Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 21% share of the Asia-Pacific pharma industry’s total new job postings in Q3 2023, drop 53% over the prior quarter.

Management Occupations drive pharma industry hiring activity

Management Occupations, with a share of 21% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the Asia-Pacific pharma industry in Q3 2023 , ahead of Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations with a 12% share of new job postings.

The other prominent roles included Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 9% share in Q3 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share and Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.

Top five companies accounted for 43% of hiring activity

AstraZeneca posted 1,720 jobs in Q3 2023 and registered a decline of 4% over the previous quarter, followed by Pfizer with 1,061 jobs and a 28% drop. Novartis, with 996 jobs, and Biocon, with 915 jobs, recorded a 42% drop and a 76% drop, respectively, while Sanofi recorded a 3% increase with a 822 new job postings during Q3 2023.

Regional analysis of hiring in the Asia-Pacific pharma industry, Q3 2023

India held the leading share of the Asia-Pacific pharma hiring activity with a 38.54% share, a 51% decrease over Q2 2023. China was next with 32.23%, four-percentage-point down over the previous quarter.

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