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.
| AstraZeneca |
| 【Alexion Japan】Key Customer Lead,IgAN （Osaka） | AstraZeneca |
| 【AstraZeneca】【CET】Medical Lead,Field Capability & Launch Excellence部 | AstraZeneca |
| 【AstraZeneca】【CET】Director, Advanced Analytics & AI, Customer Experience & IT | AstraZeneca |
| 【AstraZeneca】【R&I】MR R&I BU, INH | AstraZeneca |
| 【AstraZeneca】【Finance】Pricing Manager, Pricing & Market Access | AstraZeneca |
| 【AstraZeneca】【ONC】Brand Manager ｵﾝｺﾛｼﾞｰ事業本部 胃がん領域ﾏｰｹﾃｨﾝｸﾞ | AstraZeneca |
| 【AstraZeneca】【ONC】Associate Brand Manager , オンコロジー事業本部, 泌尿器がん領域マーケティング | AstraZeneca |
| Head, Corporate Comms | Novartis |
| Japan Program Clinical Head (CRM) | Novartis |
| SCM Tactical planner RLT | Novartis |
| Director, Policy | Novartis |
| Development Regulatory Affaires (開発薬事) - Neuroscience, Gene Therapy & Precision Diagnostics | Novartis |
| Portfolio Management & LCM, Associate/ Lead/ Senior Lead | Novartis |
| [Japan] ファーマコエピデミオロジーシニアリード (グローバルリスクマネジメント) | Santen |
| [Japan] 医薬品品質保証チーム スペシャリスト | Santen |
| [Japan] 滋賀品質保証チーム スペシャリスト | Santen |
| [Japan] 滋賀_製造マネージャー | Santen |
| [Japan] 能登_製造オペレーター | Santen |
| [Japan] 日本コンプライアンスチーム担当(セイフティーヴィジランス コンプライアンス) | Santen |
| [Japan] Specialist, Product Supply Transformation | Santen |
| [Japan] 滋賀品質管理チーム スペシャリスト | Santen |
¥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