Job Description

Are you motivated by driving innovation for the life-changing benefit of patients? Are you ready to help transform the treatment paradigm for a broad range of chronic diseases that currently rely on injection-based therapies? Then this is your moment. Apply now and join Novo Nordisk. Together we can create life-changing innovation. Together we can make it happen.

The base location of this Senior Clinical Research Associate will be in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The position

• The Sr. CRA is the primary point of contact between site staff and Novo Nordisk. In this role the Sr. CRA acts as ambassador for the company and contributes to making Novo Nordisk the preferred partner.
• The Sr. CRA is responsible for taking leadership of site management for the selection and initiation of sites as well as conduct and closing activities of the appointed studies in compliance with local regulations, ICH- GCP, Novo Nordisk procedures and protocol requirements to ensure data quality and study subject protection.
• The Sr. CRA is responsible for managing the site to meet patient recruitment rate and target.
• The Sr. CRA thereby delivers results that have direct impact on the successful completion of the clinical programme.
• The Sr. CRA coordinates with LTM and RTM and communicates to them progress and critical issues that may impair trial progress.

Qualifications

To be effective in this role you need:

• Bachelorxe2x80x99s degree or above of Medical Science, e.g. medical, pharmacy, nursing, etc.
• Adequate English verbal and written skills
• Requires a minimum of one year clinical trial experience within pharmaceuticals industry or CRO; preferably in clinical monitoring. Other experience may also be relevant, e.g. as study staff at a clinical research site.
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCPs), ICH Guidelines, and local regulations, research process and scientific knowledge as relates to clinical trial conduct.
• Willingness to travel

About the department

In Sr. CMRQ (Clinical Medical Regulatory and Quality), we commit to bringing our products to South Africa market with the fastest speed and top quality and applying the most scientific way to communicate our products' benefits to our customers. We have 6 team in CMRQ aiming to portfolio evaluation and overall strategy; New product approval, licence maintenance, Product localization; Clinical evidence trial operation Phase (I-IV, NIS); Multiple stakeholdersxe2x80x99 engagement (HA/KOLs/investigators) and medical evidence generation/communication.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we donxe2x80x99t wait for change. We drive it. Wexe2x80x99re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales xe2x80x93 wexe2x80x99re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV in English (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Please note that we are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and that the position will be filled as soon as a successful candidate is found.

Deadline

Apply before 28th of Aug. 2023.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, wexe2x80x99re life changing.

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