Ionis Pharmaceuticals

35 open jobs

General information

Ionis Pharmaceuticals makes medicines that target RNA and DNA to treat genetic diseases. Its product Spinraza treats spinal muscular atrophy, a disease that weakens muscles. Tegsedi treats a hereditary form of amyloidosis, and Waylivra treats a rare fat-processing disorder called familial chylomicronemia syndrome. Qalsody treats a form of ALS linked to the SOD1 gene. The company is based in Carlsbad, California.

Ionis was founded in 1989 by Stanley T. Crooke under the name ISIS Pharmaceuticals. It changed its name to Ionis in December 2015. In 2024, the company had 1,069 employees and generated revenue of $705.1 million. It is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker IONS. That is a small company by headcount, but its medicines treat rare diseases that affect small numbers of patients worldwide. Historically, the median salary is ~$150,000. Ionis Pharmaceuticals is an H-1B sponsor.¹

Website

ionispharma.com

Headquarters

carlsbad, United States

Industry

Healthcare & Life Sci

Hiring activity

36Open jobs

+17Added in 30 days

−21Closed in 30 days

15 daysHow long jobs stay open

New jobs added per week²

View these weekly figures as a table

Week beginning	New listings
September 7, 2026	4
September 14, 2026	1
September 21, 2026	4
September 28, 2026	4
October 5, 2026	10
October 12, 2026	2
October 19, 2026	1
October 26, 2026 (in progress)	0

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Pay

What does Ionis Pharmaceuticals actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $150,000. Note that 32% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.⁴

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
Bracket	Jobs
Under $100k	5 jobs (12%)
$100k to $150k	7 jobs (16%)
$150k to $200k	23 jobs (53%)
$200k and up	8 jobs (19%)

Posted ranges on jobs open now⁴

Vice President, Compliance$280,000 – $325,000

Executive Director, Head of Payer Account Management$227,000 – $295,000

Executive Director, GMP Quality$221,151 – $288,783

$65k$325k

Assistant Director/ Associate Director/ Director, Patient Safety Operations$132,140 – $268,875

Director, Global Market Access$220,000 – $260,000

Assistant Director/Associate Director, Toxicology$142,551 – $255,000

Associate Director, Clinical Development - Neurology$168,820 – $250,502

Director, Commercial Distribution Operations$125,000 – $225,000

Associate Director, CMC Regulatory Affairs$181,162 – $224,717

Associate Director, Biometrics$164,760 – $222,888

Associate Director, US Value & Access$190,000 – $216,000

Associate Director, Regulatory and Medical Writer$142,588 – $201,472

Assistant Director, DMPK$153,848 – $200,000

Associate Director, Corporate Operations - Process Improvement & Optimization Leader$134,204 – $197,100

Associate Director, Development Quality Assurance$154,500 – $196,873

Assistant/Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance Quality Assurance$121,205 – $196,548

Protein Scientist, Assistant Director or Associate Director$144,200 – $196,444

Associate Director of R&D Finance$137,000 – $191,100

Assistant Director / Associate Director, Pharmaceutical Development ‒ Regulatory Writing$93,200 – $186,749

Functional Genomics Senior Scientist/Assistant Director$137,666 – $178,246

Assistant Director, Analytical Development & Quality Control$95,411 – $174,695

Assistant Director, Data & Supply Chain Analytics$125,189 – $161,737

Clinical Account Specialist, Beaumont, TX$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Central Coast, CA$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Daytona Beach, FL$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Downtown LA, CA$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Jackson, MS$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Philadelphia, PA$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Rochester, NY$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist (CAS), Manchester, NH$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist - St. Louis, MO$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist (CAS), Millville, NJ$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist - Puerto Rico$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist - Dayton, OH$140,000 – $160,000

Scientist$113,856 – $150,241

Assistant Director, Sales & Operations Execution Planning$97,090 – $141,725

Manager/ Senior Manager, Development Quality Assurance$77,218 – $130,560

Manager/Senior Manager, GMP Quality - Drug Substance$70,844 – $126,585

Senior Accountant - SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting$90,000 – $119,180

Associate Paralegal$69,325 – $92,303

Postdoctoral Researcher: Precision Delivery of RNA Therapeutics$65,000 – $87,000

Postdoctoral Fellow - Neurology Research$65,000 – $87,000

Manager, GxP Quality Systems$70,844 – $82,088

Visa sponsorship

Does Ionis Pharmaceuticals sponsor visas? Using USCIS data, we've collected the number of H-1Bs granted from 2021 to 2023 as well as the number of petitions they've requested so far this year. Ionis Pharmaceuticals is a likely employer for applicants who require sponsorship. Currently, they have 4 jobs certified for sponsorship in 2026, at a median pay of $144,115.⁵

Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)⁵

H1B petitions approved, by fiscal year (USCIS)
Fiscal year	Approved
FY2021	5
FY2022	5
FY2023	0

Based on public USCIS and Department of Labor records. Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. Browse all H1B sponsors →

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Common questions

Is Ionis Pharmaceuticals hiring now?

Yes. There are 36 open jobs, with 17 added in the last 30 days. They close fast though, often within 15 days, so don't wait.

Does Ionis Pharmaceuticals sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Government records show 4 jobs certified for FY2026, at a median pay of $144,115.

How much does Ionis Pharmaceuticals pay?

Posted pay runs $65,000 to $325,000 a year, and the median is $150,000. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

100 daily listing observations, Aug 26 to Oct 28 windowRechecked daily, last October 28, 2026

1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Ionis Pharmaceuticals's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Ionis Pharmaceuticals's own hiring system; last check October 28, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Ionis Pharmaceuticals's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.
5. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.

Sources
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USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
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