Principal Consultant - Commercial Strategy Business Consulting

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

Be among the leaders of the practice with responsibilities to help build the business consulting organization through recruiting, mentoring/coaching of staff and business development activities

Lead business development opportunities – identify and generate new project opportunities, clarify the customers issues and need, be able to develop a compelling, differentiated proposal to solve these issues and win new work

Leverage your network to identify opportunities and develop our business and build new relationships

Establishing relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels within the commercial organization and serving as a primary contact for strategic questions

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

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

Staying abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business

Requirements

10+ years in Life Sciences advisory and industry experience, particularly in the Commercial Operations/Commercial Excellence and/or consulting to this sector

Good understanding of the business capabilities and drivers underpinning digital technology in Life Sciences and market forces driving industry changes

Strong leadership skills and track record of developing and delivering advisory engagements including the ability to manage client relationships and engagement economics

Extensive network of stakeholders within leadership positions in Life Science companies

Core management consulting skills, including workshop facilitation, client presentations, project management, and ability to develop structured approaches/methodologies to business problems

Deep understanding across the entire Commercial value chain with recognized mastery in two or more of the following areas: Brand strategy, product launch, go to market strategy, commercial model design, key account planning and management, segmentation and targeting, multi-channel strategy, and commercial analytics

Ability to travel roughly 50% but this can vary depending on engagement

An effective communicator verbally and written in both English and Japanese

Valid working visa in Japan is required

Nice to Have

Experience with digital technologies, analytics tools

Experience working with SaaS solutions

Good understanding of Veeva broader platforms and solutions, and how these can be leveraged and enhanced by commercial consulting services

Perks & Benefits

Highly competitive remuneration

Opportunity for rapid progression

Veeva Giving. Financial contributions for the societal causes you’re passionate about

Health & wellness programs