Associate Consultant
Veeva Systems
About the Role
Veeva’s Consultant Development Program (CDP) is an accelerated pathway that transforms early-career professionals into high-impact consultants. You will deliver cloud and AI solutions, helping global Life Sciences companies bring life-changing therapies to patients. You’ll work hands-on with innovative Clinical Data Management technology, collaborating with internal teams and external customers to design, configure, and implement Veeva’s clinical data software. You will learn industry-leading clinical trial cloud platforms and work with cutting-edge AI solutions.
The Program
As part of the Consultant Development Program, you will:
- Ramp up quickly through an intensive, team-based onboarding program.
- Learn by doing, taking on real responsibility and working directly with customers within your first three months.
- Thrive alongside a supportive team of seasoned leaders and peers.
- Build your future, advancing from Associate to Consultant in less than 2 years and developing the foundation for a successful, long-term career.
Key Responsibilities
As part of our Professional Services team, you are a strategic partner guiding clinical operations and data management teams through implementation. You will use your knowledge of Veeva’s CDMS software to design, configure, and deliver solutions. Your day-to-day will involve:
- Designing & tailoring the software: Leading the configuration of our Vault CDMS platform to fit each customer's unique clinical trial requirements.
- Conducting discovery workshops: Leading interactive workshops with customer stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Managing project scope & execution: Taking ownership of core implementation deliverables, scoping study requirements, building timeline estimates, and keeping project milestones on track.
- Guiding the customer as an expert: Leading customers with best practices to optimize their clinical data collection and study management processes.
Requirements & Tech Stack
Technical Skills & Mindset
- Technical Familiarity: Basic familiarity with database concepts, such as SQL for querying relational databases and Python or R for data manipulation and analysis.
- Drive: Thriving in a challenging, intense environment that rewards initiative and rapid learning.
- Curiosity: A genuine desire to be hands-on with software and master new technologies.
- Communication: Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Analytical Mindset: Strong critical thinking with a proven track record of analytical performance.
- Integrity: A commitment to the “do the right thing” philosophy.
- Work Ethic: Commitment to excellence and passion for working hard to achieve results.
- Travel: Willingness to travel as needed (up to 20-30% of the time).
Qualifications
Education & Preferred Background
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative or life science field is preferred, such as:
- Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering
- Clinical Research, Public Health, Biology, Pharmacology
Desired Experience
Prior experience (internships, co-ops, academic projects, or entry-level roles) in one or more of the following areas is highly valued:
- Data entry or management in a healthcare/research setting, or experience at a CRO, as a Clinical Research Associate (CRA), or Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC).
- Clinical trial operations, monitoring, or clinical data management.
- Data analysis using statistical software (SAS, SPSS, Python, R).
- Design training, UX Design, or Human Factors Studies.
- Business or technical consulting.
- Speech and Debate or Manufacturing.
Work Authorization: Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Veeva does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status.
Hybrid Work Environment: Associate Consultants are required to live within reasonable commuting distance from Veeva's Madison, Boston, or New York office. Long-term, a Work Anywhere policy allows flexibility.