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The Role
Supports the sales team by preparing accurate proposals and presentations, coordinating customer workshops and executive meetings, documenting client discussions, tracking action items, and assisting with cross-functional deal operations. The intern will gain hands-on exposure to B2B sales and customer engagements while maintaining organized commercial processes and ensuring polished client experiences.
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.
Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.
As a Sales Intern, you will work closely with our sales team and gain hands-on exposure to real customer engagements throughout the sales cycle. Your support will focus on two core areas: keeping our commercial documents and proposals accurate, and well organized; and supporting customer workshops and meetings to ensure they are executed flawlessly from preparation to follow-up. This role suits someone patient, detail-oriented, and genuinely motivated to learn the foundations of B2B sales from the inside out.
What You’ll Do
- Support with documents: assist in preparing and maintaining sales documents — proposals, presentations, meeting minutes— with high accuracy and consistent formatting
- Customer Workshops & Meeting Execution: Coordinate end-to-end logistics for client workshops and executive meetings—manage attendee schedules, virtual and on-site environments, and presentation collateral to deliver a seamless client experience
- Industry Engagements & Action Tracking: Participate in on-site client sessions to observe real-world customer discussions, capture critical client pain points and meeting minutes, and track post-meeting action items to help keep deal progression moving forward
- Cross-Functional Deal Operations: Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Product, Finance, Legal, Service) on operational tasks and sales process steps, keeping the commercial pipeline structured and efficient
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree; [Science and Engineering preferred]
- Available to intern at least 3 days per week for 6+ months
- Patient and detail-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership — you take pride in turning rough documents into clear, polished ones, and in flawless meeting logistics
- A people person — you genuinely enjoy interacting with others, communicate clearly and warmly, and are comfortable and professional in client-facing settings
- A strong collaborator — comfortable working across teams and functions (product, marketing, finance, legal, service) to get things done together
- Dependable and responsible — once you take on a task, you own it and see it through to a high standard, on time
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) is a plus
- Good written and spoken English; Chinese and English as working languages
- A genuine interest in sales or business development as a long-term career
Nice to Have
- Software or life science internship background
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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.
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree
- Availability to intern at least three days per week for six or more months
- Patient and detail-oriented with strong ownership
- Professional, clear, and warm client-facing communication skills
- Ability to collaborate across product, marketing, finance, legal, and service teams
- Dependable and responsible, with the ability to complete tasks on time and to a high standard
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Good written and spoken English; Chinese and English as working languages
- Genuine interest in sales or business development as a long-term career
- Science or engineering academic background
- Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot
- Software or life sciences internship background
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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Flexible Benefits — Work Anywhere options, remote flexibility, and adaptable work schedules are emphasized, offering notable autonomy and location choice where role-specific rules allow.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible personal time off is available where permitted, complemented by a company-wide holiday break that enhances rest opportunities.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Physical and mental-health programs, wellness initiatives, fitness stipends, and onsite amenities at headquarters strengthen everyday support for employee wellbeing.
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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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