Novartis

Monitoring Service Oversight Manager

Mumbai (Head Office)

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Seniority: Lead / management
Country: IN
Work mode: On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly: 4 Nov 2026

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Job Description Summary

Primary contact for Functional Service Providers (FSP) and other monitoring service vendors to assure adequate quality of the services & performance in Novartis sponsored clinical trials. Oversee monitoring performance targets per defined performance and quality indicators including site recruitment, commitments, data health metrics and document health metrics. Responsible for resource management, aligns with FSP line managers for CRAs to allocation of trials, sites.

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

Primary point of contact for country FSP line management and other vendors providing monitoring services
Develops FSP resourcing strategy and aligns it with vendor line management (for CRAs and other vendor resources)
Oversees country trial site activation, enrolment, data flow and timeline commitments are delivered per established trial objectives.
Oversees monitoring quality, timely data entry and issue resolution including of CRA oversight visit performance
Collaborates with CRA Manager and other internal stakeholders for country resource strategy. Hiring, training, development and retention of assigned internal CRAs if any.

Essential Requirements

Minimum 7 years’ experience in clinical research - planning/executing and/or monitoring clinical trials• Experience and evidence of team leadership capabilities• Understanding of all aspects of clinical drug development with particular emphasis on monitoring and trial execution
Degree in scientific or health discipline required and advanced degree preferable
Good communication and negotiation skills, ability to influence others
Stakeholder management capabilities with demonstrated capability to problem solve and mediate complex issues
Good understanding of the Risk Based Monitoring process and requirements
Ability to anticipate potential issues and take appropriate actions
Excellent coaching capability to best support and solve problem, anticipate potential risk, issues and take appropriate actions. Drive right mindset and behavior to team members.

Skills Desired

Budget Management, Clinical Research, Clinical Study Reports, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials Monitoring, Collaboration, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Health Sciences, Life Science, People Management, Regulatory Compliance

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