Clinical Research Associate (CRA)

Job Description Summary

Job Title: Clinical Research Associate

#LI-Hybrid
Location: Barcelona Provincial, Spain

Relocation Support: This role is based in Barcelona Provincial, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Step into a role where your work directly advances clinical innovation and brings life-changing therapies closer to patients. As a Clinical Research Associate, you will be at the forefront of trial delivery—building trusted site partnerships, ensuring high-quality execution, and driving performance across Phase I–IV studies. In this site-facing role, you will take ownership of monitoring activities, proactively identify risks, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure trials are delivered with excellence, integrity, and impact.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as primary point of contact between Novartis and clinical trial sites, ensuring strong, collaborative partnerships

• Manage assigned Phase I–IV study sites in compliance with protocols, monitoring plans, and regulatory requirements

• Conduct site initiation visits to ensure site teams are fully trained on study protocols and expectations

• Deliver ongoing training for amendments and new site personnel to maintain compliance and consistency

• Perform on-site and remote monitoring activities to ensure patient safety, data integrity, and protocol adherence

• Proactively assess site performance, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies to improve outcomes

• Identify process gaps and collaborate with sites to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence

• Promote a strong compliance culture, ensuring adherence to ethical standards, regulations, and data privacy requirements

• Build strong site relationships to enhance patient recruitment and reduce operational challenges

• Lead site closeout activities, ensuring completion of follow-up actions and proper documentation and archiving

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or healthcare-related discipline

• Minimum 1 year of experience in clinical research, including monitoring or site management

• Understanding of clinical trial processes, including Good Clinical Practice and International Council for Harmonisation guidelines

• Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and standards, including global and local health authorities

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills to effectively collaborate with clinical trial sites

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, demonstrating strong organization and time management skills

• Analytical and risk-based thinking with the ability to identify issues and implement effective mitigation strategies

• Fluency in written and spoken English and the local language

Desirable Requirements

• Strong understanding of the drug development process and clinical research methodologies

 

Skills Desired

Clinical Monitoring, Clinical Research, Clinical Study Reports, Clinical Trial Management Systems, Clinical Trials, Collaboration, Data Integrity, Decision Making Skills, Lifesciences

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