Director – Veeva Validation Management Strategy
Veeva Systems
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $300,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Responsible for leading market expansion and growth for Validation Management within the North American life sciences portfolio
- Provide thought leadership and strategic direction to field-facing teams, including the development and maintenance of relationships with executive leadership at manufacturing sites
- Provide business and technical guidance to the product team to ensure new features and functionality address the unique challenges of qualifying physical assets and complex production processes
- Develop strategy and messaging to drive customer adoption, moving the market from legacy document-centric workflows to data-centric digital validation
- Coordinate resources across the entire customer lifecycle, from initial sales discovery through to successful delivery and long-term value realization
- Serve as an industry evangelist by presenting at conferences, leading webinars, and authoring content for industry publications
- Engage with technical communities of practice and manage relationships with partners
- Partner with the sales and services organizations to ensure an exceptional end-to-end customer experience that reflects a deep understanding of the manufacturing environment
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in life sciences validation, with a heavy focus on commissioning, qualification, and the validation of manufacturing equipment and production processes
- Deep technical understanding of the validation lifecycle (Requirements, Design, Verification, Acceptance & Release) for facilities, utilities, and process equipment
- Experience with risk-based qualification approaches and a strong working knowledge of industry standards such as ASTM E2500, ISPE Baseline Guides, and Annex 15
- Proven ability to innovate across business processes and technology solutions, specifically moving organizations from document-centric to data-centric validation models.
- Experience implementing or consulting on digital validation software, with a focus on streamlining field execution and managing the qualified state of physical assets
- Ability to hold meaningful conversations with heads of engineering, heads of quality, and IT leaders regarding the strategic use of validation applications across the enterprise
- Strong communication skills with the ability to act as a subject matter expert in front of large audiences and executive stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Bioengineering, Electrical, or related technical field)
- Ability to travel for customer meetings and industry presentations up to 40%
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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