Principal Business Consultant - R&D - Regulatory

The Role

As a Principal Consultant in our R&D Business Consulting practice, you will help customers bring treatments to patients faster by transforming how they work with Technology, Data, and AI. You will focus on reshaping operating models, driving organizational change, and measuring tangible business value.

R&D Business Consulting supports biopharma, medtech, animal and consumer health customers with solving business problems across the R&D value chain, including Clinical, Pharmacovigilance, and Regulatory domains. You will be part of a global team delivering meaningful and high-impact projects with a variety of organizations from Top 20 Pharma to small/mid‑sized organizations.

• Project Mastery: Act as the Lead for Veeva BC’s largest and most complex global projects, maintaining full accountability for excellence across multiple teams.
• Strategic Growth: Lead and own Business Development for the R&D BC practice, focusing on architecting and winning key deals exceeding $1M+.
• People Leadership: Manage and mentor high‑performing consulting teams, taking responsibility for the professional growth and delivery standards of the practice.
• Thought Leadership: Develop and champion industry‑leading thought leadership in Regulatory to keep Veeva at the cutting edge of Life Sciences.
• Customer Success: Serve as a trusted advisor to C‑suite stakeholders, leveraging Veeva’s data and software to solve their most critical challenges.

• Experience: 10+ years of R&D Life Sciences Consulting experience (Management Consulting preferred).
• Track Record: Proven ability to win and deliver $1M+ consulting engagements.
• Expertise: Deep domain knowledge in Regulatory Operations/Affairs and a comprehensive understanding of the Life Sciences landscape.
• Leadership: Extensive experience managing multiple project teams and senior‑level customer relationships.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher.

• Knowledge of Veeva products.
• Experience delivering SaaS or Tech‑enabled consulting solutions.

• Compensation: Highly competitive salary and equity in Veeva.
• Growth: Unrivalled career progression in a fast‑growing, global team.
• Flexibility: Veeva is a Work Anywhere company. You can work from home or the office on any given day.

• Total compensation: 160, EUR
• The total compensation range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential total compensation range for this role. Please note that actual total compensation may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions.
  
  This position’s total compensation may be composed of other types of compensation, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

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.

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 ta