Practice Manager - EHS

Veeva Systems; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Flexible PTO

Company paid holidays

Retirement programs

1% charitable giving program

Job summary

Veeva Systems is transforming Environmental Health and Safety with a purpose-built EHS application for Life Sciences. You will lead a Professional Services team of EHS and Vault Platform experts, driving customer success and fast, accurate deployments in a product-first company.

You will manage delivery excellence, build scalable practices, and partner across Sales, Strategy, Product Management, and Customer Success to ensure outcomes.

Qualifications

• Domain depth in Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and regulatory workflows.
• 8+ years of experience delivering enterprise cloud implementations at software vendors or consulting firms.
• 4+ years of direct people management leading software implementation consultants or technical teams.
• Proven experience driving operational efficiency, resource management, and standardized delivery methodologies.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing team of EHS and Vault Platform experts.
• Serve as Services Delivery Lead for key customer engagements (up to 25% of time with customers).
• Establish prescriptive scoping and project delivery methodologies for EHS implementations.
• Identify opportunities for delivery automation, practice evolution, and tech-enabled consulting.
• Build deep internal networks across Sales, Strategy, Product Management, and Customer Success Managers to champion outcomes.
• Drive accountability and proactively address delivery risks and gaps.
• Act as trusted executive escalation point for complex customer conversations.

Skills

EHS domain expertise

Enterprise cloud implementations

People leadership

Delivery leadership

Operational excellence

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 $3B 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

Join Veeva as we transform Environmental Health and Safety by building the purpose-built EHS application for Life Sciences and regulated industries. Veeva Systems drives innovation by reducing risk, increasing operational efficiency, and bringing shopfloor-to-boardroom transparency to our customers.

In this role, you will lead a Professional Services team of EHS and Vault Platform experts, driving Customer Success. You are a key people manager in a product-first company, responsible for leading a team that excels in software implementation delivery while making deployments faster, more accurate, and tech-enabled.

Managing with a relentless focus on Implementation Excellence and Operational Excellence includes:

• Driving Employee & Customer Success: Hiring, coaching, and developing top-tier talent who take pride in their work and operate with speed, focus, and humility
• Building Modern Delivery Practices: Accelerating our 2030 Services Vision by enforcing prescriptive packaged solutions, automated tools, and standardized best practices
• Executing Cross-Functional Synergy: Partnering closely across the EHS Cross-Team (Strategy, Product Management, and Sales) to support Key Deals, ensure success on Key Projects (early adopters), and feed real-world project feedback back into core product design
• Establishing Long-Term Value: Building trusted executive relationships that transition customers seamlessly from initial go-live into a steady-state operating model

What You'll Do

• Build & Lead a High-Performing Team: Recruit, onboard, coach, and retain top external talent and high-potential internal talent. Manage team capacity, staffing, and career growth
• Services Delivery Leadership: Serve as a Services Delivery Lead for key customer engagements (up to 25% of time engaging with customers as an executive resource)
• Drive Implementation Excellence: Establish prescriptive scoping and project delivery methodologies for EHS implementations to simplify the customer experience
• Practice Evolution & Innovation: Serve as a collaborative leader on the Services leadership team, actively identifying opportunities for delivery automation, practice evolution, and tech-enabled consulting
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build deep internal networks across Sales, Strategy, Product Management, and Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to champion customer outcomes and ensure smooth handoffs
• Operational Accountability: Drive individual and team accountability. Proactively identify delivery risks, bottleneck issues, and operational gaps (Care, Notice, Act), taking direct action to correct them
• Escalation Management: Serve as a trusted executive escalation point, handling complex customer conversations with humility and quiet confidence

Requirements

• Domain Depth: Deep understanding of the Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) domain, operational risk, and regulatory compliance workflows
• Enterprise Consulting Experience: 8+ years of experience delivering enterprise cloud implementations at a software vendor or consulting firm
• People Leadership Scale: 4+ years of direct people management experience leading software implementation consultants or technical teams
• Implementation Excellence Track Record: Proven experience driving operational efficiency, resource management, and standardized delivery methodologies
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Interviewing with Veeva

We value your time and believe in a transparent hiring process. Here is the process you can expect.

• Follow the application process and submit your resume.
• If moving to the interview stage, our process is as follows:
  • A conversation with the hiring manager
  • A personality assessment
  • A practical case exercise
  • A final conversation with our group's Senior Leader
• Once all interviews are complete, the manager will be in touch with a final decision.

Perks & Benefits

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

Compensation

• Base pay: $100,000 - $200,000
• The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

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

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. 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].