Associate Consultant - Entry-Level Clinical Data Technology Consulting

Veeva’s Consultant Development Program (CDP) is an accelerated pathway that transforms early-career professionals into high-impact consultants who deliver cloud and AI solutions, helping global Life Sciences companies bring life-changing therapies to patients.

The Role

You’ll work hands-on with innovative Clinical Data Management technology, collaborating directly with internal teams and external customers to design, configure, and implement our clinical data software. In this role, you’ll learn our industry-leading clinical trial cloud platforms and work with cutting-edge AI solutions to transform how life sciences companies manage clinical trial data. Empowered from day one by a team-first culture, you will accelerate your career growth as a technical consultant who thrives in an environment where we work hard for our customers and each other.

The Program

As part of the Consultant Development Program, you will:

• Ramp up quickly: Your journey begins with an intensive, team-based onboarding program that combines hands-on learning, transparent feedback, and active collaboration to develop the consulting skills and industry knowledge to make an impact right away.
• Learn by doing: You won't be watching from the sidelines. You will take on real responsibility and work directly with customers to solve clinical data management problems within your first three months.
• Thrive together: Grow alongside a supportive team of seasoned leaders and peers who actively champion your development through open communication and actionable feedback.
• Build your future: Advance from Associate to Consultant in less than 2 years. More importantly, you’ll develop the foundation for a successful, long-term career where you can continually expand your technical expertise, lead complex projects, and evolve with our global and diverse team.

What You'll Do

As part of our Professional Services team, you are a strategic partner guiding clinical operations and data management teams through implementation. We will teach you how our CDMS software works, and you will use that knowledge to design, configure, and deliver solutions that drive real business value]. Your day-to-day will involve:

• Designing & tailoring the software: You will lead the configuration of our Vault CDMS platform to fit each customer's unique clinical trial requirements—setting up study workflows, structuring clinical data models, and aligning system capabilities to study protocols.
• Conducting discovery workshops: You will lead interactive discovery workshops with customer stakeholders (e.g., Clinical Data Managers, CRCs, CRAs) to gather business requirements, map out existing data management workflows, and translate their vision into actionable technical specifications.
• .Managing project scope & execution: You will take ownership of core implementation deliverables by scoping study requirements, building timeline estimates, and keeping project milestones on track from study design through go-live.
• Guiding the customer as an expert: You will lead the customer with best practices to ensure their clinical data collection and study management processes are optimized for maximum long-term value.

What We Are Looking For | We are open to graduates of a variety of backgrounds and look for a specific mindset:

Education & Preferred Background

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative or life science field is preferred, such as:

• Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering
• Clinical Research, Public Health, Biology, Pharmacology
• Desired Experience Prior experience (internships, co-ops, academic projects, or entry-level roles) in one or more of the following areas is highly valued:
• Data entry or management in a healthcare/research setting, or experience at a CRO, as a Clinical Research Associate (CRA), or Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC)
• Clinical trial operations, monitoring, or clinical data management
• Data analysis using statistical software (SAS, SPSS, Python, R)
• Design training, UX Design, or Human Factors Studies
• Business or technical consulting
• Speech and Debate or Manufacturing

Technical Skills & Mindset

• Technical Familiarity: Basic familiarity with database concepts. For example, SQL for querying relational databases and Python or R for data manipulation and analysis
• Drive: You thrive in a challenging, intense environment that rewards initiative and rapid learning
• Curiosity: You have a genuine desire to be hands-on with software and master new technologies
• Communication: You are fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical Mindset: You are a strong critical thinker with a proven track record of analytical performance
• Integrity: Veeva is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and a “do the right thing” company, and we expect that from all employees
• Work Ethic: A commitment to excellence and passion for working hard to achieve results

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