Strategy Insights

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**ZS **is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare and beyond, our most valuable asset is our people. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping solutions from start to finish. At ZS, we believe that making an impact demands a different approach; and that’s why here your ideas elevate actions, and here you’ll have the freedom to define your own path and pursue cutting-edge work. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business including portfolio strategy, customer insights, research and development, operational and technology transformation, marketing strategy and many more. If you dare to think differently, join us, and find a path where your passion can change lives.

**Our most **valuable asset** is our people**.

At **ZS **we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities, personal experiences and belief systems—the ones that comprise us as individuals, shape who we are and

make us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are part of your success here. Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces, obtaining the resources they need to thrive, and sharing the messages they are passionate about.
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**ZS's Business Consulting group** partners with clients to design and deliver solutions to help them tackle a broad range of business challenges. Our teams work on multiple projects simultaneously, leveraging advanced data analytics and problem-solving techniques. Our recommendations and solutions are based on rigorous research and analysis underpinned by deep expertise and thought leadership.

**STRATEGY INSIGHTS & PLANNING ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT**

**Responsibilities**:

- Leverage problem solving skills and frameworks to develop solutions to client business problems
- Assist in structuring and conducting market research and/or desk research to derive insights and contribute to client decision making
- Design custom analyses using tools like Excel, Access, Confirmit and ZS's proprietary software
- Synthesize and communicate results to clients and ZS teams through oral and written presentations
- Assist in developing client relationships and serve as key point of contact on aspects of projects
- Actively support management of the program plan and conduct regular status updates with the client - risk and issue mitigation
- Assist in driving the project forward to ensure project goals and deadlines are met
- Advance problem-solving skills and improve ZS's capabilities
- Guide and mentor Associates on teams

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's or master's degree in a field with quantitative coursework such as business administration, economics,engineering, physical or life sciences. A demonstrated record of academic success is required.
- 3-5 years of relevant post-collegiate job experience, gathering and analyzing qualitative or quantitative data
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience leading teams is preferred
- High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiative
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Empathy, adaptability and emotional intelligence
- Attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset
- Self-discipline for planning and organizing tasks
- Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, working in teams

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**Perks & Benefits**:
ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.

We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.

**Considering applying?**

ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.

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