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Account Partner - Veeva Basics

Veeva · Remote · UK

Base
Not disclosed
OTE
Not disclosed
Quota attainment
Not disclosed
Posted
1mo ago

Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.

Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”

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What Veeva sells

Cloud lab software that tracks samples and test results

When a food or drink maker tests its products in a quality lab, it has to keep track of every sample and every result. The problem is, a regulated lab has to prove that every result is accurate, and the records have to hold up under inspection. Veeva sells a cloud LIMS, lab software that tracks samples and test results, so the lab can manage its quality work in modern cloud software.

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The Braun Read

Ask hard questions

Too much is left unsaid. Make them answer before you invest.

Pay
No pay listed at all.
Transparency
Shares 1 of 5: quota, attainment, deal size, territory, sales cycle.
Pipeline
Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
Time on market
Open 32 days. Normal, but not fresh.
Company hiring
25 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace. Ask how many reps they hired last year and how many are still there.

Red lights

None spotted.

Yellow lights

  • Same role posted many times. The company has 8 or more open postings with this exact title. Could be a big build-out, could be a revolving door. Ask how many reps they hired last year and how many are still there.

Green lights

None spotted.

Based only on what the posting says. Lights are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    How many reps are you hiring for this, and how many from last year's class are still here?

    Hiring a lot can mean growth, or people leaving.

  2. 2.

    What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?

    OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.

  3. 3.

    What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?

    Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.

  4. 4.

    Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?

    A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.

  5. 5.

    Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?

    Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.

When the offer comes

Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.

  1. 1.

    Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?

    What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.

  2. 2.

    Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?

    The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.

  3. 3.

    I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?

    Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.

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The role

Sell Veeva Basics, an out-of-the-box R&D cloud suite, to emerging biotech companies in the UK or Nordics. Generate your own opportunities, win new business, and build executive-level relationships and communities.

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Selling motion

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Who you're selling to

Buyer:
Executives at emerging biotech companiesIn their words: “managing executive-level relationships with emerging biotech companies”
Industry:
Emerging biotech and life sciencesIn their words: “winning new business within the emerging biotech sector in your territory”

Pipeline expectations

Mostly self-sourced. Expect a lot of outbound.

Compensation

The posting doesn't list pay.

What is not disclosed

This posting doesn't tell you:

  • Base salary
  • OTE
  • Quota size
  • Quota attainment
  • Average deal size
  • Sales cycle length

The questions above cover the big ones.

Full posting
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 We are hiring an Entrepreneurial Account Partner to grow the Veeva Basics footprint, a suite of highly scalable out of the box R&D applications that support emerging biotechs by saving them time, money and valuable resources. This product has already transformed the industry and remains the only platform of its kind on the market. In this role, you will be responsible for generating opportunities, winning new business, and managing executive-level relationships with emerging biotech companies. You will act as a strategic partner, helping these organizations navigate the complex regulatory landscape through our streamlined industry cloud solutions. What You’ll Do As a foundational member of the team, you will help establish Veeva Basics as the "go-to" solution for the biotech ecosystem, ensuring our customers have the tools they need to succeed without the overhead of custom builds. - Achieve team quarterly and annual sales goals by winning new business within the emerging biotech sector in your territory. - Evangelize the “why” and value with a focus on our vision of becoming recognized as the industry standard for emerging biotechs - Understand and execute the sales cycles, utilizing internal and external resources as appropriate - Create, run and execute regional communities of practice at an executive level - Understand Veeva Basics products and work with internal colleagues to build a sales strategy - Keep current with industry trends and engage customers in addressing their business challenges - Act with urgency, integrity, and a relentless focus on customer success Requirements - 5+ years of work experience. - Including 3+ years from R&D domains, SaaS selling into Life Sciences - Experience selling complementary or competitive solutions into R&D - Have entrepreneurial instincts. Ability to define a strategy for your region and execute on it - Must be highly self-motivated and be drawn to the reality of a start up business. - Passion and demonstrated results in a sales role to C-Level executives. - Ability to articulate business cases and value propositions to C-Level executives. - Curate executive level communities and round tables with the support of marketing - Have a creative mindset to think outside the box and make ideas reality - Veeva is a PBC and a “do the right thing” company; we expect high work ethic and honesty from all employees. - Candidates must be based in the territory supported (UK or Nordics) Nice to Have - Experience of building and owning community forums and events Interviewing with Veeva We value your time and believe in a transparent hiring process. Here is the process you can expect. - Follow the application process and submit your resume. - Within 3 days, you will receive a link to a personality assessment administered by a third party , unless you have already completed it with Veeva previously. - Once you complete the assessment, our team will review your full application package and follow up via email with our decision. - If moving to the interview stage, the process is as follows:  - A conversation with the hiring manager - A practical case exercise - A final conversation with our group's Senior Leader. - Once all interviews are complete, the manager will be in touch with a final decision.  #RemoteUK #LI-Associate Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.   As an equal opportunity employer, Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.   If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at talent_accommodations@veeva.com.
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