This position is at Novartis España The selection process will be entirely managed by Novartis España.
-- Summary Role Type: Hybrid Working, #LI-Hybrid 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 global 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 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 trial risk-management processes.
Experience with centralised monitoring, Key Risk Indicators, Quality Tolerance Limits, and Risk-Based Quality Management approaches.
Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, International Council for Harmonisation standards, and relevant health-authority requirements.
Strong analytical, digital, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and influence stakeholders in a general matrix environment.
Desirable Requirements Advanced university degree.
Extensive knowledge of a relevant therapeutic area.
Experience using artificial intelligence, analytics, or other digital approaches to support transformation.
Manager-of-managers experience and a track record of developing diverse, high-performing teams.
Benefits

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