Clinical Quality Assurance - Program Lead

Innovative Medicines
London

Summary

LOCATION: London, UK, Dublin, Rep of Ireland or Barcelona, Spain
ROLE TYPE: Hybrid Working, #LI-Hybrid

As an Associate Director level, Clinical Quality Assurance – Program Lead within Clinical Quality Assurance, you will provide Quality oversight for the end-to-end clinical process for the clinical trials under responsibility to ensure compliance with the Health Authorities requirements, the internal standards and a full adherence to patients’ safety, rights and well-being.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities:

  • Proactively provide QA leadership to the business strategy for assigned programs/trials by ensuring considerable organization awareness (e.g. Interrelationship of departments and business priorities),
  • Drive implementation of quality strategy within Global Clinical Team (GCT )/ Clinical Trial Team (CTT) under responsibility
  • Regularly monitor the implementation of the annual Quality Plan pertaining to the assigned programs/studies
  • Ensure adequate oversight of proactive quality risk management process in the overseen areas including quality risk assessments and submission/inspection readiness activities and ensure that Clinical Trial Process (CTP) are in control
  • Provide robust and clear quality oversight in the following areas of clinical development:
    • Support/collaborate with key stakeholders (e.g., Country Development Quality (CDQ), Development Units (DUs), GCT and/or CTT members) to ensure that risks are detected and remediated.
    • Support core governance for quality incident management for critical and major deviations pertinent to the programs being assigned and ensure timely escalation when required.
    • Provide Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidance to day-to-day questions arising from Clinical trials deliverables.
    • Collaborate with Country Development QA and External Service Providers (ESP) QA to drive initiatives relevant to internal monitoring and outsourced activities Quality oversight.
    • Support inspections preparation and facilitation in collaboration with other QA groups within Research & Development Quality (RDQ).
    • Support audits and inspections follow-up activities including Corrective & preventative Actions (CAPA) preparation.
  • Actively leverage audit/inspection outcomes/trends to sustain improvement in clinical trials conduct.
  • Active participation in continuous improvement initiatives (including Work streams) and ensure that areas identified as weaknesses are properly being addressed and executed for sustainability
  • Be QA point of contact for the defined trials and attend the meetings and ensure quality is embedded in the decision taking processes.

Essential Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in life science or healthcare field required. Advanced degree or equivalent education/degree in life sciences/healthcare preferred (PhD/MD/ PharmD/ Masters).
  • 7 years of involvement in regulated activities (GCP/ Pharmacovigilance (PV)), clinical development and/or QA positions.
  • Broad understanding of global expectations of Health Authorities in the area of Clinical Development and profound understanding of the science of product
  • development.
  • Ability to work independently and in a global/matrix environment.
  • 3 or more years’ experience in managing projects.
  • Strong skills in GCP, quality and/or clinical development

Why Novartis:

Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

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Benefits and Rewards:

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Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up:

Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally:

Posted 2025-09-12

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