Senior Implementation Consultant - RIMS (Remote)

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 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 looking for an experienced consultant with deep expertise in navigating customers through complex software implementation. Veeva’s Vault RIM suite is the industry’s only unified software solution that provides fully integrated regulatory information management (RIM) capabilities, including data and document management, submission publishing, and archival on a single cloud-based platform. Veeva Systems is looking for consulting leaders with system implementation experience and a passion for helping customers optimize their regulatory data and document management processes. As a key member of our Professional Services team, the Senior Consultant will be responsible for understanding our customers’ global regulatory needs, translating requirements into solution design, and defining global strategies for deploying our cloud-based solution for managing regulatory information across the enterprise. There is no work location requirement (remote position) within the EU/UK if a candidate is in close proximity to an airport and able to meet travel requirements. Qualified EU/UK based candidates are encouraged to apply.

What You’ll Do

• Lead software implementation projects at life sciences companies ranging from the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs.
• Lead the solution design for implementation and use of the Vault Regulatory suite (Vault Registrations, Vault Submissions, Vault Submissions Archive, Vault Publishing).
• Lead configuration requirements workshops, design, prototype, configure, and document content solutions.
• Program and project management, including resource planning, leading and motivating a cross-functional team.
• Primary customer liaison managing communication between the project team, customer, and internal stakeholders.
• Mentor project team and consultants, helping others improve their consulting skills.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience working with life sciences or healthcare companies performing system implementation experience either as a consultant, business or IT representative.
• In-depth knowledge of drug development processes and regulatory submissions; including, Labeling, Submission Publishing and/or Viewing systems.
• Proven ability to collaborate and communicate excellently with diverse stakeholders and ensure delivery to a high degree of satisfaction.
• Influential; experience leading teams through hard decisions and negotiating compromises.
• Technical abilities and willingness to “roll up your sleeves” to design and implement a RIM solution.
• Expert on life sciences compliance and computer systems validation requirements.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel as required by the business.

Nice to Have

• Direct experience with systems such as Veeva Vault, PAREXEL/LIQUENT InSight, CSC Regulatory Tracker, ArisGlobal Register, OpenText, SharePoint, Documentum, FirstDoc/FirstPoint, NextDocs, CARA, Salesforce, Workday, Oracle, SAP, Lorenz Docubridge, Extedo eCTD Manager, Master Control, Trackwise, other regulatory information management or submission publishing systems.
• Consulting experience, working with a major system integrator or software vendor.
• Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Operations or Pharmacovigilance background.
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and/or Medical Device and Diagnostics regulatory processes, data and content.
• PMP certification.
• Execution experience with Agile methodology and/or ACP Certification.
• Life Science, computer science, or related degree.
• SaaS/Cloud experience.
• Fluency in one or more of the following languages: German, French, Spanish, Italian.

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.