Job Description Summary

Join our 2‑year Clinical Development Postgraduate Fellowship and gain hands‑on experience contributing to global clinical studies from protocol to results.

 

Job Description

With nearly 50’000 participants in clinical trials at Novartis, our vision in Clinical Development is to engage these participants, making sure we have the right participants, in the right trials, at the right sites, at the right time.

After your Master’s, Doctoral, Post-doctoral or MD qualification, do you want to learn more about and gain more experience in Clinical Development at a leading global healthcare company and see how drugs are developed to help addressing unmet needs and reimagining medicine? Do you have a collaborative mindset and take ownership of assigned tasks, and are you able to quickly adapt to different multicultural teams and diverse concepts? Besides that, do you have excellent problem-solving skills?

The Clinical Development Postgraduate Training Program is a unique opportunity to discover the science of Clinical Development in one of our development units:

• Oncology

• Neuroscience & Gene Therapy

• Global Health

• Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism

• Immunology

Start: September 1, 2026
Duration: 2 years 

Location: Basel, Switzerland

Your responsibilities include:

• Acquiring an understanding of the organization, how Clinical Functions and Clinical Development Units work together to develop solutions that address unmet needs for patients and discover the science of clinical development

• Contributing to development of trial-related documents (e.g., Clinical Trial Protocols (CTPs), informed consent form, case report forms, data analysis plan, data monitoring committee charters, reports, publications) for assigned clinical trial(s) consistent with the Clinical Development Plan. May include developing materials for trial-related advisory boards, data monitoring committees, investigators meetings, and protocol training meetings for Novartis local & global medical organizations

• Conducting ongoing medical, clinical, and scientific review of clinical trial data with Clinical Scientific Expert(s) with appropriate oversight from the Medical Lead

• Managing & preparing patient safety reports on trial data for use of safety and clinical boards (e.g., Safety Management Team, Global Clinical Team, Global Program Team) with appropriate oversight from the Medical Lead

• Providing input into final analyses and interpretation including the development of the Clinical Study Report(s), publications, and internal/external presentations

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Advanced degree in life-sciences is required, such as: Master’s degree in one of the (bio) sciences, MPh, PhD, PharmD or MD, completed within the last 2 years

• Concrete interest in clinical development as demonstrated by training/class module at university/institution, internships or specific courses

• Seeking new and different experiences for learning in the pharmaceutical industry and curiosity about clinical development

• Strong interpersonal skills i.e. can demonstrate your ability to communicate well and establish effective working relationships with people from a variety of backgrounds/cultures and at different hierarchical levels inside and outside the company

Important information:

• Application deadline: April 6, 2026

• Please note that we can only accept applicants who are eligible to work in Switzerland or have completed their studies at a Swiss University.

• Please submit a cover letter that includes your motivation for the program, explains which development unit(s) you are most interested in and confirms your availability for a start on September 1, 2026. Thank you.

 

 

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