CTA
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
Support life-changing clinical trials from start-up to close-out, and play a vital role in bringing new treatments to patients around the world.
Your new role
As a Clinical Trial Administrator, you'll provide comprehensive administrative and operational support to ensure clinical trials run smoothly, compliantly, and efficiently. You'll be the backbone of the local study team, managing critical documentation, coordinating across functions, and keeping trials on track from preparation through close-out.
Day-to-day your tasks will include:
- Providing operational and administrative support across all phases of clinical trials, ensuring smooth execution from start-up through close-out
- Setting up and maintaining electronic Trial Master Files (eTMF) and Investigator Site Files (ISF), ensuring timely document approval, filing, and archiving
- Supporting document collection, preparation, and submission to Regulatory Authorities and Ethics Committees
- Coordinating clinical supply and equipment activities including ordering, import processes, and inventory tracking in collaboration with CRAs and Project Managers
- Ensuring cross-functional collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders including sites, health authorities, and ethics committees
- Supporting inspection readiness, audit activities, and continuous quality oversight to maintain compliance with ICH-GCP and regulatory requirements
- Co-monitoring visits with CRAs to support sites with documentation backlogs and quality maintenance
Your new department
As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.
Within International Operations, the Clinical Development Centre plays a critical role in executing clinical trials that advance our therapeutic pipeline. Our team ensures trials are conducted to the highest quality standards, supporting the development of life-saving treatments for patients with serious chronic diseases. You'll work in a collaborative environment where attention to detail, regulatory excellence, and cross-functional partnership are valued and essential to our success.
Your skills & qualifications
We're looking for a Clinical Trial Administrator who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments and brings meticulous attention to detail. You'll bring with you:
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences or a related field
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) is strongly preferred
- Comprehensive understanding of clinical trial phases, regulatory guidelines, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and ethical considerations
- Expertise in managing multiple tasks, timelines, and stakeholders with strong organizational and project coordination skills
- Proficiency in using Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) and other digital tools to manage study documentation and track activities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across internal and external stakeholders
- Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with flexibility and adaptability in a changing clinical trial environment
- Willingness to embrace new digital tools and methodologies to enhance efficiency and improve ways of working
Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.
What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
Deadline
Please apply until May 20, 2026
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.