Senior Veeva CRM Consultant - Life Sciences Career Growth in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a senior-level consulting role at a well-established, mission-driven SaaS company with $3B+ in annual revenue — offering meaningful stability compared to an early-stage startup, while still providing exposure to cutting-edge AI-embedded life sciences software.
Compensation context: The $80K–$125K base range is on the lower end for a senior consultant with 8+ years of specialized Life Sciences experience at a major SaaS firm. Market benchmarks for comparable roles (e.g., Senior Consultant at Salesforce, IQVIA, or similar) typically land $110K–$160K base. The additional variable bonus and stock bonus eligibility could close this gap meaningfully — worth negotiating aggressively.
Skills you'll develop:
- Deep expertise in Veeva Vault CRM, a dominant platform in pharma commercial operations — highly transferable within the Life Sciences vertical
- AI-augmented implementation consulting, an increasingly valued skill set
- Executive stakeholder management and pre-sales/delivery leadership
- Data architecture skills (SQL, ETL, MDM) paired with business process design
Green flags: Veeva is a Public Benefit Corporation with strong values alignment, flexible PTO, remote-first culture, and a defined, transparent hiring process. The mentoring expectation signals genuine investment in team development.
Watch for: The 20% travel requirement and the relatively wide salary band suggest negotiation room exists. The personality assessment in the hiring process is worth preparing for, as it factors into the application decision.
Headquarters: Massachusetts - Boston
URL: http://veeva.com
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.
The Role
As a Senior Consultant for Veeva Systems' Align product that is part of the Veeva Vault CRM Suite, you will have a unique level of agency and ownership in global projects with embedded AI capabilities. You will participate in and lead business processes due diligence, design, creation, and documentation of end-user requirements for new and/or existing customer application implementation projects, working with pharma and medical devices organizations. This role is focused on delivering excellence with Veeva Systems that is leading next-generation technology for the Life Sciences industry.
What You'll Do
- A mix of project management, analysis, and technical product work with advanced configurations
- Meet with senior management and executives as the subject matter expert
- Take complex client and vendor concepts and articulate them to audiences of varying perception levels
- Develop subject matter expertise on the Life Sciences industry and Veeva solutions
- Mentor and develop team members — as a senior on the team, you are expected to lead both customers and internal teams
- Grow team capabilities, develop best practices, and create accelerators
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in either Technology Consulting with Commercial Life Sciences OR Pharma Commercial Operations / Sales Planning
- Hands-on experience with data management and/or process analysis; skilled with MS Excel for smaller data sets and MS Access or SQL for larger datasets
- Able to travel up to 20% of the time for customer and internal needs
Nice to Have
- 3+ years of CRM experience in Life Sciences
- MDM product knowledge and experience
- Knowledge and applicable work experience in the Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences industry
- Business knowledge for sales and marketing territory alignments and sales cycle planning
- Exposure to the following technical disciplines: Web Services, ETL, SQL
Interviewing with Veeva
We value your time and believe in a transparent hiring process. Here is the process you can expect:
- Follow the application process and submit your resume.
- Within 3 days, you will receive a link to a personality assessment administered by a third party.
- Once you complete the assessment, our team will review your full application package and follow up via email with our decision.
- If moving to the interview stage, the process is as follows:
- A conversation with the hiring manager
- A practical case exercise
- A final conversation with our group's Senior Leader
- Once all interviews are complete, the manager will be in touch with a final decision.
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $80,000 – $125,000
- The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. Compensation is based on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for variable bonus and/or stock bonus in addition to base salary.
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].
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/veeva-systems-senior-consultant-crm-data-software
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