Clinical Research Medical Advisor (m/f/d) - Immunology

Job Description Summary

Clinical Research Medical Advisor (m/f/d) - Immunology

Location: Barcelona / Madrid, Spain #LI-HomeBased

As a CRMA, you'll lead all clinical and medical aspects of Development and Research programs, providing strategic and tactical leadership across multiple countries. You'll bridge Study Site Operations and Medical Affairs, aligning technical, operational, and strategic efforts.

You'll gather and act on clinical insights to optimize trial implementation, drive investigator involvement, and overcome clinical recruitment hurdles. Collaborating closely with country functions, you'll ensure successful trial allocation, timely start-up, and effective mitigation of potential delays.
Be part of our team and make a difference in clinical research!

Home based in Barcelona or alternatively in Madrid, we are ideally searching for a Medical Doctor (MD) in Immunology with Clinical Development experience and direct contact with patients.

The CRMA Provides Clinical Development and indication expertise specific to Country/Cluster, and together with the clinical trial operations team, drives the execution of clinical trials with high quality and within planned timelines.

 

Job Description

Major Accountabilities

• Validates study designs, is accountable for, and makes the final decision on the clinical/medical trial and program feasibility of implementing a clinical trial protocol based on medical/clinical practice and analysis of the competitive environment in the country.

• Actively contributes to scientific/clinical/medical aspects of the start-up phase to ensure fast clinical trial site start-up.

• Provides clinical/medical expertise to clinical trial operations team members and clinical trial sites for Institutional Review Boards (IRB)/ Ethics Committee (EC) interactions.

• Provides scientific/clinical/medical expertise during interactions with Country/Cluster external Experts (e.g., Regulatory Authorities, Medical Experts, Advisory Boards, Patient Advocacy Groups, etc.).

• Develops clinical/medical trial plans taking the broader ecosystem into account for assigned programs/trials to ensure successful trial implementation.

• As the scientific/clinical/medical expert, supports and partners with internal Stakeholders (e.g., Clinical Trial Team, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Information, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Patient Access, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HE&OR), clinical trial operations, etc.), and internal decision boards as needed regarding clinical trials.

• Gathers, informs, and acts on insights from clinical trial Investigators/site staff, Medical Experts, patients, and payers, with internal Stakeholders at the Country/Cluster level with the goal to optimize clinical trial implementation.

• Accountable for adherence to safety standards, clinical data quality for the Country/Cluster and provides general scientific/clinical/medical support for safety issues

 

Essential Requirements:

• Scientific degree M.D., Ph.D., or Pharm.D. (M.D. is preferred) with ideally, 3 years of clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry or clinical practice.

• Sound understanding of the overall clinical development process, and ICH/GCP principles.

• The ability to speak and writes English

• Agility to move quickly across different therapeutic areas and indications as well as ability to prepare and deliver high quality presentations.

 

Desirable Requirements:

• Subspecialty training.

• Portuguese knowledde.

 

You will receive: 

You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Other Spanish standard benefits are Company Pension Plan; Life and Accidental Insurance; Meals, Allowance or Canteen in the office; Flexible working hours.

 

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

 

Accessibility and accommodation:

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

 

 

Skills Desired

Accountability, Accountability, Building Construction, Clinical, Clinical Development, Clinical Practices, Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials Operations, Development Experience, Drug Development, Hazard Identification, Health Sciences, Immunology, Intensive Care UnIT (Icu), Internal Control, Internal Medicine, Job Description, Medical Information, Medical Knowledge, Medical Support, Organization Skills, Patient Care, Process Development (PD), Stakeholder Engagement {+ 2 more}