Senior Clinical Research Associate

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Novo Nordisk Full time

Are you ready to make the next step in your professional development in a global expanding company? Are you interested in improving the lives of millions of people, working in a company that works with innovation and is a leader in diabetes?

Join us and become a **Senior Clinical Research Associate (CRA)** in our Clinical Development Centre in South Africa (CDC-ZA).

This role will be based in Johannesburg in South Africa and directly reports to the Clinical Research Manager.

**The position**

Key responsibilities include monitoring Clinical Trial Projects at the site level, ensuring compliance with all trial-specific requirements, and coordinating end-of-trial activities including query resolution, site closure, and collection of documentation required for clinical trial reports. You will further be responsible for driving continuous improvement in projects.
You will demonstrate good communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders (investigators and site coordinators) for the successful implementation of your main deliverables.

**Qualifications**

You hold a minimum bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, life sciences, or another relevant field with experience in the clinical research area**. **You have a relevant experience of a minimum of 4 years of previous work experience within Clinical Research with at least 3-4 years of onsite monitoring experience as a Clinical Research Associate (CRA). You have excellent command over both written and spoken English.

Other important skills to be successful in this position are:

- Proficient analytical skills and the ability to influence and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and great communication skills (verbal and written).
- Good planning and organizational skills, project management skills, and proven excellence in the conduct of clinical trial activities from monitoring to the management of multinational trials.
- Demonstrating cross-functional collaboration and teamwork.
- Demonstrating agility in the ways of working, being self-motivated, being patient-centric, having a quality mindset as well as being result-oriented, and having good decision-making.
- Computer skills (especially MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) are necessary.

**About the department**

Working with the clinical trial team in South Africa and collaborating across SEEMEA and International Operations, you will join a dedicated local team of 44 Clinical professionals on a mission to create better treatments and care for patients with Diabetes, Obesity, Rare Disease and the new therapeutic areas (CVD, Alzheimer’s Disease, NASH, Sickle Cell Disease) that Novo Nordisk is investing in.

You will be reporting to a Clinical Research Manager in South Africa. Your colleagues will be CRA’s, Clinical Trial Assistants, Project Managers, etc.

**Working at Novo Nordisk**

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re 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 - we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

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.

**Contact**

**Deadline**

5th April 2023

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.



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