Role Type: Hybrid Working,

Relocation Support: 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.

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.

Partner with clinical, data,



and risk-surveillance teams to implement effective monitoring and risk-mitigation approaches.

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.

University degree in Life Sciences, Business, Operations, or a related discipline.

At least seven years of recent pharmaceutical or contract research organisation experience, including experience in clinical research.

At least five years of experience in central or site monitoring, clinical data analytics, data management, or a related discipline.

At least three years of recent people-management or team-leadership experience, with proven ability to develop high-performing teams.

Strong understanding of clinical trial development, study execution, protocols, study risks, and clinical tr

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