As a Senior Manager in Corporate Development, you will research and evaluate companies, support M&A activities, and drive strategic cross-functional projects while managing stakeholder relationships.
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.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a lean, high-impact Corporate Development team at Veeva, a leading enterprise SaaS company. In this role, you will support key strategic decisions through high-quality analysis, drive cross-functional projects that span strategy and execution, and own the team’s day-to-day processes.
What You'll Do
- Research and evaluate companies, competitors, and markets
- Special projects for executive, finance, and strategy teams. Provide the analyses and insights to help Veeva leadership make decisions
- Execute M&A and support integration with cross-functional teams
- Build relationships across the ecosystem with management teams, investors, and bankers
- Build and refine internal products, processes, and systems
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience, including meaningful experience in roles like management consulting, corporate strategy, operations, product or business development
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects in a structured, organized way
- Quickly build rapport and able to sustain senior-level relationships
- Hands-on, self-motivated problem-solver
- Strong critical thinking, attention to detail and curiosity
- Crisp executive-level communicator
- Unconventional experiences and ways of thinking
- Undergraduate degree
Nice to Have
- Genuine intellectual curiosity in Technology and/or Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Comfort working with financial concepts and business models
- Relevant graduate degree
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $120,000 - $200,000
- 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].
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