Principal & Team Manager - R&D Business Consulting - Japan

The Role

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 $3B 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.   As a Work Anywhere company, 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. #LI-Remote #LI-Principal 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.

What You’ll Do

Lead and/or support global business development opportunities - identify new project opportunities, clarify customers challenges and needs, be able to develop a compelling, differentiated proposal to solve these issues, and support global work in the Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory space, with Clinical likely to follow in the very near future.

Leverage your network to identify opportunities and develop our business and build new relationships locally in Japan across Biopharma and MedTech.

Be the Japan R&D Consulting Lead for some of our top global accounts

Build strong and trusted relationships with customers, serving as the primary contact in Japan for strategic and tactical questions

Support in the creation of new campaigns, offerings, and thought leadership that differentiate Veeva Business Consulting in the market

Lead multiple project or program engagement teams - empowering the team to plan and manage all aspects of delivery, from scope to quality assurance

Requirements

Significant Industry and R&D consulting experience (at minimum a total of 10 years)

Experience in the Life Sciences, particularly in the R&D operations area in Japan/APAC

Extensive network of relevant stakeholders within leadership in Top 20 Life Sciences companies

Credibility and experience in operating and engaging at senior levels with key Life Sciences customers

Proven track record of developing new, high value/impact, customer engagements

Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing digital transformation and R&D innovation / improvement programs

Deep understanding of the entire Life Sciences R&D value chain

Fluent in Japanese and English

Nice to Have

Experience with digital technologies – platforms, analytics tools, apps, emerging tech, etc.

Good understanding of Veeva’s broader platforms and solutions, and how these can be leveraged and enhanced by R&D business consulting services

Experience working with SaaS solutions

Veeva certified on any of our relevant R&D products

Perks & Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Opportunity for rapid progression

Health & wellness programs

Veeva Giving（1%）

Flexible PTO

Employee Assistant Program