Senior Architect - Commercial Life Sciences at Veeva Systems
Veeva Systems is a leader in industry cloud solutions, dedicated to accelerating therapies to patients in the life sciences sector. With rapid growth as a top SaaS company, we achieved over $2 billion in revenue last fiscal year and continue expanding.
Our core values—Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed—guide everything we do. In 2021, we became a public benefit corporation (PBC), ensuring we balance the needs of customers, employees, society, and investors.
As a Work Anywhere company, we offer flexibility to work remotely or in an office, empowering you to perform at your best.
Join us in revolutionizing life sciences, making a meaningful difference for customers, employees, and communities.
The Role
Our Commercial Technology Architecture team helps Life Sciences clients develop technology strategies and architectures to meet their business goals. We guide them in application architecture, system integrations, data migration, and business process assessments to achieve commercial excellence through CRM, master data, and compliant content solutions.
As a Senior Architect, you will lead business process assessments, advise on best practices, and design solutions for Veeva application implementations. Collaborating with clients, vendors, and internal teams, you’ll deliver high-quality architectures for pharma and medical device companies with support from Solution Architects.
This is a full-time, remote position with travel flexibility, requiring proximity to an airport for future client visits.
What You'll Do
- 20% program management, 50% analysis, and 30% technical work leveraging Veeva commercial applications
- Engage with senior executives as a trusted subject-matter expert
- Simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences
- Adapt to various roles to ensure customer success
- Expand expertise in Life Sciences and Veeva solutions
- Mentor junior team members and assist in recruitment
- Develop best practices, accelerators, and team capabilities
- Deliver high-quality assessments, health checks, and architecture designs
Requirements
- 5+ years in Commercial IT Architecture within Life Sciences
- Proven ability to lead through complexity
- Experience in commercial architecture, data design, and salesforce effectiveness
- Pharmaceutical/life sciences commercial operations knowledge
- Strong presentation and communication skills (English fluency required)
- Willingness to travel up to 25%
Nice to Have
- Consulting background
- Familiarity with Veeva Commercial Cloud applications
- Experience in pharma or medical device companies
- Business process, SOP, and governance expertise
- Technical skills in Data Warehousing, Web Services, ETL, SQL, Force.com, FTP, and CSV integrations
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Flexible PTO and paid holidays
- Retirement plans
- 1% charitable giving initiative
Compensation
- Base salary: $100,000 - $200,000
- Compensation varies by experience and location. Additional bonuses or stock options may apply.