
Location: Barcelona Gran Via, Spain
Internal job title: Monitoring - Functional Excellence Lead
Relocation Support: This role is based in Barcelona Gran Via, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Great clinical trials depend on exceptional monitoring, and this is your opportunity to help shape what that looks like across Novartis.
As GCP Excellence Monitoring Lead, you will play a pivotal role in advancing innovative, data-driven monitoring approaches that improve trial quality, efficiency and patient outcomes. Working at the forefront of clinical operations transformation, you will drive monitoring excellence, champion adaptive monitoring practices, and influence how monitoring strategies are implemented across a general organisation. If you are passionate about innovation, continuous improvement and delivering operational impact at scale, this is an exciting opportunity to help redefine the future of clinical trial oversight.
Key Responsibilities




- Lead the implementation of innovative, data-driven monitoring strategies across global clinical development programmes.
- Drive the adoption of adaptive monitoring approaches aligned with risk-based quality management principles.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance trial oversight, quality and operational effectiveness.
- Shape and improve monitoring processes, tools, standards and governance frameworks.
- Lead change and transformation initiatives that advance monitoring excellence across the organisation.
- Champion innovation through analytics, technology enablement and continuous improvement programmes.
- Monitor performance metrics and compliance outcomes, driving sustainable enhancements and best practices.

Essential Requirements
- Degree in life sciences, business, operations or a related discipline.
- Strong experience delivering innovative approaches within clinical trials and

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