Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant - Health Plan

About the role

The Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant - Health Plan at ZS focuses on designing and delivering solutions to help clients tackle a broad range of business challenges. This role is part of a growth venture within ZS, dedicated to serving clients who share a commitment to innovation in the healthcare industry.

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 the 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 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.
• A high motivation, good work ethic, maturity, and personal initiative.
• An aptitude for, and enjoyment of, leading and managing teams.
• Effective oral and written communication skills that enable personal impact with senior-level decision makers.
• A strong attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset.
• An analytic problem-solving skills, with a creative and innovative outlook.
• A client-first mentality.
• An intense work ethic.
• A collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English.
• A client-first mentality.
• An intense work ethic.
• A collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.

Skills

• Unstructured problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytic, synthesis, and communication skills.
• Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to lead and manage teams.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail and quality-focused mindset.
• Analytic problem-solving skills with a creative and innovative outlook.
• A client-first mentality.
• An intense work ethic.
• A collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package that supports health and well-being, financial future, time away, and professional development.
• 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 hybrid model combining work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of the week.