Senior Manager at Big Pharma - what’s your salary?

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Hi. I’m waiting for the call back about the recent interview for a senior manager role at a big pharma company. It’s different from my current role, so I have no idea what’s the salary bracket. Anyone has any ideas? I am not sure they’ll offer me a job but I want to be prepared in case they call and ask about salary expectations. I’m thinking £90k but is that too much? 5 years relevant experience.

It depends on what area you're in . Production , engineering. Quality or finance . Senior manager roles generally in production are around the 100k plus bonus mark assuming relevant experience where I am ( but that's ireland ) 'Senior' generally means head of an area or a clean room not just 'experienced' though. Very much depends on the role .

I work 'with' big pharma rather than 'in' big pharma but I'd say anywhere from £70K to £120K would be reasonable, they often also have a lot of benefits like good pensions, shares, bonuses etc.

What do you mean by senior manager? Is that the actual job title? How many people would you be responsible for?

Senior manager as opposed to senior scientist or senior director?
What is the main skill set?

Sales? Finance? Marketing? R&D?

Managing people or other resources? Do you have skills, qualifications?

Its impossible to say without knowing which role you've interviewed for and what you're bringing to the role.

yes, senior manager, scientist is the full job title. It’s clin science, and I would be responsible for quite a lot of people across different projects but not sure in what capacity, would definitely have few managers under me, plus I believe I would have line reports.

Sorry, it’s senior manager, scientist. Skill set would be clinical science, so drug development and efficacy/safety data analysis. Setting up and and leading clinical trials.

Drug development, clinical science. I have a phd and relevant experience, plus good knowledge of therapy area. Currently project manage large teams but not in managerial position, my role is being a lead but I have stakeholders/contributors who I don’t hold authority over but still have to manage (if that makes sense).

I'd say low £70k minimum for project management lead. Is it a non people management role or will you be managingI think it depends on the company, some pay really well. I'm in Pharma but in Quality, not in management and base is just under €70k excluding bonuses. Don't forget other package like PHI, bonuses, educational opportunities, hybrid working, share options. Best of luck!

It sounds like this is a scientist level role (albeit senior) rather than a Director or Associate Director role. So I would say £70-80k for PhD +5 years experience. Probably lots of decent extras too.