Head Of Clinical Research Iberia

Location: Barcelona (Hybrid)
By joining the Global Clinical Development community at Novartis, you will be working with a rich pipeline to develop breakthrough medicines for patients. Clinical Research Medical Advisors (CRMAs) are key to gathering insights from the countries including feasibility assessments for superior global clinical development plans and protocols and to supporting execution of global clinical trials in Iberia from the clinical (as opposed to operational) aspect.
This role will work directly with the Clinical Development Program Quality & Capability Team and reports to the Regional Head of Clinical Research Medical Advisors Europe.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership to Clinical Research Medical Advisors (CRMA's) in Iberia and oversee tactical and strategic implementation of Global Clinical Development objectives and priorities in the countries.
• Ensure delivery of high quality clinical medical programme for Development and Biomedical Research trials at the Iberia.
• Promote close collaboration with Global Clinical Operations (GCO) and Medical Affairs to ensure successful allocation, clinical trial startup, recruitment according to plan timelines, early identification of potential delays and mitigation plans.
• To efficiently and effectively deploy resources to achieve Novartis objectives in the area of Clinical drug development.
• Provide leadership to CRMA’s to collaborate with and interface with local functions such as GCO/Country Organisation, region and global medical teams in the execution of relevant clinical activities of assigned projects.

Essential Requirements:
• Spanish MD (or alternative MD with PhD strongly preferred)
• Fluent English (both spoken and written)
• Fluent Spanish (both spoken and written)
• Extensive experience of clinical development within the pharmaceutical industry including leadership experience.
• Sound understanding of the overall clinical development and ICH/GCP
• Experience with protocol execution, regulatory & compliance requirements and medical or scientific expertise on safety monitoring for clinical trials.
Desirable Skills:
• Proficiency in Portuguese is an advantage