Strategy Director - OpenData

Veeva Systems; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Veeva charitable giving program

Health and wellness programs

Opportunity for rapid progression and

Job summary

Veeva Systems seeks a strategy leader to rebuild the data foundation for the life sciences industry with OpenData, unifying sales, marketing, product, and services into a cohesive vision.

You will drive the long-term success of OpenData by collaborating with data, analytics, and business leaders, and you will craft thought leadership through reports, white papers, and customer insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional experience with at least 3-5 years in technology or management consulting working or at a master data management software company.
• Deep expertise in life sciences with a core competency in data strategy or master data management.
• Strong ownership, drive, and independence.
• Strong communication skills with different audiences.
• Ability to build relationships with data, analytics, and business leaders.
• Good teamwork skills, especially with colleagues from other disciplines.
• Travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Evangelize the value of Veeva OpenData to transform the industry’s data foundation.
• Build relationships with executives responsible for data and analytics to drive key deals in partnership with sales teams.
• Define and own clear value proposition metrics for different customer segments.
• Take responsibility for customer success and run key projects that have strategic importance.
• Build customer relationships to share back the voice of the customer and support the Veeva OpenData product team.
• Provide research and analysis to support the creation of thought leadership and point-of-view reports, white papers, articles, blog posts, tweets, and presentations.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Data strategy

Master data management

Relationship building

Communication

Teamwork

Travel

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

Veeva Systems is looking to hire a strategy leader to rebuild the data foundation for the life sciences industry with OpenData, our customer reference data product. We are looking for a strong data expert and leader who can navigate the convergence of sales, marketing, products, and services into a cohesive vision for the market. This position will be responsible for the long-term success of Veeva OpenData by working across teams to drive results.

What You’ll Do

• Evangelize the value of Veeva OpenData to transform the industry’s data foundation
• Build relationships with executives responsible for data and analytics to drive key deals in partnership with sales teams
• Define and own clear value proposition metrics for different customer segments
• Take responsibility for customer success and run key projects that have strategic importance
• Build customer relationships to share back the voice of the customer and support the Veeva OpenData product team
• Provide research and analysis to support the creation of thought leadership and point-of-view reports, white papers, articles, blog posts, tweets, and presentations

Requirements

• 5+ years professional experience with at least 3-5 years in technology or management consulting working or at a master data management software company
• Deep expertise in life sciences with a core competency in data strategy or master data management
• Strong ownership, drive, and independence
• Strong communication skills with different audiences
• Ability to build relationships with data, analytics, and business leaders
• Good teamwork skills, especially with colleagues from other disciplines
• Travel up to 50%

Nice to Have

• Languages in addition to English

Interviewing with Veeva

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

• If moving to the interview stage, our process is as follows:
  1. A conversation with the hiring manager
  2. A personality assessment (unless you have already completed it with Veeva previously)
  3. A practical case exercise
  4. 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

• Veeva charitable giving program
• Health and wellness programs
• Opportunity for rapid progression and personal growth

Compensation

• Total compensation: 150,000 - 255,000 EUR
• The total compensation range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential total compensation range for this role. Please note that actual total compensation 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's total compensation may be composed of other types of compensation, 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.

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]