Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant - Value and Access

ZS; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, our most valuable asset is our people. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers, and consumers worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client-first mentality to each engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning; bold ideas; courage, and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS.

Our most valuable asset is our people.

At ZS we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities, personal experiences, and belief systems—the ones that comprise us as individuals and shape who we are.

ZS's Insights & Analytics group partners with clients to design and deliver solutions to help them tackle a broad range of business challenges. Our teams work on multiple projects simultaneously, leveraging advanced data analytics and problem-solving techniques. Our recommendations and solutions are based on rigorous research and analysis underpinned by deep expertise and thought leadership.

Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant– Value and Access

Strategy Insights & Planning Consultants deliver high-quality solutions for our clients. Consultants possess unstructured problem-solving skills as well as strong analytic, synthesis, and communication skills. In this role, you will operate in our specialized Value and Access practice that delivers Market Access and Pricing advice to our clients. While you will be based in our Europe region, our Value and Access practice has a global community that you will also be a part of.

What You’ll Do

• Work with project leadership to define project scope, strategy, and solution 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 in a compelling and methodical way.
• Provide thought leadership and innovation within projects and practice areas.
• Take an active role in business development activities alongside ongoing relationship-building responsibilities with clients.
• Coach, lead, and mentor junior team members.

What You’ll Bring

• Robust experience in Market Access and Pricing, preferably from a professional services background and in the life sciences and healthcare industry.
• MBA is preferred with up to 3 years of post-MBA relevant work experience, and 3-5 years of pre-MBA work experience. In lieu of an MBA, 5-8 years of relevant work experience in a relevant role(s) is required.
• 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.