Associate Business Consultant - R&D and Quality

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 $2B 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.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Veeva is seeking driven new graduates eager to grow a career with us. Generation Veeva is a global organization that offers multiple development programs and career paths. Workshops, mentors, career path planning, and on-the-job learning drive your career development with Veeva.   

Associate Business Consultants join our Business Consultant Development Program (BCDP). The role and program are specifically designed to expedite and challenge the growth of recent grads interested in supporting Life Sciences organizations (Pharma and Biotech) by driving innovation and partnership in the industry.  

Our R&D and Quality teams help the industry to generate continuous and sustainable innovation across the full R&D value chain (Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Safety) through organizational design, change management, and technology value realization. If you have curiosity about how strategy, data, and technology in the R&D space can improve industries that impact our everyday lives, we encourage you to apply! 

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the European Union. Veeva does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status for this employment position. 

The anticipated start date for this role is July 2025. 

Veeva is a Work Anywhere company: you choose the environment that works best for you - on any given day. Whether you choose to work remotely from home or work in an office - it’s up to you. Although Veeva is Work from Anywhere, Associate Business Consultants must live within a maximum commuting distance of 45 minutes to 1 hour from the Berlin coworking space. 

What You'll Do

• Learn how to create end-to-end business solutions and deliverables that deliver quality customer outcomes 
• Collaborate with Senior Business Consultants supporting key deliverables and timelines on customer-facing engagements 
• Gain an understanding of standard offerings and contribute to the Veeva R&D and Quality Business Consulting teams 
• Conduct research to build industry and customer knowledge used to deliver consulting programs and business development 
• Support customers to realize the value of Veeva Development Cloud software 

Requirements

• University Degree (Bachelor's) with strong academic performance 
• Don't have a university degree? That's OK if you have the equivalent skills gained through work experience or disciplined self-study 
• 0-2 years of professional experience 
• Basic to Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (PPT and Excel)  
• Fluent in English and German 
• Ability to take business and technical concepts and express them as potential strategic solutions 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Desire to work in an intense, fast-paced environment 
• Ability to manage time in person and remotely, prioritize and meet deadlines 
• Willingness to commute to your Hub when asked. Typical requests would include project co-working or program team commitments that require being in person. 
• Willingness to travel up to roughly 40% of your time per year. Travel varies per customer engagement and internal meetings and events with your team

Nice to Have

• Degree in Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, STEM field, or another similar degree/work experience/Master’s degree 
• Prior work or internship experience in Life Science, R&D, and/or consulting 
• Experience with software, data reporting, and/or data visualization tools 
• Fluency in another European language (French, Spanish, Italian) 

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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. 

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. 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 talent_accommodations@veeva.com.