Computer Systems Validation Director

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

The Director of Computer Systems Validation Program provides support to the Quality, Regulatory and Compliance function in support of qualification of Veeva Vault technology.   Primarily responsible for oversight of the assigned Validation teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of computer system validation activities supporting general releases and patches/hot fixes. Plan and drive complex validation tasks (periodic review, new product introduction) across the Validation teams while advancing modern validation practices, including test automation strategies and the governance and validation of AI-driven capabilities. Mentor and develop leaders of the assigned Validation teams providing technical validation expertise, interpretation, and direction to assure compliance with GxP (GMP, GCP, Device) regulatory requirements, company policies and standards regarding validation, document control and change management.   Additional responsibility is to support the audit management function by presenting CSV operations during customer audits.

What You'll Do

• Manage/mentor a validation team of validation program managers / team leads (direct reports) on validation projects of Veeva and internal business systems to ensure deliverables conform to company and regulatory requirements
• Responsible to deliver validation projects under strict deadlines to ensure customer success. Review and approve validation approach, method, and reporting (VPP, VIA, VSR) during periodic releases of Veeva software products
• Establish validation processes commensurate with the level of risk and manage the execution of validation projects whose scope, regulatory visibility, schedule requirements, and complexity require coordination with customers, collaborators, and quality