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Ayan Dutta

Ayan Dutta

Enterprise Veeva Vault Architect | Sr. Principal Engineer
Bangalore

Summary

Enterprise Veeva Vault Architect / Sr. Principal Engineer with 13 years of experience in designing and delivering enterprise-scale regulatory and quality systems for global pharma. Currently leading Global Regulatory Affairs initiatives at Eli Lilly, architecting Veeva Vault RIM solutions, establishing engineering hubs across India & US, and partnering with business leaders to drive regulatory modernization. Proven expertise in integration architecture (MuleSoft, AWS, Java SDKs), migration frameworks, and release governance, with strong experience in mentoring cross-functional teams and aligning IT strategy with business outcomes.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Sr. Principal Engineer / Veeva Vault Architect

Eli Lilly
06.2022 - Current
  • - Serving as Tech Lead for the Global Regulatory Affairs program, driving architecture and development of enterprise-scale Veeva Vault RIM solutions.
  • - Architected and led delivery of large-scale Veeva Vault RIM integrations with upstream and downstream enterprise systems, ensuring compliance with global regulatory standards.
  • - Partnered with global business and technical stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps, solution blueprints, and best practices for Regulatory Affairs applications.
  • - Established and scaled the Veeva Engineering Hub in both India and the US, building and mentoring high-performing teams across development, configuration, and operations.
  • - Spent 3 months onsite (2023) and 6 months onsite (2024) at Lilly HQ (Indianapolis, USA), collaborating directly with business leaders and technical teams to accelerate digital transformation and regulatory modernization initiatives.
  • - Led the adoption of Veeva SDK extensions, APIs, and custom Java-based utilities, improving system scalability, integration reliability, and compliance reporting accuracy.
  • - Championed release governance and engineering standards for Veeva Vault QualityDocs and RIM, reducing release risks and improving delivery timelines by 25%.
  • - Acted as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, aligning regulatory requirements with enterprise IT strategy and ensuring technology delivered measurable business outcomes.

Architect – Projects

Cognizant
06.2018 - 06.2022
  • - Worked as Veeva Vault SME for global implementation of Veeva Vault RIM-based integrations with multiple systems.
  • - Led product release cycles for Veeva Vault QualityDocs, coordinating across vendor, testing, and technical teams.
  • - Architected and developed 40+ integrations based on MuleSoft cloud implementation.
  • - Implemented Java-based custom integration utilities including content extraction with API limit checks and error tracking.
  • - Contributed to Documentum-to-Veeva Vault migration utility for content and metadata ingestion.
  • - Mentored teams and trained 100+ resources on Veeva Vault best practices and SDK development.

Business Process Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2015 - 11.2018
  • - Acted as Subject Matter Expert for Veeva Vault across pharma clients.
  • - Led a team of 10 for Veeva Vault (SaaS) based Trial Master File system.
  • - Suggested performance improvements and architectural changes to ensure scalability and compliance.
  • - Trained and mentored peers and junior team members.

Java Developer

Glocal Healthcare Systems
11.2013 - 06.2015
  • - Developed modules of HMIS and LitmusDX healthcare systems using J2EE technologies.
  • - Implemented online payment integrations and dynamic patient search modules.
  • - Worked across MVC layers and contributed to EMR and ERP systems.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

WBUT
Kolkata
01.2013

Skills

  • Architecture & Design: Enterprise Integration, Cloud Migration, Solution Architecture, Release Governance
  • Platforms: Veeva Vault (RIM, QualityDocs, eTMF, PromoMats), MuleSoft, AWS (S3, EC2, DynamoDB)
  • Expert problem solving
  • Cloud computing technologies
  • Strategic Decision-making
  • Team mentoring

  • Workflow coordination
  • API development
  • System architecture
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Team collaboration
  • Critical thinking

Certification

- Veeva Certified Vault Admin (2020)

Accomplishments

  • - Recognized as Best Employee within project in 2017.
  • - Received multiple Star of the Month & On-the-spot awards in TCS.
  • - Developed first-of-its-kind Vault SDK component for asynchronous integration at Cognizant, receiving customer appreciation.
  • - Implemented Veeva Vault-based multi-threaded Document Content Extraction utility, later reused for multiple integrations.
  • - Trained 100+ resources on Veeva Vault across organizations.

Timeline

Sr. Principal Engineer / Veeva Vault Architect

Eli Lilly
06.2022 - Current

Architect – Projects

Cognizant
06.2018 - 06.2022

Business Process Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2015 - 11.2018

Java Developer

Glocal Healthcare Systems
11.2013 - 06.2015

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

WBUT
Ayan DuttaEnterprise Veeva Vault Architect | Sr. Principal Engineer