Senior Director / Director - RIM Strategy

Veeva Systems
Bengaluru, India
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior-level professionals in the life sciences industry who can develop and implement RIM strategies tailored to Indian market needs and drive customer adoption through process improvement and business metrics.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 15+ years in the Indian pharma industry and a strategic mindset for regulatory and IT transformation.
    — “Around 15 year’s experience working in India or global pharma industry”
  • Individuals with a deep understanding of regulatory processes and the ability to align with customer success goals.
    — “Understanding of Regulatory business processes and technology in the Life Sciences industry”
  • Professionals who can lead cross-functional teams and influence product, marketing, and consulting strategies.
    — “Collaborate closely with all internal teams—Product, Services, Solution Consulting, Sales —both locally and globally”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a focus on both large and small Indian pharma organizations, requiring broad market knowledge.
    — “customized to meet the unique needs of the Indian market”
  • Candidates must be able to work autonomously and drive execution with a CEO-like mentality.
    — “CEO mentality to drive outcomes internally and externally”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in developing unified regulatory systems for complex generics or biosimilars.
    — “proven unified RIM system in place which can provide a robust data model for the regulatory data”
  • Emphasize your ability to communicate value through speed-to-market and operational excellence metrics.
    — “Win customers seeking robust and unified RIM suite by understanding and clearly communicating Veeva RIM suite value through process improvement as well as business metrics such as speed-to-market, right-first-time and operational excellence”
  • Showcase past work with global teams on IT or business transformation projects.
    — “Has worked on global teams on projects related to business or IT transformation”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Develop and implement Veeva RIM strategy
  • Engage proactively with customers
  • Win customers with Veeva RIM suite
  • Collaborate with internal teams
  • Identify opportunities for expansion
Typical background
Regulatory strategyProduct management

Skills & requirements

Required

Regulatory StrategyCustomer SuccessProduct CustomizationMarket ExpansionGrowth PlansPricing Strategies

Preferred

Experience In The Life Sciences Industry

Stack & domain

RIM StrategyCustomizationAdoptionCustomer SuccessSalesMarketingProduct DevelopmentConsultingRegulatory ProcessesTechnologyBusiness MetricsSpeed-to-marketRight-first-timeOperational ExcellenceProcess ImprovementProduct ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationStrategyExecutionAutonomyAdaptabilityRIM

About the role

Original posting from Veeva Systems via Lever

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

In the Indian pharmaceutical industry, majority of the top 30 organizations are revising their product portfolio to include complex generics, biologicals, biosimilars etc. They are also expanding into high-value therapy areas such as oncology, cardiology, immunology which contribute significantly in saving human lives. These customers are revisiting their go-to-market strategy to expand their presence in markets beyond US such as like Europe, LATAM, Japan and so on.

These changes demand a proven unified RIM system in place which can provide a robust data model for the regulatory data, manage/track registrations, handle submissions and health-authority interactions and perform publishing activities.

The Regulatory Strategy (Sr.) Director builds strong relationships with stakeholders, guides the regulatory and IT leaders on the successful transition & adoption to new ways of working and also guides them on the ways to realise exceptional value from Veeva RIM.

What You’ll Do:

  • Develop and implement the strategy for Veeva RIM suite of applications, customized to meet the unique needs of the Indian market, while driving broad adoption and usage across both large and small customers in India.
  • Engage proactively with customers to ensure their success with our products.
  • Win customers seeking robust and unified RIM suite by understanding and clearly communicating Veeva RIM suite value through process improvement as well as business metrics such as speed-to-market, right-first-time and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate closely with all internal teams—Product, Services, Solution Consulting, Sales —both locally and globally, to evolve our offerings and maximize the value they deliver to customers.
  • Identify opportunities for expansion and work with marketing and sales teams to define strategies to capture these customers.
  • Own the growth plans and pricing strategies for our products in India.

Requirements:

  • Around 15 year’s experience working in India or global pharma industry either directly in or as a solution provider/consultant to the life sciences industry
  • Understanding of Regulatory business processes and technology in the Life Sciences industry
  • CEO mentality to drive outcomes internally and externally. Stays focused on results and drives execution among the team. Able to work with autonomy and adapt to change.
  • Ability to critically think and develop a strategy and execution plan across all areas of business (Product, Marketing, Customer Success, Consulting, etc...)
  • Excellent spoken, written, presentation skills in English
  • Has a purposeful vision about helping the pharma industry deploy innovative digital solutions to solve critical issues

Nice to Have:

  • Has worked on overseas assignments in Europe or US
  • Worked with a software or systems integration company, either as an employee or part of a project
  • Has worked with Veeva software
  • Has worked on global teams on projects related to business or IT transformation

Perks & Benefits:

  • Health & wellness programs
  • Life Assurance
  • Veeva charitable giving program
  • Additional annual leave over Christmas break

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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.

Source: Veeva Systems careers (Lever)

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