Veeva

Data Scientist - Business Consulting

Reposted 2 Hours Ago

Hiring Remotely in Boston MA USA

In-Office or Remote

95K-140K Annually

Mid level

Big Data • Cloud • Healthtech • Software • Big Data Analytics

The software company powering the path to the world’s new medicines.

The Role

As a Data Scientist at Veeva you will analyze complex datasets to provide strategic insights improve patient access to therapies and enhance brand strategy for life sciences clients.

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

Join a high-autonomy team dedicated to solving the most complex commercial challenges in Life Sciences. As a Data Scientist in our Business Consulting group you will transform raw data into strategic insights that help our customers deliver life-saving medicines to patients faster and more efficiently. You will bridge the gap between sophisticated mathematical modeling and real-world business impact ensuring every solution we build is scalable accurate and meaningful.

What You'll Do

Solve Real-World Challenges: Use your technical expertise on 4–12 week analytics engagements that directly impact Brand Strategy Patient Analytics and Sales Operations for global pharmaceutical leaders

Translate Data to Value: Transform complex commercial events—such as pharmacy claims and prescriber trends—into clear actionable narratives that help customers improve patient access to therapy

Architect Scalable Solutions: Design and implement structured data models and reusable code patterns that ensure our insights are consistent reliable and platform-ready

Consult with Purpose: Partner closely with business leaders to navigate ambiguous requirements ensuring our technical execution is always grounded in the customer's "bottom line" goals

Drive Team Velocity: Identify opportunities to automate manual workflows and standardize data processing to accelerate the delivery of high-signal insights to the market

Requirements

PhD in a STEM field plus 1+ years of experience in a Data Science role. Alternatively a Masters degree in a STEM field plus 3 years experience

Data Intuition & Real-World Mapping: Exceptional ability to understand how raw data connects to real-world events. You must be able to strategically clean and structure complex datasets to preserve the "business signal" for analysis

Mathematical Foundation: A strong intuition for grounding problem-solving in mathematical principles and a deep curiosity for the "why" behind data trends

Strong Programming Skills: Proficiency in Python and SQL with the ability to independently develop and troubleshoot data processing pipelines

Industry Context: Experience in the Life Sciences industry is essential with a focus on understanding the commercial landscape (Patient Brand or Sales Operations)

Communication with Impact: The ability to distill complex technical findings into strategic stories that drive decision-making for non-technical business leaders

Analytical Problem-Solving: A proven track record of defining a clear technical blueprint and business objective before initiating execution

Nice to Have

Consulting Experience: Previous experience in a client-facing role managing project timelines and stakeholder expectations

Workflow Orchestration: Familiarity with Airflow or similar tools for automating and scheduling data workflows

Cloud Infrastructure: Experience working within an AWS ecosystem for data storage and processing

Specialized Data Knowledge: Exposure to longitudinal patient data specialty pharmacy claims or payer data schemas

Perks & Benefits

Medical dental vision and basic life insurance

Flexible PTO and company paid holidays

Retirement programs

1% charitable giving program

Compensation

Base pay: $95000 - $140000

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.

#LI-Remote

#LI-Associate

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].

View all jobs at Veeva

View Veeva Profile

Report Job

Am I A Good Fit?

beta

Get Personalized Job Insights.

Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company

HQ: Pleasanton CA

6000 Employees

Year Founded: 2007

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 1000 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.