Principal Business Consultant - R&D - Regulatory

Veeva is the industry cloud for Life Sciences. We are enabling agentic biopharma through applications, agents, data, and consulting working together. Learn more about our products, vision, values, and status as a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) on our website .

Consulting is changing, and Veeva Business Consulting is not like other firms. Launched in 2019, we’ve grown quickly and organically to over 500 global experts who combine deep industry knowledge and unique insights to accelerate drug development and commercialization for our customers.

We are growing aggressively and seeking great people to help Life Sciences work in a more efficient and connected way, shaping the future of the industry with the world’s leading AI applications, agents, and data at their back.

The Role

As a Principal Consultant in our R&D Business Consulting practice , you will help customers bring treatments to patients faster by transforming how they work with Technology, Data, and AI. You will focus on reshaping operating models, driving organizational change, and measuring tangible business value.

R&D Business Consulting supports biopharma, medtech, animal and consumer health customers with solving business problems across the R&D value chain but also specifically within Clinical, Pharmacovigilance, and Regulatory domains.

You will be part of a global team delivering meaningful and high-impact projects with a variety of organisations from Top 20 Pharma to small/mid-sized organisations.

What You'll Do

• Project Mastery: Act as the Lead for Veeva BC’s largest and most complex global projects, maintaining full accountability for excellence across multiple teams

• Strategic Growth: Lead and own Business Development for the R&D BC practice, focusing on architecting and winning key deals exceeding $1M+

• People Leadership: Manage and mentor high-performing consulting teams, taking responsibility for the professional growth and delivery standards of the practice

• Thought Leadership: Develop and champion industry-leading thought leadership in Regulatory to keep Veeva at the cutting edge of Life Sciences

• Customer Success: Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite stakeholders, leveraging Veeva’s data and software to solve their most critical challenges

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of R&D Life Sciences Consulting experience (Management Consulting preferred)

• Track Record: Proven ability to win and deliver $1M+ consulting engagements

• Expertise: Deep domain knowledge in Regulatory Operations/Affairs and a comprehensive understanding of the Life Sciences landscape

• Leadership: Extensive experience managing multiple project teams and senior-level customer relationships

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of Veeva products

• Experience delivering SaaS or Tech-enabled consulting solutions

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.

• Within 3 days, you will receive a link to a personality assessment administered by a third party , unless you have already completed it with Veeva previously.

• Once you complete the assessment, our team will review your full application package and follow up via email with our decision.

• If moving to the interview stage, the process is as follows:

• A conversation with the hiring manager

• 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

• Compensation: Highly competitive salary and equity in Veeva

• Growth: Unrivalled career progression in a fast-growing, global team

• Flexibility: Veeva is a Work Anywhere company. You can work from home or the office on any given day

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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.

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