Head Medical Safety Process

hace 4 días

Barcelona, Barcelona, España Novartis A tiempo completo
Summary

Step into a role where your leadership will shape the future of medical safety - making a real difference for patients worldwide.

You'll lead and guide process improvements, drive compliance, and represent Medical Safety in cross-functional projects, ensuring high standards, simplification and impactful change.

About the Role
LI-Hybrid

Location: Barcelona, Gran Via

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee and provide strategic inputs to process improvements (incl. standardization, simplification) across therapeutic areas in Medical Safety.
  • Ensure compliance with global safety regulations and internal standards.
  • Drive audit and inspection readiness through process enhancements.
  • Represent Medical Safety in cross-functional initiatives and projects.
  • Guide transition of process changes into successful project execution.
  • Set and monitor quality metrics for medical safety activities.
  • Provide expertise and support for process updates and issue management.
  • Build & lead a high-performing team to meet process excellence objectives and maintain a sustainable compliance culture.

Essential Requirements:

  • Advanced degree in Life Sciences or Healthcare; MD, MBBS, PharmD, or PhD preferred.
  • Fluent in spoken and written English.
  • Minimum 12 years' experience in drug development within a major pharmaceutical company.
  • At least 5 years in a global role providing strategic inputs for global drug safety, clinical, or medical affairs position.
  • Strong leadership and people management skills.
  • Excellent negotiation, conflict resolution, and decision-making abilities.
  • Strong critical and strategic thinking skills, with proven ability in business proposal development Solid knowledge of drug safety-related processes.

Desirable Skills:

  • Results driven, self-starter with proactive working style; committed and accountable, transparent even under pressure.
  • Quality oriented.

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally:

Division

Development

Business Unit

Development

Location

Spain

Site

Barcelona Gran Vía

Company / Legal Entity

ES06 (FCRS = ES006) Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A.

Functional Area

Research & Development

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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