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Software Engineer II Veeva Quality/ Regulatory/Clinical/ Platform

Position Summary:

The primary focus of this role is the delivery of the Veeva Clinical and Platform portfolio. This position is responsible for the planning and execution of assigned projects supporting Clinical and Platform, reporting to the Veeva Platform community lead in India center. This role will oversee/work in matrix setup with approximately 6+ FTE’s (Veeva developers and testers) and will have accountability to drive both implementation and operations of Veeva Clinical and Platform Capabilities working with internal teams, contractors and Veeva product team.

Desired Candidate Characteristics: 

• Have a strong commitment to a career in technology with a passion for healthcare 

• Ability to understand the needs of the business and commitment to deliver the best user experience and adoption 

• Able to collaborate across multiple teams 

• Demonstrated leadership experience

• Excellent communication skills 

• Innovative and inquisitive nature to ask questions, offer bold ideas and challenge the status quo 

• Agility to learn new tools and processes

• Veeva White Belt certification

• 5+ years' experience with validated system Computer System Validation (CSV)

• 3+ years Quality, Regulatory, Clinical and Platform Vault experience

• Experience with GMP, Quality, Regulatory , Clinical Management System and Quality, Regulatory, Clinical and Platform Docs

Key Responsibilities:

• Owns end-to-end accountability for managing technology assets, ensuring they are reliable, accessible, and secure

• Mentor group of Veeva Developers in Quality, Regulatory , Clinical and Platform domain in India center

• Leads operational activities such as maintenance and break-fix releases, security assessments, regulatory risk assessments, incident response, etc.

• Manages the build, run of technology assets, and ensures timely delivery of releases (Veeva Vault General Releases, Operational Releases, and Project Releases)

• Collaborates closely with the Veeva Drug Development & Quality , Regulatory , Clinical and Platform Cloud team to obtain a working knowledge of the Veeva Vault platform and the various domain-specific Vaults

• Partners with IT Business Partners and Business Subject Matter Experts to define, plan for, prioritize, deliver, and support the systems and ensure maximum value is achieved

• Ability to understand, prioritize, and communicate IT needs to our business colleagues and stakeholders

• Designs technical solutions to satisfy business requirements

• Fulfills all approved, technology asset-specific business needs

• Obtain/maintain a Veeva Associate Administrator Level certification

Qualifications & Experience

• Requires thorough knowledge of the principles and concepts of a discipline and developed knowledge of other related disciplines, typically gained through a university degree and 5-7 years of experience. Responsible for leading a small team (results/outcomes, goal setting, input into performance management and coaching). Actively participates in troubleshooting of routine problems. Makes decisions that impact own team and other groups/teams. May represent team or function on program or project teams.

• People manager with experience working in matrix setup and responsibility for Individual contributor positions

• Responsible for a sub-function's work in a team leader capacity. 

• Persuades and negotiates effectively with stakeholders in being able to coordinate actions for achieving the desired outcome. 

• Articulates and presents complex information clearly and concisely across all levels. Demonstrates abilities and knowledge in being able to explain and present complex topics clearly. 

• Participates in decision making and brings experiences and ideas to achieve team objectives. 

• Identifies short-term and long-term development goals aligned with current capabilities. Supports and coaches the team in continued learning and improving capabilities. 

• Looks to improve processes, structures, and knowledge within the team. Leads in analyzing current states, delivers strong recommendations, and able to execute to bring moderately complex solutions to completion. 

• Applies understanding of internal/external challenges to contribute to the team's vision and maintains a focus on work in accomplishing operational goals.

• Evaluates complex issues through analytical thinking and previous experience to consider short and long-term implications and interdependencies and guides others when enough analysis has been completed in giving recommendations/solutions.  Uses calculated risks to evaluate innovative solutions.

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On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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