The Role
Lead and grow the AI-driven engineering team, overseeing product delivery, mentoring engineers, and establishing processes to enhance productivity and innovation for life sciences solutions.
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.
The Role
As VP of Engineering for a new product within Veeva, you will lead the team building our next major AI-driven platform — one that will transform how Life Sciences companies manage safety, regulatory, and clinical development.
You will build and grow this engineering organization from the ground up, with ownership of how the team works, hires, and ships. The team will be AI-first in two meaningful ways: using AI to drive engineering productivity and strong engineering discipline, and building a product that applies AI in genuinely innovative ways to problems that matter.
Within your first year, you will have live customers on the platform and a thriving, growing team behind it - directly accelerating how customers bring life-saving products to market.
What You'll Do
- Lead & Mentor: Recruit and cultivate a high-performing team of individual contributor engineers, inspiring individuals to achieve outsized impact through mentorship and support
- Enhance Processes: Continuously define and establish development processes with heavy use of AI tooling as the team evolves, promoting agility and efficiency
- Ship & Collaborate: Take ownership of product delivery end-to-end, working closely with product stakeholders to align on priorities and ship features that meet our strategic goals
- Strategic Partner: Act as a trusted advisor to senior management, helping to navigate decisions and drive team alignment with broader organizational objectives
Requirements
- Technical Expertise: Proven experience in software engineering management (10+ years) with a strong background in agile commercial software development, ideally in Python
- AI Fluency: Experience building AI-powered products and leveraging AI tooling to accelerate engineering productivity
- Problem Solver: A track record of delivering in ambiguous, high-stakes environments, with the ability to adapt quickly and contribute meaningfully
- Dynamic Leader: Ability to motivate and inspire your team, instilling a sense of ownership and accountability
- Mentorship Skills: Demonstrated success in sourcing, hiring, mentoring, and leading teams to achieve excellence
- Technical Knowledge: Expertise in object-oriented design, application development tools, APIs, and/or cloud-native enterprise application platforms
- Candidates located in Eastern, Central or Mountain Time zones are desirable (team will be mainly East Coast)
- Applicants must have the unrestricted right to work in the United States. Veeva will not provide sponsorship at this time
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $200,000 - $300,000
- 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
- Proven experience in software engineering management (10+ years)
- Strong background in agile commercial software development, ideally in Python
- Experience building AI-powered products
- Ability to motivate and inspire your team
- Demonstrated success in sourcing, hiring, mentoring, and leading teams
- Expertise in object-oriented design and application development tools
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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