Veeva Systems
Global Data Science Lead
$120K–$250K
Massachusetts - Boston · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience with a Ph.D., or 8+ years of relevant demonstrable research experience with an equivalent M.S.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Machine Learning, Applied Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or another quantitative discipline; or equivalent M.S.
About the job
Leads the Global Analytics data science function, translating AI strategy into delivery and applying analytics, machine learning, and generative AI to Life Sciences data.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor data scientists, AI/ML engineers, and analysts, and translate strategy into team priorities and delivery plans.
- Oversee analytics and AI model design and implementation, global methodology, testing, deployment, and supporting infrastructure.
- Partner with consulting, product, and business stakeholders to deliver customer solutions while enforcing data quality, security, governance, and responsible AI practices.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline with 5+ years of relevant industry experience, or equivalent M.S. with 8+ years of relevant demonstrable research experience.
- Experience with the Life Sciences industry and applying analytics and AI/ML to related data sets.
- Hands-on experience building or deploying LLM-based systems; advanced, in-depth specialization in data science and AI techniques.
- Proven leadership of teams of 10+ people.
Nice to have
- Advanced experience with AWS, Snowflake, or Databricks.
- Data pipeline building skills, product development experience, LLM orchestration frameworks or vector databases, or experience designing AI-native products or workflows.
Pay
USD 120,000 - 250,000 base salary
Tools
AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, LLM, RAG, LangChain, LlamaIndex
AI focus
Leads applied data science and AI strategy and delivery, including machine learning, generative AI/LLM systems, model governance and deployment, and AI-native customer solutions for Life Sciences.
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