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Principal Clinical Data Scientist

Novartis

Novartis

Data Science
India
Posted on Apr 29, 2025
REQ-10050467
Apr 28, 2025
India

Summary

Internal Role Title: Principal Clinical Data Scientist

Location: Mumbai & Hyderabad #LI-Hybrid

About the Role:

We are looking for a dedicated Principal Clinical Data Scientist to oversee all aspects of data management, coding, CDD, and DAP for several studies or medium to large-sized projects. This role is crucial in ensuring that pharmaceutical drug development plans at Novartis Global Drug Development are executed efficiently with high-quality deliverables. The successful candidate will conceptualize and implement scalable training delivery models and platforms, follow and oversee Good Clinical Practices (GCP), and ensure consistency across assigned programs to aid efficiencies for submissions.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities: -

  • Lead functional activities for medium to large-sized projects in phase I to IV clinical studies within the Novartis Global Development Organization.
  • Coordinate activities of Data Managers, both internally and externally.
  • Make data management decisions and propose strategies at the study or project level.
  • Ensure the application of consistent data management processes, increasing standardization and documentation across assigned projects/programs.
  • Provide and implement data management solutions, ensuring knowledge sharing.
  • Lead process and training deliverables within multiple platforms, franchises, or therapeutic areas, developing strategies for effective training and knowledge retention.
  • Represent Data Operations (DO) in all audits and inspections, centralizing and aligning the team in audit preparation, readiness, and response.

Essential Requirements:-

  • Proven experience in clinical data management, data architecture, data governance, data integration, data profiling, data quality, data science, data strategy, and master data.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
  • Cross-cultural experience and functional breadth in managing clinical data management activities.
  • Ability to recognize and resolve protocol issues that may impact database design, data validation, and analysis/reporting.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional teams.
  • Proficiency in using data management tools to generate listings for data review and provide these to study teams.

Why Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Development
Innovative Medicines
India
Mumbai (Office)
IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
Research & Development
Full time
Regular
No

Accessibility and accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

REQ-10050467

Principal Clinical Data Scientist

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