Associate Business Consultant - Life Sciences R&D and Quality

Overview

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, Veeva surpassed $2B in revenue in its last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. The company values Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. In 2021, Veeva became 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 customers, employees, and communities.

Launch your Life Sciences Consulting Career  are hiring recent university graduates to grow the next generation of leaders through our Business Consultant Development Program. Associate Business Consultants deepen their skills and knowledge on how to drive innovation and partnership for our Life Sciences customers (Pharma and Biotech).

Our early career program provides comprehensive skill workshops, personalized mentorship, and a collaborative culture, equipping you with the resources to drive your growth as a Business Consultant. Early in the program, you collaborate with experienced Business Consultants on customer-facing engagements to create high-impact business solutions. Veeva Business Consulting helps the Life Sciences work in a more efficient and connected way through software, data, and consulting.

Our R&D and Quality teams accelerate drug development across the entire R&D value chain – Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, and Quality. We optimize and unify digital operations for our customers to deliver therapies more efficiently while ensuring patient safety. Learn more about our team’s impact and thought leadership through our Resource Hub (see R&D Strategy).

We hire Associate Business Consultants across our different teams. If multiple teams interest you, apply to the one team of most interest to you. We will help find the best fit during interviews.

Anticipated start date:
July 2026.

Work Authorization: Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United Kingdom. Veeva is unable to provide sponsorship for employment visas for this position.

Work Environment: Veeva is a Work Anywhere company. You can choose to work in an office or remotely from home on any given day of the week. Associate Business Consultants must live within a maximum commuting distance of 45 minutes to 1 hour from Veeva’s London Office.

• Learn how to support and deliver all components of customer engagements (e.g., customer communications, workshops, stakeholder interviews, data analysis, managing timelines)
• Collaborate with Business Consultants to create deliverables that optimize customer operating models, processes, and analytics
• Gain an understanding of our diverse range of projects and contribute to the Veeva R&D quality Business Consulting team
• Conduct research to build industry and customer knowledge used to deliver consulting programs and business development
• Support customers to realize the full potential of our Veeva Cloud software

• Bachelor’s degree with strong academic performance
• Don’t have a university degree? That’s okay, if you have the equivalent skills gained through work experience or disciplined self-study
• 0-2 years of professional experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Aptitude to grasp quantitative and technical concepts
• Ability to express business and technical concepts as potential strategic solutions
• Basic to Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (PPT and Excel)
• Desire to work in an intense, dynamic environment
• Ability to manage time in person and remotely, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Willingness to commute to your Hub when asked (e.g., project co-working or program team commitments that require being in person)
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of your time per year

• Prior work, studies, internship, or experience in consulting and/or Life Sciences
• Experience with software, data reporting, and/or data visualization tools
• Resilience…