Lilly Posted June 20, 2026

Senior Advisor, Clinical Research Physician

Shanghai, Shanghai, China FULL_TIME
Clinical Development Principal

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About this opportunity

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

The primary responsibility of the CRP is to provide medical expertise to clinical strategic planning and execution, all aspects of the local business, and to ultimately enhance the customers' experience in scientific interaction with Eli Lilly.

Take core role in collaborating with the global teams (or leading if assigned for China lead multi-country study) in the clinical development strategy, study planning, designing, startup and conduct of phase I-IV clinical trials, analysis and reporting of China data (or study data), as well as non-clinical trial solutions/activities that are conducted in China.

Take core role and collaborate with registration affairs staff in communicating with health authorities during clinical trial permission (CTP) and new drug application (NDA) process.

Take a leadership role in defining the patient Journey, evidence gap, and developing integrated evidence generation plan and medical strategy. Become patient advocate, as well as a medical expert.

Contribute actively on an ongoing basis to the strategic planning for currently marketed brands and support brand commercialization activities during the development of the local business plan.

Contribute as a scientific and medical expert to activities and deliverables of the PRA organization, in particular giving clinical input and insight to develop payer partnership programs and defend the product value, supporting negotiation strategy development and dossier preparation.

Strategically lead and contribute on planning and execution of medical meetings (scientific exchange meetings, advisory board meetings, and/or other meetings with health care professionals), real world study, data analysis and publication development (abstracts, posters, manuscripts) while ensuring compliance.

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

Job Requirements

Medical Doctor. Must be board eligible or certified in appropriate specialty.

≥ 2years experience of being clinical research physician or medical advisor in pharma industry, when applying different levels of CRP role.

Knowledge of drug development process is 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.

Ability to engage in domestic and international travel to the degree appropriate to support the business of the team.

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
Clinical Development
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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

We currently track 254 comparable Principal Clinical Development roles across 35 biopharma companies.

254Comparable roles tracked
224Currently active
35Companies hiring similar roles
23Countries represented

Salary context

95 of 254 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
Peer group range $90,199 – $392,100 (median $264,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 254 comparable roles

United States137
India50
Spain12
United Kingdom10
Switzerland4
Germany4

+ 17 more countries

Seniority mix

254 of 254 peers have a known seniority level

Director141
Senior91
Principal22

Therapeutic area mix

73 of 254 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology34
Immunology16
Cardiovascular / CVRM7
Respiratory6
Neuroscience5
Dermatology & Aesthetics2
Ophthalmology2
Rare Disease1

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60%similar
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50%similar
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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.

60%
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45%
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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.