Manager - Health Data Partnerships

Summary

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. The role involves managing and growing strategic relationships with data partners, leveraging Veeva's data acquisition capabilities to enhance their data assets.

Responsibilities

• You will be the primary point of contact for internal and external teams for all things data. Your goal is to understand, leverage, and grow Veeva's data network by working closely with commercial, product, and technical groups. Responsibilities include:
• Evaluate data partnership opportunities and present findings and recommendations to leadership
• Design, implement, and execute a data strategy to enable dataset valuation, assessment, and acquisition
• Understand product roadmaps and planned features to ensure data network support for novel data types
• Structure and negotiate all external partnerships, including all contracting and renewal negotiations
• Advocate for Veeva's positions externally and ensure commercial and technical project feasibility
• Build strong relationships and manage multiple teams, projects, and timelines

Skills

• Work Experience: 3+ years in finance, operations, development or strategy in life sciences, technology, financial service, healthcare or advisory
• Quantitative Skills: assess large datasets, create forecasts, calculate diverse business metrics (including pricing/other commercial measures)
• Project Management: lead cross-department projects in an organized and efficient fashion
• Business fundamentals: Entrepreneurial, problem solver, critical thinker, strong attention to detail, curious and eager to learn
• Communication: Great with people: teamwork, clear and actionable feedback, stakeholder management, and relationship-building
• Foundational knowledge of the healthcare ecosystem, including how data flows and the key players
• Prior experience in health tech or an equivalent data-focused environment
• Functional understanding of healthcare privacy, regulations, and commercial data applications
• Previous experience leading partner negotiations, not just data sales
• Familiarity with existing syndicated data products and data aggregators
• Experienced in contracting paperwork and processes and working closely with legal
• Lead negotiations by thinking quickly, creatively, and strategically
• Executive presence, including presentation skills and comfort interfacing with senior leaders

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Work Experience: 3+ years in finance, operations, development or strategy in life sciences, technology, financial service, healthcare or advisory
• Quantitative Skills: assess large datasets, create forecasts, calculate diverse business metrics (including pricing/other commercial measures)
• Project Management: lead cross-department projects in an organized and efficient fashion
• Business fundamentals: Entrepreneurial, problem solver, critical thinker, strong attention to detail, curious and eager to learn
• Communication: Great with people: teamwork, clear and actionable feedback, stakeholder management, and relationship-building

Nice to Haves

• Foundational knowledge of the healthcare ecosystem, including how data flows and the key players
• Prior experience in health tech or an equivalent data-focused environment
• Functional understanding of healthcare privacy, regulations, and commercial data applications
• Previous experience leading partner negotiations, not just data sales
• Familiarity with existing syndicated data products and data aggregators
• Experienced in contracting paperwork and processes and working closely with legal
• Lead negotiations by thinking quickly, creatively, and strategically
• Executive presence, including presentation skills and comfort interfacing with senior leaders

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program