Provider Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant

About the role

ZS is seeking a Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant to join our Provider Industry Vertical team. This role focuses on designing and delivering solutions to help hospitals and health systems tackle various business challenges.

Responsibilities

• Work with project leadership to define project scope and develop approach.
• Lead project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project data, and coordinating team meetings.
• Conduct issue analysis and develop hypotheses on key client issues.
• Design and execute qualitative and/or quantitative analyses to test and analyze hypotheses.
• Synthesize findings, develop recommendations, and communicate results to clients and internal teams.
• Provide thought leadership and innovation within projects and practice areas.
• Participate in business development.
• Contribute to internal firm activities.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.

Requirements

• MBA with bachelor's (and often graduate) degrees with a strong academic record in business, economics, marketing, psychology, physical or life sciences, engineering, applied math, statistics, or related fields.
• Up to 3 years of post-MBA relevant work experience, and 3-5 years of pre-MBA work experience.
• Management consulting work experience, supporting provider clients.
• High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiative.
• Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, leading and managing teams.
• Effective oral and written communication skills that enable personal impact with senior-level decision makers.
• Strong attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset.
• Analytic problem-solving skills, with a creative and innovative outlook;
• Client service orientation.

Qualifications

• Must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment.
• An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.

Skills

• Unstructured problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytic, synthesis and communication skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience in healthcare or provider industry preferred.

Benefits

At ZS, we offer 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.
• Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves, individual contribution and role expansions.
• A hybrid working model: ZS is committed to a Flexible and Connected way of working. ZSers are onsite at clients or ZS offices three days a week. Combined flexibility to work remotely two days a week is also available.
• The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.

Pay

Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Schedule

Flexible schedule with a commitment to client-facing work requiring travel as needed.