Director - Quality Strategy

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 $2B 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

The Director Quality Strategy, Japan role requires a deep understanding of the global life sciences quality space and associated applications including quality content management and quality management systems. The role will be responsible for growing Veeva’s quality market share. The individual will have the opportunity to work with a team of Life Sciences industry and technology A-players, who, together, are bringing the next generation of quality applications and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for growing and sustaining the Japanese market for Veeva’s Quality applications including quality content management, QMS and Training (Learning Management System)
• Provide thought leadership and act as a trusted partner to sales and sales consulting in helping define sales strategy to drive new opportunities in the quality space
• Provide business and technology expertise to the product team in support of new or enhanced features and functionality in quality operations applications
• Develop strategy and messaging for customer adoption of new features and functionality for new and existing customer base
• Presenting at industry conferences, leading webinars and authoring articles for industry publications

Requirements

• Direct experience in Japan with GMP and both quality content management and quality systems processes
• 5+ years experience in enterprise Software, Technology Consulting, Life Science, or related Quality space, including at least several years at a Consulting or Software firm
• 5+ years experience working directly with QMS and quality content management technologies
• Native Japanese speaker; be able to read and write English
• Strong critical and analytical thinking, willing/able to dive into details
• Can articulate opinions and discuss sometimes conflicting views
• Ability to travel for customer meetings and presentations