Decision Analytics Associate Consultant - RWE/HEOR

ZS; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ZS is seeking a qualified analytics professional to develop and apply advanced statistical models on real-world patient-level datasets, guiding analytical strategy for treatment patterns, disease burden, and outcomes.

You will design analyses in R, Tableau, SAS, Visual Basic and Excel, lead dashboards for clients, synthesize results, and mentor junior colleagues while advancing team capabilities. Experience with claims data and patient journey analytics is a plus.

Qualifications

• Pharma analytics or real-world evidence experience preferred.
• 2–4 years post‑college experience; PhD may substitute for work experience.
• Strong SQL with window functions for patient-level data querying and cohort construction.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply advanced statistical models on patient-level datasets to guide analytical strategy and client insights.
• Lead creation of dashboards and communicate results to clients and ZS teams.
• Design analyses in R, Tableau, SAS, Visual Basic and Excel to address client needs.
• Synthesize findings and present clear recommendations to stakeholders.
• Mentor Associates and contribute to team capability improvements.

Skills

Advanced SQL

R

Tableau

SAS

Excel

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Symphony Health

IQVIA

Purple Lab

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Develop and apply advanced statistical models on real-world patient-level datasets, guiding analytical strategy and translating findings into client-ready insights on treatment patterns, disease burden, and outcomes.
• Leverage analytic techniques on patient-level data to guide senior client and ZS team decision-making; take ownership of evidence generation workstreams and deliver solutions with minimal supervision.
• Design custom analyses in R, Tableau, SAS, Visual Basic and Excel to investigate and inform client needs; lead development of streamlined analytical dashboards to communicate complex findings to stakeholder audiences.
• Synthesise and communicate results to clients and ZS teams through oral and written presentations.
• Develop client relationships and serve as key point of contact on aspects of projects.
• Provide client and ZS teams project status updates.
• Create project deliverables and implement solutions.
• Advance problem-solving skills and improve ZSs capabilities.
• Guide and mentor Associates on teams.

Preferred candidate profile

• Prior experience in pharma analytics, real-world evidence, or market access is strongly preferred, including hands‑on exposure to patient-level datasets such as Symphony Health, IQVIA, or Purple Lab with understanding of claims data structure, coding logic, and data quality considerations. Experience with patient journey analytics concepts such as line-of therapy sequencing, adherence and persistence, and treatment gap analysis is a plus.
• Advanced SQL proficiency is a strong requirement, including hands‑on experience with window functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK, LAG/LEAD, running totals, partitioned aggregations) for patient-level data querying, cohort construction, and complex healthcare dataset manipulation.
• Bachelors or master’s degree required in any discipline with strong record of academic success in quantitative and analytic coursework such as operations research, applied mathematics, management science, data science, statistics, econometrics or engineering.
• 2–4 years of relevant post-collegiate job experience. A PhD may substitute in lieu of work experience.
• Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, working in teams.