Veeva55mo ago

Senior Business Consultant - R&D (Remote)

Berlin · Germany - BerlinRemoteFull-Timesenior

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Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster.

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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

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 Senior Consultant, you will manage complex and novel consulting projects for Veeva customers in the research and development (R&D) space – managing teams and planning, organizing, and tracking all aspects of delivery. You will analyze interesting problems, build insightful solutions, and develop close working relationships with stakeholders to deliver realizable 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).

Lead R&D projects as the operational face of a Veeva R&D 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 R&D specific challenges

Proactively lead business development opportunities and proposals related to the R&D value chain

Develop and disseminate thought leadership and campaigns that differentiate Veeva R&D Consulting in the market for Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Strategy & Operations as well as Quality and Safety

Bachelor's or Master’s degree and excellent academic record

4+ years consulting experience in an established strategic/management consulting organization

Experience in Life Sciences

Good understanding and deep interest in pharmaceutical R&D, having delivered consulting engagements in one or more of the following areas: Regulatory, Clinical, Quality, Safety

Good understanding of the R&D value chain and ideally Veeva’s platforms/solutions and how R&D business consulting offerings can leverage and support these

Good understanding of the business capabilities and drivers underpinning digital technology in health and life sciences

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 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

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