CRA / Sr CRA (Dual Posting)

CRA / Sr CRA (Dual Posting) #LI-Hybrid Location: Santo Amaro, Brazil Relocation Support: This role is based in Santo Amaro, Brazil. 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 / Sr. 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.

About Novartis

• Why Novartis Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives.
• To achieve this, we rely on passionate people who bring expertise, curiosity, and a commitment to making a difference every day.

Responsibilities

• 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 assessing 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
• Requirements This is a dual posting for a CRA / Sr CRA.
• The final level and title offered will be determined by the hiring team based on the candidate's skills, experience, and capabilities for the level offered.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific or healthcare-related discipline.
• Up to 2 years of pharmaceutical industry experience or other relevant experience.
• Sr.
• Minimum 3 years of pharmaceutical industry experience or other relevant experience.
• Understanding of clinical trial processes, including Good Clinical Practice and International Council for Harmonization 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.
• Desired Clinical Research, Clinical Study Reports, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials Monitoring, Collaboration, Data Integrity, Decision Making, Life Science

Preferred

• Central, in-house, or field monitoring experience is desirable.
• Field monitoring experience is desirable.
• Requirements Strong understanding of the drug development process and clinical research methodologies.

Benefits

• At Novartis, you will join a collaborative environment where your work contributes to meaningful innovation for patients around the world.
• Competitive salary, Sales incentive bonus, Pension scheme, Share purchase scheme, Health insurance, 25 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, subsidized dining facilities, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities.
• Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams that reflect the patients and communities we serve.