Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant Commercial Strategy & Launch Excellence

ZS is a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it. We transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology, and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and consumers worldwide. Here, you’ll work alongside a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions.

About the role

ZS's Insights & Analytics group partners with clients to design and deliver solutions tackling a broad range of business challenges. Our teams work on multiple projects simultaneously, leveraging advanced data analytics and problem-solving techniques. Strategy Insights & Planning Consultants deliver high-quality solutions, possess unstructured problem-solving skills, and strong analytic, synthesis, and communication abilities. As Consultants advance, they specialize in a particular industry, practice area, and/or client relationship.

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, life sciences, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, healthcare management, or related fields.
• In lieu of an MBA, candidates may possess 5-8 years of relevant professional experience in consulting, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, commercial strategy, market access, launch excellence, or related industries.
• 3-5 years of pre-MBA professional experience and up to 3 years of post-MBA experience, with demonstrated success in consulting, strategic advisory, healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or commercialization-focused roles.
• Strong strategic thinking and hypothesis-driven problem-solving skills, including structuring and solving complex, ambiguous business challenges with limited direction.
• Demonstrated experience leading project workstreams and managing cross-functional teams, including coaching junior team members, coordinating stakeholders, and driving team execution.
• Proven ability to influence and build credibility with senior stakeholders and client leadership through executive-level communication, presentation development, and strategic storytelling.
• Experience developing insight-driven recommendations by synthesizing quantitative analysis, qualitative research, market intelligence, and stakeholder perspectives.
• Strong project leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, and drive workstreams from problem definition through recommendation and implementation.
• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences consulting, commercial strategy, launch excellence, brand strategy, market access, patient engagement, or related industries strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, including commercial, marketing, sales, market research, analytics, operations, and executive leadership teams.
• Client-service orientation with a collaborative approach and commitment to delivering high-quality, actionable solutions.
• High level of initiative, adaptability, accountability, and intellectual curiosity.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and concisely.
• Fluency in English.

How you’ll grow

• 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.

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. With robust skills-building programs, multiple career progression paths, internal mobility, and a deeply collaborative culture, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, expand your capabilities, and thrive as part of a global community. For details on total rewards in the United States, visit ZS US office locations.

Schedule

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.

Travel

Travel is a requirement at ZS for client-facing roles; 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.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.