AI Strategy Manager

About the role

The AI Strategy Manager position at ZS is dedicated to transforming ideas into impactful solutions for patients, caregivers, and consumers worldwide. This role involves engaging with digital-oriented executives to shape their agendas, delivering high-impact client services, and fostering an innovative and inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Client-Building: Engage with digital-oriented executives to shape their agendas, develop expertise and ZS capital around AI-based transformations, consistently deliver high impact and high value client services, monitor progress, manage risk, and keep key stakeholders informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Team/Practice-Building: Lead and motivate diverse teams, develop ZS teams in the use of AI, provide constructive feedback and coaching, foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment, play an active role in counseling and mentoring junior consultants, and provide guidance on technology led transformation programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business or Life Sciences.
• MBA or Advanced Degree is highly desirable.
• 8+ years' experience in life science industry management consulting.
• 6+ years' experience in a leadership role within a professional service firm.
• Demonstrate deep healthcare and life sciences industry sector knowledge with a functional expertise across operations.
• Demonstrated experience in driving agenda setting services at the "C" level of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies.
• C-Suite executive-level presence and communication.
• Prior experience in technology led transformation programs.
• Strong credentials and demonstrated success in tech strategy and Enterprise Architecture.
• Demonstrated passion and impact in AI-oriented domain spaces.
• Prior experience in Cloud data strategy and AI infusion.
• A forward thinker and self-starter that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge.
• Ability to lead a virtual team of consulting professionals across multiple projects.
• A high level of motivation and self-starting attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new knowledge.
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs.
• Strong client engagement/communication skillset.
• Client-first mentality.
• Intense work ethic.
• Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business or Life Sciences.
• MBA or Advanced Degree is highly desirable.
• 8+ years' experience in life science industry management consulting.
• 6+ years' experience in a leadership role within a professional service firm.
• Demonstrate deep healthcare and life sciences industry sector knowledge with a functional expertise across operations.
• Demonstrated experience in driving agenda setting services at the "C" level of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies.
• C-Suite executive-level presence and communication.
• Prior experience in technology led transformation programs.
• Strong credentials and demonstrated success in tech strategy and Enterprise Architecture.
• Demonstrated passion and impact in AI-oriented domain spaces.
• Prior experience in Cloud data strategy and AI infusion.
• A forward thinker and self-starter that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge.
• Ability to lead a virtual team of consulting professionals across multiple projects.
• A high level of motivation and self-starting attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new knowledge.
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs.
• Strong client engagement/communication skillset.
• Client-first mentality.
• Intense work ethic.
• Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.

Skills

• Curiosity for learning.
• Bold ideas.
• Courage.
• Passion.
• Healthcare and life sciences industry sector knowledge.
• Functional expertise across operations.
• Driving agenda setting services at the "C" level of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies.
• Technology led transformation programs.
• Cloud data strategy and AI infusion.
• Forward thinking.
• Adapting quickly to learning new knowledge.
• Leading a virtual team of consulting professionals across multiple projects.
• Assimilating new knowledge.
• Traveling to meet client needs.
• Client engagement/communication skillset.
• Client-first mentality.
• Intense work ethic.
• Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.

Benefits

ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package that supports your health and well-being, financial future, time away, and professional development. This includes cross-functional skills development & custom learning pathways, milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities, and internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves, individual contribution, and role expansions.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in this job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in this job posting.

Perks & Benefits

At ZS, your growth matters. We offer a flexible and connected working model, robust skills-building programs, multiple career progression paths, internal mobility, and a deeply collaborative culture. For details on total rewards in the United States, visit ZS.

Travel

Travel is a requirement at ZS for client-facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed. Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.