Clinical Research Associate (CRA)

Are you a dedicated clinical trial professional with direct site management experience? Are you ready to take the next step in your professional development in a globally expanding company? Join Novo Nordisk Turkey as Clinical Research Associate (CRA) / Senior CRA and get a life-changing career!

This role is based in Istanbul, Turkey, and you will be directly reporting to the Clinical Operations Manager.
 

The position 
As a Clinical Research Associate (CRA), you will conduct site selection, initiation, monitoring, and closure visits throughout the country. You will be expected to take the leadership of site management for the selection & initiation of sites, site monitoring, and site close-out activities via acting as the primary point of contact between site staff and Novo Nordisk.

In this role, your main responsibility will be to:

• Conduct the trials at sites in compliance with the currently approved protocol/amendment(s), with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and with the applicable regulatory requirement(s), ensuring that the rights and well-being of human subjects are protected and verify from source documents that the reported trial data are accurate and complete.
• Comply with reporting requirements including but not limited to monitoring visits.
• Coordinate clinical trial-related processes with investigators.
• Compile clinical trial documents according to local regulations.

Qualifications
You hold a minimum bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, life sciences, or another relevant field with experience in the clinical research area (as Site Coordinator, Clinical Trial Assistant, Clinical Research Assistant, etc). You are fluent both in English and Turkish. Apart from that, we expect you to have:
 

• Minimum 1 year of experience in direct site monitoring and performing all types of visits
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships and successfully cooperate with internal and external stakeholders including Key Opinion Leaderss
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications and electronic clinical trials systems
• Strong analytical and project management skills and ability to multitask
• A strong qualitative and quantitative background

As a person you are open and communicative. With a strong analytical mindset, ready to work together in a team to achieve desirable results. You are organized and love to plan, and when faced with challenges, you use your decision making and problem-solving skills to come up with optimal solutions.

About the department
Clinical Development Centre Turkey is responsible for all clinical operations activities within Türkiye and project management of clinical studies conducted in Ukraine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Morocco. The team consists of more than 60 employees as TAs team members, Clinical Operations Excellence team members and Start-up team members.

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 60,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.
 
Contact
To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). 
 

Deadline 

14th March 2024
 

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.