Senior Architect

Commercial Life Sciences, Remote

Updated on 5/26/2023

Locations

Newark, NJ, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Management

Salesforce

SQL

Communications

Requirements

5+ years of experience working with Commercial IT Architecture in Life Sciences
Self-starter that can lead colleagues and customers through complexity to get results
Experience with commercial solutions & architecture design, data architecture, and salesforce effectiveness
Knowledge and applicable work experience in commercial operations in the pharmaceutical/life sciences industry
Strong presentation skills and experience are essential
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential as the position is client-facing and fluency in English
Ability to travel up to 25%

Responsibilities

This position is 20% program/engagement management, 50% analysis, and 30% technical (drawing on technical and/or product knowledge of the Veeva commercial applications)
Must have a proven track record meeting with senior management and executives as the subject-matter expert
Must be able to take complex client and vendor concepts and articulate them to audiences of varying perception levels
Willingness to “wear any hat” is necessary to drive customer success
Continue to extend subject matter expertise in the Life Sciences industry and learn Veeva solutions
Provide direction to junior team members and support recruitment efforts
Grow the capabilities of the team, develop best practices and accelerators
Create high-quality assessments, health checks, and commercial architecture, in support of the solution design
Grow the capabilities of the team, develop best practices and accelerators

Desired Qualifications

Prior consulting experience
Product knowledge of Veeva Commercial Cloud applications
Experience working with/for a pharma or medical devices company
Knowledge and applicable work experience with Business Process development, SOPs, Governance Processes, and Program Management
Additional experience in the following technical disciplines: Data Warehousing, Web Services, ETL, SQL, Force.com, FTP, and Batch CSV integrations

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.

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.

The Role

Our Commercial Technology Architecture team advises Life Sciences customers to devise the right technology strategy and architecture to help their broader commercial business accomplish their strategic goals. We advise our Life Sciences clients with every aspect of their commercial solutions—Application architecture, systems and data integrations or migration, and business process and maturity assessments to ensure customers achieve commercial excellence through integrated master data, compliant commercial content, and multi-channel CRM.

As a Senior Architect in the Veeva Commercial Technology Architecture group, you will participate and lead in the business process due diligence, advise on best practices, design, creation of end-user requirements of customer application implementation projects, producing deliverables throughout the full lifecycle delivery of Veeva applications to pharma and medical devices organizations. You will collaborate with a variety of Customers, Vendors, and Veeva Colleagues while delivering high-quality solutions to drive Customer Success. You will have progressive responsibilities for analysis, design, and creating commercial architecture landscapes for our Life Sciences clients with the support of Solution Architects.

This is a remote, full-time permanent role with Veeva. This is a customer-facing role and we have no work location requirement if you are in close proximity to an airport and able to meet future travel requirements.

What You’ll Do

This position is 20% program/engagement management, 50% analysis, and 30% technical (drawing on technical and/or product knowledge of the Veeva commercial applications)
Must have a proven track record meeting with senior management and executives as the subject-matter expert
Must be able to take complex client and vendor concepts and articulate them to audiences of varying perception levels
Willingness to “wear any hat” is necessary to drive customer success
Continue to extend subject matter expertise in the Life Sciences industry and learn Veeva solutions
Provide direction to junior team members and support recruitment efforts
Grow the capabilities of the team, develop best practices and accelerators
Create high-quality assessments, health checks, and commercial architecture, in support of the solution design
Grow the capabilities of the team, develop best practices and accelerators

Requirements

5+ years of experience working with Commercial IT Architecture in Life Sciences
Self-starter that can lead colleagues and customers through complexity to get results
Experience with commercial solutions & architecture design, data architecture, and salesforce effectiveness
Knowledge and applicable work experience in commercial operations in the pharmaceutical/life sciences industry
Strong presentation skills and experience are essential
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential as the position is client-facing and fluency in English
Ability to travel up to 25%

Nice to Have

Prior consulting experience
Product knowledge of Veeva Commercial Cloud applications
Experience working with/for a pharma or medical devices company
Knowledge and applicable work experience with Business Process development, SOPs, Governance Processes, and Program Management
Additional experience in the following technical disciplines: Data Warehousing, Web Services, ETL, SQL, Force.com, FTP, and Batch CSV integrations

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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]. Position may not be eligible for remote work in Colorado.

1,001-5,000 employees

Website

Cloud computing services for pharmaceutical companies.

Company Overview

Veep's mission is to help R&D, quality, and regulatory teams eliminate inefficiencies and bring high-quality, safe, sustainable products to market without compromising quality. The company builds cloud-based tools for pharmaceutical research.

Benefits

Parental leave
PTO
Free food
Health, dental, & vision insurance
Gym membership reimbursement

Company Core Values

Do the Right Thing
Customer Success
Employee Success
Speed