Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant - ZS Discovery

ZS; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative consulting firm is seeking a Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant to join their dynamic team. In this role, you'll leverage your problem-solving skills to develop tailored solutions for clients in the life sciences sector. This position offers the opportunity to work on diverse projects, collaborate with experts, and contribute to impactful outcomes in drug development and research. The company fosters a culture of inclusivity and personal growth, providing comprehensive rewards and development programs. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health and Well-being Programs

Financial Planning

Annual Leave

Professional Development

Flexible Working Arrangements

Qualifications

• PhD or relevant experience in Life Sciences required.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions to client business problems using frameworks.
• Conduct market research to support client decision making.

Skills

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Market Research

Project Management

Education

PhD in Life Sciences

Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences

Tools

Excel

Access

Confirmit

Proprietary Software

Job description

Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant - ZS Discovery

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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.

STRATEGY INSIGHTS & PLANNING ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT - ZS DISCOVERY

ZS Discovery - Medical & Scientific Expertise Center

We help clients reinvent pharma discovery, elucidate disease biology, innovate novel therapeutics, and accelerate drug development to create breakthrough science and increase the probability of R&D success and patient outcomes. We’re passionate about accelerating transformation in research and early development so clients can build capabilities in programmable biology across therapeutic modalities. Our integrated approach is multidisciplinary and led by science.

Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant

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. Consultants may work on multiple projects simultaneously. As Consultants advance in their career, they specialize in a particular industry, practice area and/or client relationship.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage problem solving skills and frameworks to develop solutions to client business problems
• Assist in structuring and conducting market research and/or desk research to derive insights and contribute to client decision making
• Design custom analyses using tools like Excel, Access, Confirmit and ZS's proprietary software
• Synthesize and communicate results to clients and ZS teams through oral and written presentations
• Assist in developing client relationships and serve as key point of contact on aspects of projects
• Actively support management of the program plan and conduct regular status updates with the client - risk and issue mitigation
• Assist in driving the project forward to ensure project goals and deadlines are met
• Advance problem-solving skills and improve ZS's capabilities
• Guide and mentor Associates on teams
  
  

Qualifications:

• PhD with bachelor’s degree in a Life Sciences field. In lieu of a PhD, 2-5 years of relevant post-collegiate work experience may substitute. A demonstrated record of academic success is required.
• Post-qualification experience in consultancy, working specifically in a scientific or life sciences function.
• High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiative
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Empathy, adaptability and high personal impact
• Strong attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset
• Self-discipline for planning and organizing tasks
• Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, team leadership
  
  

Perks & Benefits:

ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.

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.

Considering applying?

At ZS, we're building a diverse and inclusive company where people bring their passions to inspire life-changing impact and deliver better outcomes for all. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize the value that candidates with all backgrounds, including non-traditional ones, bring. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements listed above.

To Complete Your Application:

Candidates must possess work authorization for their intended country of employment.

An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required

to be considered.

NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.

Find Out More At:

www.zs.com

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