Business Consultant - R&D (Remote)

Veeva Systems, Inc.; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering organization in the life sciences sector as a Consultant, where you will play a vital role in delivering strategic value to top pharmaceutical companies. This role offers the chance to lead consulting projects, manage workstreams, and develop innovative solutions that enhance regulatory affairs and clinical strategy. With a commitment to employee success and a flexible work environment, this position allows you to thrive in your ideal setting, whether at home or in the office. Embrace the opportunity to work with industry leaders and contribute to meaningful advancements in healthcare.

Benefits

Health & Wellness Programs

Opportunity for Rapid Progression

Flexible Work Environment

Competitive Remuneration

Qualifications

• 2+ years of consulting experience with a strong focus on R&D.
• Excellent academic record with a Bachelor's or Master's degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead project workstreams, managing delivery scope, quality, and timelines.
• Build relationships with clients and provide operational project support.

Skills

Consulting Experience

Life Sciences Background

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Mindset

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Ph.D. or MBA

Tools

Digital Technologies

SaaS Solutions

Job description

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming apublic benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

As aWork Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.

We are seeking talented individuals to join the Veeva Business Consulting group in R&D, a priority area for Veeva. We work with senior customer stakeholders, as the partner of choice for 85% of the top 20 Pharmaceutical companies, to define and realize the strategic value of Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Strategy & Operations as well as Quality and Safety (eg. Pharmacovigilance).

As a Consultant, you will manage workstreams on consulting projects for Veeva customers in R&D – planning, organizing, and tracking all aspects of delivery. You will analyze problems, build insightful solutions, and develop close working relationships with customer stakeholders (through face-to-face discussions, workshops, email, etc.) to deliver demonstrable, sustainable value, at the forefront of digital and R&D innovation.

Opportunities are available across Europe for this role as this is a remote position. There is no work location requirement if a candidate is in proximity to an airport and able to meet relevant travel requirements. Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the EU (for EU locations, incl. Switzerland) and the UK (for UK-based candidates).

What You’ll Do

• Lead a workstream(s) in a project engagement: planning, organizing, and managing all aspects of delivery including scope, quality, resources, risk, and timelines
• Be responsible for the end-to-end design, build, and delivery of deliverables that meet specific project goals and objectives
• Identify and proactively solve problems faced by the customer
• Be a primary client contact for operational project questions, developing the relationship through face-to-face discussions, workshops, phone, and email contact
• Manage the work and priorities of Associate Consultants in your workstream
• Support and mentor Associates in developing skills and professional capabilities
• Build trusted relationships with customer stakeholders
• Bring to your customers a good level of industry/ market/ functional insights
• Input into business development opportunities and proposals
• Help develop and disseminate thought leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree and excellent academic record
• 2+ years of consulting experience
• Strong Life Sciences background with a keen interest in the R&D value chain or at minimum one or more of the following areas: Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Strategy, and Operations, Quality and Safety
• Good understanding of technologies used in R&D and ideally Veeva’s platforms and solutions and how R&D 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 outcomes
• Highly efficient project management skills
• Skilled in facilitating collaboration amongst team members
• 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, and in the local office language

Nice to Have

• Post-graduate-level qualification, Ph.D., MD, and/or MBA
• Experience with digital technologies – platforms, channels, analytics tools, apps, emerging technology
• Experience working with SaaS solutions
• Fluency in other European languages
• Highly competitive remuneration
• Opportunity for rapid progression
• Health & wellness programs

BCRD

Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

As an equal opportunity employer, Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail] .

Work Where It’s Best for You

Work Anywhere means you can work in an office or at home on any given day. It’s about getting the work done in the way and place that works best for each person. This applies across all locations and departments.

Work Anywhere does not mean work at any time. We have predictable core hours where employees are generally available for meetings and collaboration. Employees are focused and available during core hours.

We invest in our offices to make them places where our employees like to go. If you work in the office three or more days a week, you will have a dedicated office workspace. Our offices function as hubs to draw people in, create social bonds, and where random connections and mixing of ideas happen. We’re investing more in offices, culture, and offsite meetings, not less.

Product teams are organized in regional product hubs for optimal collaboration and live within a time zone of their hub. Our current product hubs are located in Pleasanton, Columbus, Boston, Kansas City, New York City, Raleigh, and Toronto. We create opportunities for teams to get together in person regularly.

Customer-facing roles, such as Sales and Professional Services, live near and/or travel to their customers.

When an employee moves within a country it does not cause a change in salary. Where you live impacts you and your family. Not knowing if your compensation will change if you move can cause stress and uncertainty for everyone. We wanted to eliminate that.

Work at Veeva. Work where it’s best for you.

A different kind of company. A Public Benefit Corporation.

Unlike a traditional corporation, whose only legal duty is to maximize shareholder value, PBCs consider their public benefit purpose and the interests of those materially affected by the corporation’s conduct—including customers, employees, and the community—in addition to shareholders’ interests.

What sets us apart

In February 2021, Veeva became the first public company to convert to a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC).

Unlike a traditional corporation, whose only legal duty is to maximize shareholder value, PBCs consider their public benefit purpose and the interests of those materially affected by the corporation’s conduct—including customers, employees, and the community—in addition to shareholders’ interests.

Veeva’s public benefit purpose is to help make the industries we serve more productive and create high-quality employment opportunities.

“Veeva’s engineering teams take a pragmatic approach to software development. We offer an ideal environment for engineers who value focus, speed and integrity in their work.”