Lilly Posted July 3, 2026

Senior Advisor, Clinical Research, Neuroscience

Shanghai, Shanghai, China FULL_TIME
Medical Affairs Neuroscience Principal

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About this opportunity

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work, but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

This job is under LCDDMAC (Lilly China Drug Development and Medical Affair Center) focused on Neuroscience, a prospective critical therapeutic area of Lilly China. Lilly China is developing and entering this area with innovative medicine and strong pipeline in coming years. The Clinical Research Physician will take core medical role as scientific leader in drug development and/or new product launch medical affairs.

The primary responsibility of the CRP is to provide expert medical expertise to all aspects of the local business, to ultimately enhance the customers' experience in interacting with the company.

The CRP responsibility includes development the strategic medical plan for to be launched new compound, providing medical expertise for marketing, regulatory affairs and PRA etc.

The CRP is responsible for leading in local scientific data generation and dissemination and for collaborating with the global teams in the planning, designing and conduct of phase 3/4 studies.

Details

Develop medical strategies to support brand launch and life cycle plans for drugs.

Plan and set up medical symposia, advisory board meetings, and/or the facilitation of other meetings with health care professionals.

Establish and maintain appropriate collaborations and relationships with external scientific experts, thought leaders, and the general medical community

Participate in development of scientific data disclosure, data analyses, and final reports and data presentation.

Medical leadership in preparation and administration of the medical budget.

Collaborate proactively and productively with all business, and cross functional partners. Model the leadership behaviors.

Compliance: CRP should ensure all medical related activities in compliance and provide medical governance for business related activities.

Job Requirements

Medical Doctor Degree of neurology, psychiatry.

Five years of clinical or pharmaceutical medical function experience

Experience/knowledge of medical affair new product launch preferred

Demonstrated ability to balance scientific priorities with business priorities·

Demonstrated ability to influence others (both cross-functionally and within the function) in order to create a positive working environment.

Fluent in English, verbal and written communication.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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Job details

Seniority
Principal
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Neuroscience
Location
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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

We currently track 249 comparable Principal Medical Affairs roles across 55 biopharma companies.

249Comparable roles tracked
222Currently active
55Companies hiring similar roles
24Countries represented

Salary context

99 of 249 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.

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Peer group range $149,417 – $392,100 (median $245,550)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 249 comparable roles

United States154
India12
China11
United Kingdom11
Taiwan10
China's Mainland8

+ 18 more countries

Seniority mix

249 of 249 peers have a known seniority level

Director148
Senior97
Principal4

Therapeutic area mix

120 of 249 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology49
Neuroscience13
Dermatology & Aesthetics12
Rare Disease11
Respiratory10
Immunology10
Vaccines & Infectious Disease7
Cardiovascular / CVRM7
Ophthalmology1

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