Veeva Development Lead

Job Description Summary Location: Barcelona, Spain; #LI-Hybrid (12 days/month in office) Internal job title: Associate Director, DDIT APD CE SW Engineer The role is based in Barcelona. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you. About the Role: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Veeva Development Lead to drive project delivery and/or operations in the given business sub-capability, partner with Business Stakeholders and TT Strategic Business Partners for demand analysis, solution proposal/evaluation and project delivery. Job Description Key Responsibilities: * Ensure adherence to Security and Compliance policies and procedures. * Use your extensive knowledge of CRM applications, Salesforce Platform and Veeva CRM suite to guide other developers on their daily activities, acting as the main point of contact for the development team * Collaborate with the team for configuration / code review and unit

testing to produce outstanding solutions * Design and implement process to build harmonized global (core) solutions to be deployed in multiple salesforce environments, define core application rules and best practices, solve conflicts between core solutions VS local deployments * Configure, develop, customize, and unit test custom and out of the box solutions using Salesforce platform and Veeva CRM suite based on the functional and technical specifications. * Take part in conference calls, stand-up meetings, time tracking and the completion of tasks that have been assigned to you in Azure DevOps or Jira tools. * Support for knowledge transfer, process documentation and application bug fixes Essential Requirements: * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or comparable experience * 3+ years experience in Veeva CRM * Extensive experience in Salesforce / Veeva based global application implementations, ideally in a multiple org scenario, as well as in Salesforce metadata API or SFDX based deployments, Salesforce metadata packaging, deployment troubleshooting * Expertise in configuring / customizing Veeva CRM software package in Salesforce environment * APEX and/or Lightning components development experience * Strong understanding of other related technologies (SQL, SOQL, REST, SOAP, HTML5, JavaScript, etc.) * Experience with Product Development Lifecycle and DevOps tools like Azure DevOps, GIT, Jenkins, JIRA, etc. * Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken; good problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently and work in agile methodology Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Why Novartis? Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives and our vision is to become the most

valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network Accessibility and accommodation: Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message. Skills Desired Budget Management, Commercial Acumen, Influencing Skills, Performance Management (PM), Risk Management, Service Delivery Management, Strategic Planning, Waterfall Model #J-18808-Ljbffr