Associate Business Consultant – Life Sciences Analytics

Job Description

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

Launch your Life Sciences Consulting Career at Veeva! We 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. Your development progresses further through practical experiences on our team. 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. We deliver unique value to this industry through excellent business consulting services powered by Veeva’s industry-leading software and data.  

Our Analytics team builds smarter business strategies for Life Sciences customers by leveraging Veeva’s cutting-edge industry data — Data Cloud (Patient, Medical Claims, Engagement, Sales). We inform our customers to be more accurate in their targeting and segmentation, field team activation, and understanding of patient and healthcare professional behaviors. Learn more about our team’s impact and thought leadership through our Resource Hub (see Veeva Pulse Data & Insights) and this article. 

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 would help find the best fit during interviews. 

The anticipated start date is July 2026.  

Work Authorization: Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Veeva does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, OPT, or TN status) for this employment 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 – 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 Veeva’s Boston or New York City office. 

What You’ll Do

• Learn how to support and deliver all components of customer engagements (e.g., customer communications, workshops, stakeholder interviews, data analysis, managing timelines)  
• Learn how to leverage data and analytics to deliver business solutions 
• Collaborate with Business Consultants to create deliverables that optimize customer operating models, process, and analytics 
• Gain an understanding of our diverse range of projects and contribute to the Veeva Analytics 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  

Requirements

• 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 
• Understanding of data and analytics, and how they drive business outcomes  
• Ability to analyze data and create visualizations and stories to illustrate a business solution  
• Basic understanding of SQL, Python, or a comparable coding language 
• 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. Typical requests would include project co-working or program team commitments that require being in person
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of your time per year. Travel varies per customer engagement, coworking, internal meetings and events with your team

Nice to Have

• Business application of SQL, Python, or a comparable coding language 
• Prior work, studies, internship, or experience in consulting and/or Life Sciences 
• Experience with software, data reporting, and/or data visualization tools 
• Resilience and a strong work ethic proven by a history of persevering through challenging work (e.g., part-time jobs/labor) 
• Mission-driven mindset, demonstrated through commitments (e.g., volunteering, athletics, student leadership, co-curriculars) 

Perks & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program

Compensation

• Base pay: $65,000 – $80,000
• This role offers a comprehensive benefits package. The salary range for this position represents the potential base salary for this position. The actual salary will vary based on market and expected contributions.

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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 [email protected].