Associate Director, Clinical Development - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (CoE)

Job Purpose

The Associate Director CD DEI CoE will support the Head, CD DEI CoE in defining and implementing the Novartis strategy to ensure diverse patient representation across global clinical trials in line with regulatory requirements and to ensure our trial populations reflect the patient populations we serve. The candidate will help support the creation of an effective framework for diversity in our clincial programs across Development and in collaboration with BR. The role also will champion the Novartis DEI commitment in clinical trials internally and externally, including representing Novartis on external forums and events on trial DEI

Major Activities

• Support the establishment of an effective framework for planning DEI in our clinical programs and trials, leveraging existing team structures (GPTs, GCTs, CTTs).
• Build trust with society by embedding DEI within our CD trial strategy and increase participation of under-represented populations in Novartis clinical trials.
• Support holistic training for internal associates as well as sites that tackle bias and systemic issues which are barriers to diversity in clinical trials..
• Support the visibility of Clinical Trial Diversity activities across Novartis, and ensure buy-in from DEVELOPMENT leaders to drive equity in representation
• Lead project management efforts to help the team on track with the various activities and ensuring alignment with the strategic goals and timelines.

Job Requirements:

• Advance degree in scientific or health care discipline (Ph.D, PharmD, Masters in Public Health) Preferred
• 3 or mor years of pharmaceutical drug development experience recommended
• Experienced in leading projects/ teams