Clinical Research Careers in Japan: What 182 Job Postings Ask For
Every figure on this page summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, in aggregate, and is shown the same way to every reader. It is not a description of any individual’s career or prospects.
- 182
- 29
- 70%
- 69%
What Gets You In
1-2 years of experience
76
3-4 years of experience
26
5-9 years of experience
23
10+ years of experience
2
6%
21% day-to-day or above
Nurse licence (看護師) 17%
Pharmacist licence (薬剤師) 17%
Clinical laboratory technologist (臨床検査技師) 17%
Physical therapist (理学療法士) 17%
Registered dietitian (管理栄養士) 17%
CRC certification 15%
Occupational therapist (作業療法士) 14%
Radiological technologist (診療放射線技師) 14%
Clinical Trials
97%
Clinical Research Associate
68%
GCP
52%
Medical Devices
26%
CRO
25%
Excel
20%
Oncology
20%
PowerPoint
18%
182 postings
Levels by Experience
1–2 years
0%
8% day-to-day or above
CRC certification 34%
Nurse licence (看護師) 7%
76 postings
3–4 years
12%
42% day-to-day or above
Medical Devices 54% (+42)
Project Management 31% (+28)
CRO 35% (+23)
PMDA 23% (+23)
Data Analysis 12% (+11)
26 postings
5+ years
28%
52% day-to-day or above
KOL Engagement 28% (+28)
Oncology 48% (+25)
Quality Assurance 20% (+20)
CRO 52% (+17)
GCP 52% (+10)
25 postings
Working Conditions
- 125 days
34 postings
- 50%
Fully remote
6
Hybrid
13
On-site
0
181 postings
Who Is Hiring
All Clinical Research openings
182 postings from 29 employers, as of 2026-09-22
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Clinical Research career ladder?
A level-by-level summary of what live Clinical Research job postings tracked on AirTA ask for. Levels come from job titles (manager, director, senior and so on) and, separately, from the years of experience a posting states. Every figure is a statistic over those postings, refreshed daily.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the job postings AirTA collects from employer career sites and applicant tracking systems. Years of experience, certifications and management experience are read from the posting text; the level is read from the title; pay is the salary the employer stated on the posting. Nothing is estimated for an individual.
Why is there no pay figure at some levels?
A pay band publishes only when at least 30 postings at that level state a salary, and a median only from 10. Senior-level pay is rarely published in Japan, so the honest answer at some levels is no figure rather than a figure borrowed from another level.
What does "candidate for" mean?
Some postings are titled 「マネージャー候補」 or "Manager Candidate": the employer states in the title that the opening is for someone who will grow into that level. The ladder counts those titles as the employer wrote them. It does not predict anyone’s promotion.
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