Senior Study Leader

Location: London (The Westworks)

Salary Range

£67,900.00 - £126,100.00

Job Description Summary

LI-Hybrid

Location: London (The Westworks), United Kingdom

Relocation Support: This role is based in London (The Westworks), United Kingdom. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Ready to lead clinical studies that can make a meaningful difference for patients? As a Senior Study Leader, together with the Clinical Science Lead (CSL), you will co-lead cross-functional Clinical Trial Teams (CTTs) and lead global studies through delivery, helping turn clinical strategy into high-quality execution. You will bring together diverse partners, proactively manage timelines, budgets, and risks, and create an empowered environment where teams can collaborate, adapt and perform at their best.

Along the way, you will have the opportunity to strengthen how we deliver clinical trials by championing operational excellence, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing across Novartis.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-lead cross-functional Clinical Trial Teams (CTTs) to deliver global studies with quality, efficiency, and operational excellence.
• Drive end-to-end study planning and execution in alignment with clinical protocols and operational plans.
• Proactively manage study timelines, budgets, risks, contingencies and inspection readiness throughout the study lifecycle.
• Build empowered, psychologically safe teams that encourage collaboration, accountability, agility, and high performance.
• Partner across global and local functions to strengthen study delivery, recruitment, data operations and vendor performance.
• Oversee study close-out activities, ensuring appropriate documentation, accountability, compliance and audit readiness.
• Champion continuous improvement and knowledge sharing to strengthen clinical study operations and ways of working.