Associate Counsel - Vendor Contracts

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 $2B 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 looking for a detail-oriented Associate Counsel to join our fast-paced, customer-centric legal team to support our internal business partners. Fluency in English and Spanish is required.

In this role, you will: 

Review and negotiate a range of vendor contracts and provide related legal support to internal business partners in a decentralized procurement environment. Contracts include complex technology agreements, copyright license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, services agreements, media and advertising agreements, event venue agreements, software license agreements, consulting agreements, and leases.

Assist in maintaining a vendor contract database and perform other legal operations functions.

Assist in developing processes, templates, playbooks, and self-service contract tools as Veeva continues to grow.

In order to apply please submit a resume and an email or cover letter answering the following questions:

1. Why do you think this job would be a good fit for you at this time of your career growth?

2. Tell me a memorable contract story.

• Review, redline, and negotiate vendor contracts
• Respond to contract review requests, consulting directly with internal business partners to define contract requirements, verify details, and provide advice as needed
• Respond to inquiries regarding internal procurement processes and contract interpretation
• Use an electronic signing platform to send contracts for signature and file signed contracts in a contracts database
• Work with team, internal clients, and other stakeholders to define requirements for purchasing agreements and develop playbooks, templates, and other resources
• Coordinate with the finance team and other stakeholders
• Other ad hoc special assignments

• Graduate of an accredited law school and licensed to practice law
• 1+ years of transactional experience reviewing, redlining, and negotiating commercial agreements
• Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely in English and Spanish
• Strong aptitude towards drafting accurate documents, emails, and written materials, while still being concise and digestible for non-lawyers. Attention to detail is a must
• Competency in privacy law
• Self-starter with the ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously and produce high-quality work
• Advanced proficiency using MS Word, including document editing, redlining and comparison functions, as well as Adobe and G-Suite tools
• Ability to bring positive energy and a high-quality customer service approach to responsibilities

• Competency in Portuguese, French, or German
• Experience with financial services agreements (audit/tax), marketing agreement,s and insurance policies/insurance terms in commercial contracts
• Experience with international transactions and agreements

• Stock bonus %
• Health & wellness programs
• Life Assurance
• Veeva charitable giving program
• Free lunch on Tuesday in the Veeva office
• Additional annual leave over Christmas break

#LI-Remote

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.