Hiring guides · by role · As of Aug 2026
Hiring guides —
every phase hires different people
Five employer types laid over the seven phases of drug development, sized by their people on Korea's national pension register. Open a guide for the employers these roles work at and where these hires usually come from.
- Discovery Biotech+248Medtech & diagnostics−28
- Preclinical Biotech+248CRO+7Pharma+10Medtech & diagnostics−28
- Phase 1 Biotech+248CRO+7Pharma+10CDMO & bioprocess+742Medtech & diagnostics−28
- Phase 2 Biotech+248CRO+7Pharma+10CDMO & bioprocess+742Medtech & diagnostics−28
- Phase 3 CRO+7Pharma+10CDMO & bioprocess+742Medtech & diagnostics−28
- Approval CRO+7Pharma+10CDMO & bioprocess+742Medtech & diagnostics−28
- Launch Pharma+10CDMO & bioprocess+742Medtech & diagnostics−28
Medical reps, product managers, export sales and sales planning, after approval.
Open the guide →Hiring guideR&D and CMCDiscovery, non-clinical, process development and CMC.
Open the guide →Hiring guideQuality, RA & clinicalQA, QC, validation, regulatory affairs and clinical, from Phase 1 to approval.
Open the guide →Hiring guideBusiness & support rolesFinance, HR, legal, IP and business development, where people join from other industries.
Open the guide →National Pension Service members · Aug 2026 · 53 employers · thickness = members · number = 11-month change, transfers in (mergers, new registrations, bulk transfers) taken out · bar span = the phases each employer type works in (editorial) · Source: National Pension Service workplace register (data.go.kr)
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EXPERIENCE PATH
- CURRENT EXPERIENCECMC
- TRANSFERABLE EXPERIENCETech Transfer · Lifecycle Change
- CAPABILITY BRIDGEMulti-site Governance · Commercial Readiness
- ADJACENT BIO MARKETCDMO · Platform Biotech
Tech Transfer / Comparability
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MSAT / Platform CMC
The bridge from CMC into MSAT or Platform CMC is transfer and comparability ownership, not title matching.
COMPANIES CONNECTED TO THIS EXPERIENCE
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4 public company connections · Public company files connect this experience to Alteogen · Samsung Biologics · Celltrion · Daiichi Sankyo.
- AlteogenOBSERVEDExperience that connects partner growth with repeatable quality, supply and tech-transfer execution.
- Samsung BiologicsOBSERVEDExperience that turns capacity expansion into validated commercial execution customers can trust.
- CelltrionOBSERVEDExperience that carries proven product execution into the next product and earlier development decisions.
- Daiichi SankyoADJACENTExperience recalibrating a scaled system when growth assumptions change—and rebuilding around the new constraint.
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