Clinical Research Associate Trainee

Novo Nordisk A/S; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 9,300 - 11,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Food allowance

IT Equipment

Work Accident Insurance

Office perks: food and beverages

Massages and team building

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Lisbon is seeking a Clinical Research Associate Trainee to join the Hands-on programme. You will support CRAs as their role becomes more strategic, risk-based and digital, learning through a high-standard training programme.

Your work will help speed up digital and AI adoption in clinical trials for serious chronic diseases, with a focus on quality and patient safety. The position is based in Lisbon, with a 1-year program and monthly gross salary of €920.

Qualifications

• No previous CRA or monitoring experience required.
• Post-graduation or master's in clinical monitoring.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English. Spanish is an asset.
• Interest in clinical research and data accuracy.
• Basic understanding of clinical trial methodology and ICH-GCP awareness.
• Knowledge of spreadsheets and presentation tools; aptitude for dashboards and automation; interest in responsible AI use.
• Integrity and focus on quality and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Prepare site interactions and follow-ups; consolidate recruitment and site performance data; keep action trackers up to date.
• Join site and study meetings and supervised monitoring activities as training allows.
• Build basic dashboards, trackers and templates; assist in designing and testing simple automations using approved tools, including AI-enabled ones.
• Review metrics and flag potential risks or data quality issues to the CRA or study team.
• Support documentation checks and inspection readiness within your scope.

Skills

Portuguese

English

Spanish (asset)

Education

Post-graduate in clinical monitoring

Tools

Spreadsheets

Presentation tools

Dashboards

Job description

Novo is a global healthcare company dedicated to driving change for lasting health. For more than a century, we have combined scientific innovation with a deep understanding of people's lives to prevent and treat serious chronic diseases. Our work goes beyond medicines, focusing on the biological, emotional, social and environmental factors that influence health. By bringing science closer to real life, we develop solutions that help people live healthier lives. Today, more than 67,000 employees worldwide contribute to our purpose: driving change towards lasting health and creating a positive impact for patients, communities and society.

Your impact begins here

As Clinical Research Associate Trainee in Portugal, you will join the Hands-on programme and support CRAs as their role becomes more strategic, risk-based and digital. You will be able to actively support the daily activities of the clinical trials team with opportunities to learn and grow with a high standard training programme.

Your work helps strengthen quality and speed up digital and AI adoption in the clinical trials that support people living with serious chronic diseases.

What you’ll bring

No previous CRA or monitoring experience is needed.

• A post-graduation or master's in clinical monitoring
• Fluency in Portuguese and English. Spanish (considered an asset).
• Interest in clinical research, and accuracy when working with data.
• Basic understanding of clinical trial methodology and awareness of ICH-GCP, data integrity and risk-based quality, with a willingness to learn.
• Working knowledge of spreadsheets and presentation tools, an aptitude for dashboards and automation, and an interest in responsible AI use.
• Integrity, a focus on quality and patient safety, and confidence in escalating concerns.

Useful, but not essential:

• Academic projects in clinical research, data analysis, dashboards or process improvement.

What you’ll do

Working under supervision, you will help CRAs make site management clearer, faster and more risk focused.

• Prepare site interactions and follow-up, consolidate recruitment, retention and site performance information, and keep action trackers up to date.
• Join site and study meetings and supervised monitoring activities, as your training allows.
• Build basic dashboards, trackers and templates, and help design, test and document simple automations, including AI-enabled ones, using approved tools.
• Review agreed metrics and flag potential risks or data quality issues to the responsible CRA or study team.
• Support documentation checks and inspection readiness within your assigned scope.

Who you’ll work with

You will be based in Lisbon within Research & Development in the Portuguese affiliate. Your closest partners are the CRAs, your supervisor or mentor and Clinical Operations management.

What you can expect here

You will learn by doing real work, with a mentor, clear learning objectives and training that builds your clinical research knowledge. You will own your tasks, be heard when you spot a better way of working and build capabilities for potential future CRA opportunities.

For this position, the monthly gross salary is 920€.

• 17,40€ food allowance per day worked (part in meal card and other in salary complement)
• IT Equipment
• Work Accident Insurance
• Perks in the office such as food and beverages (snacks, daily soup and drinks)
• Massages and other team building events

*Benefits will be implemented according to the company procedures, guidelines & business needs.

Duration of the program is 1 year.

Your impact begins today.

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