Summary Role Type: Hybrid Working, Primary Location: Barcelona, Spain Other Locations: London, United Kingdom; Dublin, Ireland Relocation Support: This role is based in Barcelona, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. What if your leadership could transform how clinical trial risks are identified, understood, and managed across a general development portfolio? As Lead Central Monitor, you will lead and develop a team of Central Monitors while shaping monitoring strategies that protect patient safety, trial quality, and data integrity. Working across clinical, data, and risk-surveillance teams, you will turn complex information into actionable insights, strengthen risk-based monitoring practices, and help advance the Central Monitoring capability at Novartis. About The Role Key Responsibilities * Lead and develop a team of Central Monitors, building capability, engagement, and consistently high performance. * Shape central and site monitoring strategies tailored to program, study, and Development Unit risks.



* Oversee trial-data surveillance, risk reviews, signal detection, and insight generation using Central Monitoring technology. * Translate complex risk signals into actionable insights that enable Clinical Trial Teams to investigate and resolve issues. * Partner with clinical, data, and risk-surveillance teams to implement effective monitoring and risk-mitigation approaches. * Guide protocol development, risk assessment, and the design of study-specific Key Risk Indicators and thresholds. * Ensure monitoring activities support clinical data integrity, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and timely issue resolution. * Drive continuous improvement through analytics, technology, innovation, lessons learned, and Risk-Based Quality Management. Essential Requirements * University degree in Life Sciences, Business, Operations, or a related discipline. * At least seven years of recent pharmaceutical or contract researc

📌 Lead Central Monitor (Barcelona)
🏢 Novartis UK
📍 Barcelona