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.

Veeva is a Work Anywhere company, which means that you can choose to work in the environment that works best for you - on any given day. In the UK, we have a co-working space in London. Whether you choose to work remotely from home or work in the office - it’s up to you. Although Veeva is a Work from Anywhere company, Associate Consultants must live within a reasonable commuting distance of our London office.

*We are actively hiring for our April and July 2025 start dates.

The Role

If you’re looking to start and grow your career in a challenging, dynamic, innovative environment, you’ve come to the right place. Veeva’s Sales Development Program (SDP) is a rigorous, comprehensive track dedicated to growing and developing new grads into industry-leading Account Partners.

Ultimately, our sales teams generate opportunities and build relationships with the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies. We believe that to best serve our customers in this capacity, it’s important to understand Veeva’s products, the industry, and consulting and sales skills deeply.

At Veeva, we work with Speed. The Sales Development Program is a comprehensive program that takes you from new grad to Account Partner in a top software company at an accelerated pace. This comprehensive journey will take you through three Phases.

Each phase is a full-time position where you will have the opportunity to execute and contribute to impactful work within the life sciences industry. To ensure your success, you will receive dedicated training to maximize your development and transform your skills on your path to becoming an industry-leading Account Partner.

Phase 1: You’ll join as an Associate Consultant within our Consultant Development Program, learning the ins and outs of Veeva’s products, the industry, and how to implement Veeva’s software. In this technical consulting position, you will work with our customers on project teams as an implementation consultant and deliver innovative solutions to our customers post-sales.

Phase 2: As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), you will focus your learning and development on core sales training and business acumen. In this role, you’ll leverage these sales skills to drive your own success by generating sales demand and pipeline revenue through outbound lead development.

Phase 3: Complete the program as a top-performing Associate Account Partner, where you will apply your product, industry, consulting, and sales knowledge to build a relationship through a consultative sales engagement with prospects while demonstrating the value of our software and driving the sale. In this role, you will get involved in the full sales cycle, from lead development through closing a sale and managing the account. After successful completion of phase 3 you will be promoted to Account Partner where you are the trusted advisor, owning the sales process and building the business within your assigned territory.

What You’ll Do

You will gain expertise in consulting, product, industry, and sales over the course of three phases to ultimately become an industry-leading Account Partner
Learn technical consulting, software solution design, industry business processes, and project management skills
You will learn lead generation strategies, territory and account management, and how to expand Veeva’s footprint
Build trusted relationships with prospective customers, delivering exceptional service and experiences from end-user to the C-level
Participate in business process discovery workshops with customers, gather requirements, and support fit/gap analysis
Configure Veeva products to match customer needs under the guidance of experienced Solution Architects
Explain solutions to a variety of audiences and provide subject matter expertise on Veeva applications and technical design
Guide customer project teams to apply business and technical best practices

Requirements

A strong desire for profound learning opportunities on Veeva’s products and services that will allow you to develop the skillset needed to enhance the next step in your Sales career
Bachelor’s Degree with strong academic performance
STEM major or other degree program that requires a significant amount of technical modules and/or technical experience
Don’t have a university degree? That’s OK if you have the equivalent skills gained through work experience or disciplined self-study
0 – 2 years of professional experience
Ability to take technical requirements and translate them into business solutions
Technical aptitude and an interest in learning new software, along with a desire to work in a technical consulting role on your journey to becoming an industry-leading Account Partner at Veeva
Resilient and self-motivated with the desire to work in an intense, dynamic environment and be results-driven
Ambitious and comfortable taking initiative
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to manage time and prioritize deadlines in person and remotely
Ability to travel on-site with customers as needed

Nice to Have

An internship or experience with a pharma company, consulting, customer service, and or sales
Entrepreneurial experience
Community involvement or organizational leadership experience

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].

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