Clinical Research Associate

Do you have a strong desire to improve care for patients, with diabetes, obesity and rare disease? Would you enjoy facilitating the monitoring of trial studies and explore the scientific data in trial studies in Slovakia? Does interacting with leading Medical Doctors and Scientists on an innovative portfolio interest you? If yes, you might be our new Clinical Research Associate. Apply today for a life changing career!

The position

As a Clinical Research Associate you will conduct trials in accordance with protocols, SOP’, local regulations and ICH-GCP guidelines, including: feasibility, sites selections, obtaining necessary approvals and documentation, site initiations, monitoring and SDV, management of site recruitment performance, trial supplies management, data cleaning activities, close-out and archiving.

You will be meeting all local and company requirements with respect to safety reporting in trails and regularly updating and ensuring timely and good quality data in CTMS and other systems, if required.

You will also be closely cooperating with Project Management, Data Management and HQ throughout the trial to ensure milestones achieved and maintaining current knowledge of therapeutic areas.

This role reports to Clinical Research Manager and CRA Team Manager. Geographical scope of the role is Slovakia. Depending on your location, we will try to allocate the closest centres however you must be willing to travel.

Your main accountabilities will be:

• Meeting the key milestones in the trial and reach the recruitment goals and executing high quality data.
• Preparing payment orders required by the study, as well necessary study documentation.
• Understanding of clinical trials processes and management and working independently as well contributing to the success and goals of the whole team.
• Acting as an ambassador for Novo Nordisk, ensuring that the profile of the company remains high amongst key stakeholders through establishing a peer-to-peer relationship based on quality, compliance and integrity.
• Providing training for various external stakeholders in site management and spending time both in-office as well as in the field.
• Interacting with receptive HCPs that are ready to execute the high-level clinical trials.
   

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we require you to have a university degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s), preferably in medical or pharmacy background, chemistry and biology.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

At least 2 years of previous work experience within Clinical Research.

To be effective in this role, it is mandatory to have:

• Strong organizational skills, strong relationships building skills, excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• English – intermediate level is needed
• Willingness to travel around the country – approximately 6 monitoring visits per month with combination of working from office and home.

As a person, you need to be self-motivated with focus on detail, fully responsible for assigned trials and able to deliver high quality work independently.

About the department

Slovak affiliate has the ambition to improve quality of patients’ life and bring innovation into the markets. In the Slovak Republic we employ 70 employees, and the office seat is in Bratislava. 

It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of the continued successful journey.  We’re a dynamic company in a 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.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). 

Deadline

June 20th 2025

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.