Senior Business Consultant - Life Sciences Quality

The Role

We are seeking talented individuals to join the Veeva Business Consulting group in Quality, 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 .As a Senior Consultant, you will manage complex and novel consulting projects for Veeva customers in Quality– 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 Quality innovation.

What You'll Do

Lead Quality projects as the operational face of a Veeva Quality 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 Quality- specific challenges

Proactively lead business development opportunities and proposals related to the Quality value chain

Develop and disseminate thought leadership and campaigns that differentiate Veeva Business Consulting in the market for Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain

Requirements

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

5+ years of consulting experience in an established strategic/management consulting organization

Strong Life Sciences background with a keen interest in the Quality value chain or at minimum one or more of the following areas: R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Safety

Good understanding and deep interest in Life Sciences Quality, having delivered consulting engagements in one or more of the following areas: Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain

Good understanding of technologies used in Quality, ideally Veeva’s platforms and solutions, and how Quality consulting offerings can both leverage and support these

Good understanding of the business capabilities and drivers underpinning digital technology in health and life sciences and the market forces and trends driving industry change

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 a strong personal impact and ability to influence and persuade a range of stakeholders

An effective communicator verbally and written, in English

Ability to travel roughly up to 25%; this can vary depending on engagement

Nice to Have

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

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