Novartis Posted June 25, 2026

Medical Advisor -BC

Shanghai (Shanghai), China Regular
Medical Affairs Associate

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About this opportunity

Medical Advisors drive the development & execution of the country Medical Affairs strategic plans, develop integrated evidence plans, and demonstrate compound and disease area medical expertise.

Key Responsibilities:    Driving the local Medical Affairs strategic plans, aligned with ONE IP and global medical franchises strategy, and contributes to the formulation of local TPOs.    Leading early to identify strategic drivers, elaborates patient journey, and map and segment broader set of stakeholders.    Capturing insights and identifies opportunities for joint value creation and engages with the key scientific partners in the healthcare systems to co-design strategies and studies.    Providing key medical expertise and leadership on disease areas, pipeline programs, products to internal and external stakeholders and partners throughout the life of the product(s)    Representing country needs in co-developing integrated evidence plans and ensuring execution of these plans beginning and throughout the lifecycle in partnership with Global Drug Development (GDD), functional partners, healthcare systems, patients and other external stakeholders.    Identifying Real World Evidence (RWE) needs and utilizes implementation science and other innovative methodologies,    Leading the Post Trial Access (PTA) and Managed Access Programs (MAP) at local level, evaluates Investigator-Initiated research studies and Trials (IITs) and Research Collaborations (RC) for scientific soundness and alignment.    Promote and adhere to Ethics and Compliance Professional Practices Policy (P3). Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable) Essential Requirements: Must meet the requirements for major, academic background and professional qualifications as specified in the filing regulations   MD, PharmD., pharmacist, PhD, Master above degree in medical or other life sciences    Languages: Chinese and English    Medical Science and Disease Area Knowledge    Strategic& Enterprise Mindset    Stakeholder Engagement& Experience    Healthcare systems& partnerships    Integrated Evidence Generation    Joint Value Creation& Collaboration

Job details

Seniority
Associate
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Shanghai (Shanghai), China
Employment type
Regular

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 181 comparable Associate Medical Affairs roles across 64 biopharma companies.

181Comparable roles tracked
145Currently active
64Companies hiring similar roles
37Countries represented

Salary context

13 of 181 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Sr. Manager PSL&D Business Operations Lead · Pfizer $116,000/yr – $193,400/yr
Peer group range $154,700 – $198,000 (median $169,300)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 181 comparable roles

Japan24
Germany22
India20
China18
United States15
China's Mainland12

+ 31 more countries

Seniority mix

181 of 181 peers have a known seniority level

Manager125
Associate54
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc2

Therapeutic area mix

56 of 181 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology24
Immunology12
Cardiovascular / CVRM5
Dermatology & Aesthetics4
Vaccines & Infectious Disease4
Neuroscience3
Gastroenterology2
Rare Disease1
Respiratory1

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.