Advisory Consultant - Life Sciences/Pharma Strategy & Advisory

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 and every 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, shape who we are and 

make us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are part of your success here. Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces, obtaining the resources they need to thrive, and sharing the messages they are passionate about.  

Advisory Consultants within the Business Advisory Beacon (BAB) at ZS are part of a team focused on building and incubating the firm's strategic advisory capabilities. We target building and strengthening relationships with a diverse range of Commercial and R&D decision-makers. We serve them on topics that are cross-functional and relevant to their higher business priorities.

What You’ll Do 

• Works with clients who have broad, cross-functional responsibilities to help them make strategic choices about their business and/or transform their organization  
• Lead discussions on both client-specific matters and issues affecting the broader healthcare landscape 
• Communicates interrelated business issues with senior executives and align stakeholders across functions 

• Address situations without clear problem statements to find new solutions and/or disruptive innovation 

• Structure and develop client deliverables in PowerPoint, including "telling the story" with supporting analysis in a clear and effective manner 

• Drive project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project data, and coordinating team meetings and guiding and teaching more junior team members 

• Provide thought leadership and innovation within projects, practices and clients 

• Motivate, coach, and serve as a role model for project team members 

• Drive business and strategy development  

• Integrate within our values driven culture as a team player; 

What You’ll Bring 

• 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. Alternately, candidates may possess a PhD in marketing, economics, decision sciences or related field with a business application. In lieu of an MBA or PhD, 6-8 years of relevant life sciences, pharma, biotech, or healthcare consulting experience may substitute. 

• Ability to communicate interrelated business issues with clients 

• Problem-solving skills to address situations without clear problem statements to find new solutions and/or disruptive innovation   

• Aptitude for and enjoyment of leading and managing teams 

• Enjoys fast-paced work environments 

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously 

• Strong attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset 

• Multi-disciplinary agility with general management skillset  

• Expertise in macro industry and/or functional trends. 

• Exhibits strong business intuition and ability to quickly learn and shape executive agenda