Clinical Research Associate, CDC - Talent Pipeline

Are you a dedicated clinical trial professional with solid site management experience? Are you highly motivated by being able to make a difference to improving patients' lives? If yes, keep reading - this role might be just for you!
You are applying to be a part of a Novo Nordisk Talent Pool (Pipeline), not a currently open position. Joining our pipeline means that you will be considered as a potential match for current and upcoming positions to ensure you don't miss out on a life-changing career. When an opportunity arises, we will reach out and invite you for an interview. We will keep your application for six months ensuring the best opportunities to provide a solid match for open positions.
The position
As Clinical Research Associate your role is to verify the accuracy and completeness of the trial data, that the rights and well-being of human subjects are protected, and the conduct of the trial follows the current approved protocol, GCP and local legislations. As a CRA, you will be representing Novo Nordisk and being the main point of contact between site staff and Novo Nordisk.
Your main responsibilities will include:

• Performing 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
• Supporting site recruitment & retention activities at the study level in close cooperation with the CDC Trial Manager
• Risk Based Monitoring - excellence in off-site and on-site management activities
• Preparing payments, approving invoices, and assisting with audits and inspections at sites and in the affiliate
• Acting as ambassador for the company and contribution to making Novo Nordisk the preferred partner as well as establishing and maintaining the professional relationship with all KOL, internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications
In order to be considered, you need to be fluent in both English and Polish and have a valid driving licence.
To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:

• Academic Degree preferably in Life Science or similar disciplines
• Experience in monitoring activities or equivalent
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships and successfully cooperate with internal and external stakeholders including KOLs
• Experience in taking ownership of tasks for the site activation to ensure timely FPFV, coordinating and driving these activities in assigned trials, providing insightful input on local study start-up strategy and regulatory submissions documents and timelines
• IT proficiency: MS Office, clinical trials systems (e.g. ePRO, InForm)

On a personal level, you should have the ability to lead without authority and have high focus on delivery and quality. You need excellent communication and negotiation skills to cooperate easily even with difficult stakeholders. You should have good decision-making and problem-solving capabilities and be strong in prioritizing tasks to meet tight deadlines. You should easily approach to new challenges in a continuously developing environment.
About the department
CDC Poland is part of Region South East Europe, Middle East and Africa (SEEMEA) and is a new set-up of clinical organization in Novo Nordisk Poland. CDC Poland is responsible for conducting clinical trials across this group of countries, providing clinical trial management and administration support to adjacent Affiliates. CDC Poland is currently responsible for approximately 20% of global patients in Novo Nordisk clinical trials.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That's why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.
Contact
If you believe you are qualified, and are willing to take the challenge, please send your CV directly via our online application tool.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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, we're life changing.