Associate Consultant – Business Consultant Development

Job Description

Associate Business Consultant – Life Sciences Consulting | Veeva Systems

The Tone:
This is a full-time associate role for recent university graduates at Veeva Systems, located in a hybrid model with proximity to Boston or New York City offices. Veeva is building the industry cloud for Life Sciences, integrating software, data, AI, and business consulting. This role is part of a specialized development program designed to cultivate the next generation of consultants, helping to shape the future of the Life Sciences industry. You will contribute to speeding drug development, launching treatments more effectively, and optimizing customer engagement models.

The TL;DR
• Role: Associate Business Consultant
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – Boston, Massachusetts, USA or New York City, New York, USA
• Pay: $85000 yearly
• Team: Business Consultant Development Program (BCDP) across Analytics, Commercial, Content, R&D, and Quality practices.
• Mission: Support Life Sciences companies in speeding drug development, launching treatments effectively, and shaping customer engagement through high-impact business solutions.
• Tech Stack: Veeva’s software and data

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support Engagements: Support and deliver all components of customer engagements, including communications, workshops, stakeholder interviews, process and data analysis, and managing timelines.
• Create Deliverables: Collaborate with Business Consultants to create deliverables that optimize customer operating and engagement models, processes, and business performance.
• Apply Technology: Leverage Veeva’s software and data to pull through tangible business and operational solutions for customers.
• Develop Expertise: Engage in a structured 20-month program to develop core consulting skills, deep domain expertise, and a strong leadership foundation.
• Specialize Practice: Align to one of five core practice areas—Analytics, Commercial, Content, R&D, or Quality—to build targeted industry expertise.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-level position for 2027 Bachelor’s or Master’s graduates in any major.
• Experience: No prior professional experience is required, as this role is part of a structured 20-month development program designed for rapid learning and value delivery.
• Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; a process-driven approach to digging into operations, numbers, and data to find improvement opportunities; a high work ethic, integrity, and honesty.
• Bonus: Willingness to travel up to 20% of your time per year for customer engagements, coworking, internal meetings, and team events.