Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,419 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
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Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,419 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
60 companies with 1,419 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
EPS Corporation posts the most Clinical Research roles here: 18 of 44 across 17 employers, ahead of PSI CRO (4).
38% of classified postings ask for daily spoken English or more, against 15% across all tracked postings.
Postings here state remote or hybrid work in 15% of cases, against 27% across all tracked postings.
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Among 253 roles added in the past 30 days by 58 employers tracked for at least 30 days, Medical Affairs is 14% of additions against 7% of the standing stock.
48 live postings have changed their advertised salary since tracking began, 15% of those stating pay.
121 roles were added in the past 14 days: AbbVie added 15 roles in Tokyo, Bristol Myers Squibb added 11 roles, while Johnson & Johnson added 10 roles in Tokyo.
Additions in the past 14 days from the 34 companies tracked for at least three weeks, so a newly added company cannot read as a hiring surge.
Daily total across the 51 companies tracked through the whole period. Companies added mid-period are excluded until the window catches up to them. As of October 5, 2026 · tracked daily since August 1, 2026
Pharmaceutical · 318 postings with comparable stated pay, from 14 employers
median ¥7,500,000 · 318 postings
¥5,400,000
Typical advertised range
¥10,000,000
Postings by Advertised Range
Under ¥4M
2
¥4M–5.9M
49
¥6M–7.9M
140
How hiring on this page compares with its wider market, on the same measures.
Compared with every employer in the directory (1,183 companies).
State a Japanese Level
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
13%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
4%
No mention
83%
State an English Skill
Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
7%
Share of postings stating each term
University degree
22%
5-9 years of experience
22%
3-4 years of experience
19%
Management experience
12%
Master's degree
11%
Share of classified postings
No English requirement stated
28%
No English required
0%
Some English (reading, email, occasional meetings)
29%
Daily business English (speaking, presenting)
36%
Not determinable
6%
Counts on this page come from AirTA's own daily checks of each company's careers page. When a number cannot be measured reliably, it is hidden rather than estimated. Industry describes the company, not the individual role, so an employer with several businesses appears under each industry it operates in. Report a data issue.
| Manager, Medical Science Liaison, Cardiovascular | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Sr. Manager, Digital Learning & Capability Development, Commercialization Learning Japan | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Manager, Cell Therapy Specialist | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Clinical Research Associate | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| セイフティーフィジシャン（MD）/ノンラインマネージャー or グループマネージャー/ペイシェントセイフティー＆ファーマコビジランス部 | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Corporate Communication Manager| non-line manager |Corporate Communications Gr, Corporate Affairs | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| ヘルスケアアフェアーズプランニング担当者/ノンラインマネージャーorスタッフ/医療政策本部ヘルスケアアフェアーズプランニンググループ | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Principal Data Engineer/Non-Line Manager/Experimental Medicine Japan D&A | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Automation Engineer / Staff or Non line manager / Automation & Process Engineering Group, GFE Dept | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| 地域医療支援グループ 担当者 / ノンラインマネージャーorスタッフ / 医療政策本部 地域医療支援＆広域顧客支援部 地域医療支援グループ | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Public & Government Affairs Manager | Non-line Manager | Corporate Affairs | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| メディカルサイエンスリエゾン/ノンラインマネージャーorスタッフ/医薬開発本部クリニカルディベロップメント・メディカルアフェアーズ肺線維症・炎症領域メディシン第２部ＭＳＬグループ | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| アカウントコンサルタント / Staff / 北日本アカウントマネジメントグループ/スワイン部/ライブストック事業部 | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Public and Government Affairs Innovation Lead｜Non-line Manager｜Corporate Affairs | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Automation Engineer | Staff / non-line Manager | MIRAI Program Group, Yamagata Plant | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Drug Safety Specialist/Non-Line Manager or Staff/Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Senior Clinical Data Engineer/Staff/Experimental Medicine Japan D&A | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| 医薬情報担当者（MR）| スタッフ | 肺線維症・炎症領域事業本部営業本部 | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Process Engineer | Staff / non-line Manager | MIRAI Program Group, Yamagata Plant | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Engagement and Innovation Lead/Manager/Global ExpMED Inflammation | Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Utility & Infrastructure Engineer / Staff / Utility & Infrastructure Group, Yamagata Plant | Boehringer Ingelheim |
¥8M–9.9M
65
¥10M–11.9M
47
¥12M–13.9M
14
¥14M–15.9M
1
| Roles closed per employer (30 days) | 2 | 2.2 |
| Median days a role stays open | Too few roles have closed yet to measure how long they stay open. | ||
| Postings stating a salary | 23% | 45% |
| Median advertised salary | ¥7,500,000 | ¥7,500,000 |
| Classified postings requiring English (E1 or above) | 69% | 34% |
| Classified postings needing daily English (E3 or above) | 38% | 14% |
| Management-level titles | 26% | 13% |
Counts are per-employer averages; shares are across all live postings on October 4, 2026. English rows use the English-level classification (a subset of postings), so they differ from the share of postings mentioning English in the Market Snapshot. A row is hidden when either side has too few postings to compare fairly.
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
19%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
9%
Mentioned, level not specified
12%
No mention
53%
Parsed from 1,427 live postings with readable descriptions. A posting can state both languages.
1-2 years of experience
6%
10+ years of experience
6%
Same-industry experience
5%
Share of postings stating each term
Stakeholder Management
28%
Project Management
25%
Data Analysis
15%
Excel
15%
PowerPoint
8%
Share of classified postings
Industry switchers welcome
1%
Clinical background accepted
0%
Function switchers welcome
0%
Classified from the text of 958 of 1,419 active postings