Senior Business Consultant

Summary

Join Veeva Systems, a leading life sciences industry cloud company, as a Senior Consultant in the Business Consulting group. You will lead complex Quality projects, managing teams and delivering results for top pharmaceutical clients. This role requires strong Life Sciences and consulting experience, proven analytical and leadership skills, and excellent communication abilities. Veeva offers a flexible work environment and a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive compensation, health insurance, paid time off, and retirement programs. As a Work Anywhere company, you can thrive in your ideal environment, whether working from home or in the office. Veeva is committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree and excellent academic record
• 5+ years of consulting experience in an established strategic/management consulting organization
• Strong Life Sciences background with a keen interest in the Quality value chain or at minimum one or more of the following areas: R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Safety
• Good understanding and deep interest in Life Sciences Quality, having delivered consulting engagements in one or more of the following areas: Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain
• Good understanding of technologies used in Quality, ideally Veeva’s platforms and solutions, and how Quality consulting offerings can both leverage and support these
• Good understanding of the business capabilities and drivers underpinning digital technology in health and life sciences and the market forces and trends driving industry change
• Proven analytical skills, able to quantitatively and qualitatively assess problems and communicate responses across a range of issues
• A problem-solving mindset: anticipating issues early, analyzing and proactively finding solutions
• Demonstrated leadership of others in the delivery of complex deliverables
• Highly efficient project management skills
• Able to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization and quickly establish credibility
• Have a strong personal impact and ability to influence and persuade a range of stakeholders
• An effective communicator verbally and written, in English
• Ability to travel roughly up to 25%; this can vary depending on engagement

Responsibilities

• Lead Quality projects as the operational face of a Veeva Quality Consulting team, with responsibility for planning, organizing, and managing all aspects of delivery including scope, quality, resources, risks, and timelines
• Be responsible for the end-to-end design, build, and delivery of deliverables that meet overall project goals and objectives
• Identify and proactively solve problems faced by the client
• Be a trusted client contact for strategic and operational questions, developing the relationship through face-to-face discussions, workshops, phone, and email contact
• Manage the work and priorities of team members on your project(s)
• Support and mentor Consultants and Associates in developing skills and professional capabilities
• Bring to clients an excellent level of industry, market, and functional insight including Quality- specific challenges
• Proactively lead business development opportunities and proposals related to the Quality value chain
• Develop and disseminate thought leadership and campaigns that differentiate Veeva Business Consulting in the market for Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain

Preferred Qualifications

• Post-graduate-level qualification, Ph.D., MD, and/or MBA
• Network in Top 20 Life Science companies
• Experience with digital technologies – platforms, channels, analytics tools, apps, emerging technology
• Experience working with SaaS solutions

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program