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Strategy Insights & Planning Associate Consultant - AOR

ZS · New York, NY · 4 wk ago
HybridConsultingFull-time

About the role

ZS is seeking a Strategy Insights and Planning Associate Consultant to join the B2B Engagement team within the Access, Strategy & Implementation (ASI) team. This role focuses on helping pharmaceutical companies navigate the payer and market access landscape with sharper intelligence.

Responsibilities

  • Leverage strategic problem solving skills, research techniques, and market access frameworks to develop solutions to client’s business challenges.
  • Conduct primary and secondary research to generate insights on payer, provider, and market dynamics that inform access and engagement strategies.
  • Read, interpret, and synthesize scientific and HEOR literature (clinical trial publications, real-world evidence, economic models) to ground access strategy in the evidence.
  • Develop client relationships and serve as key point of contact on aspects of projects.
  • Support project management activities, including work planning, timeline management, content review cycles, and coordination of deliverables across multiple stakeholders.
  • 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

Requirements

  • PhD or Masters with bachelor’s degree in a field with quantitative coursework such as business, economics, marketing, psychology, life sciences and social sciences.
  • In lieu of a PhD, 2-5 years of relevant post-study professional experience will be considered.
  • High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiative.
  • Comfort reading and interpreting scientific, clinical, and health economics literature.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Empathy, adaptability and emotional intelligence.
  • Close attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset.
  • Self-discipline for planning and organizing tasks.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple workstreams and coordinate across internal functions such as art, production, and design.
  • Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, working in teams.
  • Client-first mentality
  • Intense work ethic
  • Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach

Qualifications

  • Fluency in English

Skills

  • Strategic problem solving skills
  • Market access frameworks
  • Research techniques
  • Scientific and HEOR literature interpretation
  • Oral and written communication skills
  • Empathy and adaptability
  • Creative and quality-focused mindset
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Client-first mentality
  • Intense work ethic
  • Problem-solving skills

Benefits

At ZS, your growth matters. 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

Pay

Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Schedule

Hybrid working model: A flexible and connected way of working is offered, combining work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of the week. Business needs of your project and client are the priority, with some projects requiring travel.

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