Pharmaceutical Companies Hiring in Japan
60 companies with 1,434 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
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60 companies with 1,434 open permanent roles in Japan, tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
60 companies with 1,434 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 46 across 17 employers, ahead of PSI CRO (4).
39% of classified postings ask for daily spoken English or more, against 15% across all tracked postings.
Postings here state remote or hybrid work in 16% of cases, against 27% across all tracked postings.
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Among 278 roles added in the past 30 days by 58 employers tracked for at least 30 days, Medical Affairs is 13% of additions against 7% of the standing stock.
48 live postings have changed their advertised salary since tracking began, 15% of those stating pay.
119 roles were added in the past 14 days: AbbVie added 14 roles in Tokyo, Bristol Myers Squibb added 13 roles in Tokyo, while Merck KGaA added 9 roles in Tokyo.
Additions in the past 14 days from the 35 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 3, 2026 · tracked daily since August 1, 2026
Pharmaceutical · 322 postings with comparable stated pay, from 14 employers
median ¥7,500,000 · 322 postings
¥5,400,000
Typical advertised range
¥10,000,000
Postings by Advertised Range
Under ¥4M
2
¥4M–5.9M
49
¥6M–7.9M
143
How hiring on this page compares with its wider market, on the same measures.
Compared with every employer in the directory (1,170 companies).
State a Japanese Level
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
12%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
5%
No mention
83%
State an English Skill
Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
7%
Share of postings stating each term
University degree
21%
5-9 years of experience
21%
3-4 years of experience
19%
Management experience
12%
Master's degree
10%
Share of classified postings
No English requirement stated
27%
No English required
0%
Some English (reading, email, occasional meetings)
30%
Daily business English (speaking, presenting)
37%
Not determinable
5%
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.
| Animal Health, Regulatory Affairs | MSD |
| Corporate Internal Auditor, Specialist | MSD |
| Cardiovascular MR | MSD |
| ＜製造本部＞サプライチェーン ロジスティックス/P1-3/西神 | Eli Lilly Japan |
| ＜人事本部＞ HRBP Project Consultant | Eli Lilly Japan |
| Principal AI Engineer — Tech@Lilly Japan (APEX - AI Products & Experience) | Eli Lilly Japan |
| ＜情報技術本部＞Japan IT Solution Delivery Lead / Manager-Sr. Manager / Kobe | Eli Lilly Japan |
| ＜マーケティング本部＞ Business Intelligence - Forecasting & Analytics/担当課長・課長/神戸本社 | Eli Lilly Japan |
| ＜Night Shift Operator 製造本部＞製造部/製造オペレーター/オペレーター_シニアオペレーター_エキスパートオペレーター/B1-B3/西神工場 | Eli Lilly Japan |
| 【障がい者採用：正社員】本社スタッフ部門(人事・IT・財務経理・マーケティング・その他)/担当・担当課長・専門課長/神戸本社 | Eli Lilly Japan |
| Quality Assurance Department – Quality Assurance Operations / P1–P3 / Seishin Plant (Kobe City) | Eli Lilly Japan |
| Business Unit/Communications Senior Director／部長＜コミュニケーション部/Communications＞ | Eli Lilly Japan |
| Senior Director, International Public Policy (Japan + Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan) | Eli Lilly Japan |
| ＜研究開発・メディカルアフェアーズ統括本部＞/Japan Data Sciences - Data Strategist Lead/Scientist/ Senior Scientist / Principal Scientist/ Sr. Principal Scientist/神戸本社・東京支社 | Eli Lilly Japan |
| ＜製造情報技術部＞Manufacturing IT, Production Function Business Integrator・MES Engineer / Associate・Manager・Senior Manager /Seishin Manufacturing Site） | Eli Lilly Japan |
| ＜製造本部＞Engineering - Fitter/担当/B4/西神工場（神戸市内） | Eli Lilly Japan |
| Transformation / Internal Consulting Lead (Global / Cross-Functional) | Kyowa Kirin |
| バイオ医薬品の原薬生産（培養）プロセス開発業務 ／研究職または経営職 | Kyowa Kirin |
| バイオ医薬品製造設備のエンジニアリング（メンテナンスプログラム／プロジェクトマネジメント）業務 ／企画職または経営職 | Kyowa Kirin |
| バイオ医薬品の品質保証・統括業務 ／企画職または経営職 | Kyowa Kirin |
| 臨床開発計画の立案を担うクリニカルサイエンスリーダー/経営職 | Kyowa Kirin |
¥8M–9.9M
66
¥10M–11.9M
47
¥12M–13.9M
14
¥14M–15.9M
1
| Roles closed per employer (30 days) | 1.9 | 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 | 22% | 44% |
| Median advertised salary | ¥7,500,000 | ¥7,500,000 |
| Classified postings requiring English (E1 or above) | 71% | 35% |
| Classified postings needing daily English (E3 or above) | 40% | 15% |
| Management-level titles | 26% | 14% |
Counts are per-employer averages; shares are across all live postings on October 2, 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 1,428 live postings with readable descriptions. A posting can state both languages.
10+ years of experience
6%
1-2 years of experience
6%
Same-industry experience
5%
Share of postings stating each term
Stakeholder Management
28%
Project Management
25%
Data Analysis
15%
Excel
14%
PowerPoint
8%
Share of classified postings
Industry switchers welcome
1%
Clinical background accepted
1%
Function switchers welcome
0%
Classified from the text of 1,283 of 1,434 active postings