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The Role
The Employee Event Program Manager plans and executes internal employee events, managing vendor relationships and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Summary Generated by Built In
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.
We are seeking an experienced and highly organized Employee Event Program Manager. In this role, your main priority is to streamline, centralize, and lead the planning, coordination, and execution of internal employee events and programs. The Employee Event Program Manager will serve as a key partner to internal teams and leaders, offering strategic support and hands-on guidance for planning group offsites. Additionally, this role is responsible for improving the company merchandise “swag” experience and offerings for new hires, existing employees, and customer gifting, and encouraging meaningful connections of Veevans throughout the globe through local community events.
What You’ll Do
- Source, evaluate, and manage external vendors suited for team offsites to ensure alignment with group size, event objectives, and budget.
- Lead contract negotiations with vendors, including hotels, transportation providers, restaurants, and other event partners to secure favorable terms, pricing, and service levels.
- Track vendor performance and maintain a database of trusted partners.
- Partner with facilities teams to support on-site event setup, signage, and workspace accommodations.
- Work closely with internal managers to align event goals.
- Facilitate event debriefs and gather feedback to continuously improve vendor selection and process.
- Evaluate existing vendor relationships, merchandise offerings, and processes to ensure the company merchandise “swag” is of high quality and a provides a peerless experience.
- Coordinate the approval process for the local community holiday and summer parties throughout the globe.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in planning, executing, and evaluating events and meetings.
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate contracts, manage vendor relationships, and secure favorable terms with venues and suppliers.
- Proactively worked to identify trends, anticipate needs, and build events that are aligned with internal customer needs.
- Excellent organizational skills, experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, strong attention to detail.
- Built collaborative cross-functional partnerships within the business. Comfortable advising, and pushing back as appropriate, with managers at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated success in addressing challenges and adapting to unforeseen circumstances during event planning and execution.
Nice to Have
- Existing contacts and experience planning events in locations with US Veeva offices (Pleasanton, Boston, New York City, Columbus, Pleasanton, Madison)
- Demonstrated experience building processes and database of vendors from the ground up.
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $75,000 - $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. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.
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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].
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in planning, executing, and evaluating events and meetings
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate contracts and manage vendor relationships
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable advising and collaborating with managers at all levels
Veeva Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Veeva and has not been reviewed or approved by Veeva.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health coverage are provided, alongside FSAs, wellness programs, and fitness stipends. These offerings present a comprehensive healthcare package relative to typical tech benefits.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is a meaningful component of total compensation, with RSUs/options cited as part of packages. Engineering examples highlight strong base pay paired with "good RSU + ISO."
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Work Anywhere flexibility, home‑office stipends, wellness programs, fitness reimbursements, and company‑sponsored events support day‑to‑day wellbeing. A 1% charitable giving allowance further enhances lifestyle and purpose-driven engagement.
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The Company
What We Do
Veeva is the global leader in cloud software for the life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva serves more than 1,000 customers, ranging from the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Veeva is committed to balancing the interests of all stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders, and the industries it serves.
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