Lead - OpenData (Remote)

Veeva Systems; Portugal; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to work in a diverse and international workspace

Life insurance

Charity bonus

Fitness reimbursement

Job summary

A leading life sciences technology company is seeking an experienced leader to oversee a remote team of researchers in transforming data management in the healthcare sector. This role requires strong leadership and operational skills, emphasizing process improvement and KPI management. Ideal candidates will have 3+ years of leadership experience, have a proven track record in business process optimization, and a comfort in international, remote work environments. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the life sciences industry.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of extensive people leadership experience.
• Proven knowledge of business process design and management.
• Comfortable working remotely in an international environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team with a headcount of 50+.
• Implement impactful quality and efficiency projects.
• Own your team's KPIs and its performance.
• Collaborate with the engineering teams on process automation.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Process optimization

Communication

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 a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

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

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Veeva OpenData is global reference data of healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations. It contains addresses, emails, specialties, demographics, compliance data (license information and industry identifiers) and affiliations. It is available in 100+ countries today and 125 countries by end of 2025. As our lead, you will guide and develop a remote team of researchers who identify various data related to OpenData while following compliance and quality standards. You will design data production processes and drive process and technology improvements. You are fully responsible for your team's performance (efficiency and quality).

To thrive in your role, you are highly motivated to lead and have a “can do” attitude. You are results-oriented, analytical, methodical, and socially skilled. You communicate effectively with managers, analysts, and researchers. We care about a great cultural fit. You should enjoy working remotely and at speed in multi-cultural teams. If you are excited about leadership, operations and working for a fast-growing tech company, we are the optimal fit. Overall, this is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong leadership and operational skills to make a significant impact in the life sciences industry.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team with a headcount of 50+
• Implement impactful quality and efficiency projects
• Build a dynamic, proactive, and high-performing team
• Own your team’s KPIs and its performance
• Collaborate with the engineering teams on process automation
• Escalate all risks and incidents early and unambiguously

Requirements

• 3+ years of extensive people leadership experience
• Proven knowledge of business process design, management, and optimization
• 3+ years of working experience
• Comfortable working remotely in an international environment

Nice to Have

• Connection with life sciences (education or professional experience)

Perks & Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a diverse and international workspace
• Life insurance
• Charity bonus
• Fitness reimbursement

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].