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# Lead Central Monitor

- **Company:** Novartis
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Salary:** €63,600.0 - €118,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Clinical Data Repository, Data Integrity, Monitoring of Systems, Data Management
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/lead-central-monitor-u175-fcrs-us175-novartis-ins-10434391

## About the Role

* 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 global 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., Budget Management, Clinical Research, Clinical Study Reports, Clinical Trials, Collaboration, Data Analysis, Health Sciences, People Management, Regulatory Compliance

## Description

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., * 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.