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At Veeva, we build enterprise cloud technology that powers the biggest names in the pharmaceutical, biotech, consumer goods, chemical & cosmetics industries.
Our customers make vaccines, life-saving medicines, and life-enhancing products that make a difference in everyday lives.
Our technology has transformed these industries; enabling them to get critical products and services to market faster. Our core values, Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed, guide us as we make our customers more efficient and effective in everything they do.
The Role
The Statistical Computing Environment is a new business venture for Veeva, a startup with the backing of a much larger company.
The VP of Engineering will recruit and lead the team that will build out the SCE offering, overseeing the day to day operations of a growing team of software engineers and architects.
You will work closely with our product management and strategy teams to first deliver an MVP to the market, and then rapidly add features in tri-annual releases.
You will be responsible for all aspects of the team : recruiting, employee development, tools and processes, quality, and delivery.
What You’ll Do
Build, manage, and organize the team of professional developers and QA engineers responsible for delivering the SCE product to the market
Work closely with product management, strategy, architecture, and our early adopter customers to determine the features in the MVP
Oversee the day to day activities of all team members, acting as a player-coach, diving into technical work where needed
Provide technical and managerial coaching to the team based on your extensive hands-on development and managerial experience
Participate in the SCE business’ leadership team, helping guide strategic decisions on product direction and timing
Manage the hiring process for the team
Requirements
10+ years as a team lead of software and QA engineers
Experience working in a SaaS or web-hosted software development environment
Ability to communicate with the product management team to make determinations around appropriate architecture and programming languages
Hands-on experience in a variety of contemporary programming languages, including Java and Python
Track record of successful development planning, management, and quality, on-time delivery of software products that scaled to millions of dollars in revenue, with thousands of users over time
Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate and engage technical talent to see beyond their day to day tasks and connect the work to the larger success of the Company
Nice to Have
Extensive experience in hiring and developing a high performing team
Experience developing software products with highly technical end-users
Experience developing software tools with metadata-driven workflows
Experience with SAS, R, and other statistical programming languages
Experience with Linux, Java, and C
