ZS Associates

Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant - Patient Strategy and Services

ZS Associates$95K — $115K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's in Business Analytics, Computer Science, MIS, or related field.
  • 3+ years in delivering small/medium-scale technology solutions.
  • Salesforce implementation experience.
  • Experience in patient services and healthcare domains.
  • Strong understanding of RDBMS concepts, SQL, and data warehousing.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely task completion.
  • Communicate status updates and escalate issues to project leads.
  • Translate business problems into effective technical designs.
  • Lead modules and oversee implementation efforts.
  • Guide project deliverables from conception to execution.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards package for health and well-being.
  • Robust skills-building programs and multiple career paths.
  • Commitment to professional development through training and growth opportunities.
  • Flexibility in work arrangements with a hybrid working model.
  • Travel opportunities to strengthen client relationships and gain diverse experiences.
Full Job Description
What you'll do:
  • Collaborate effectively with team members (PMs, BAs, engineers) to support day-to-day delivery activities and ensure tasks are completed on time
  • Communicate clearly on task status, progress, and blockers to project leads, escalating issues when needed
  • Develop a deep understanding of the business problems and effectively translate them into technical designs
  • Lead modules and workstreams within projects while participating in hands on implementation
  • Work with technical architects to validate the technical design and implementation approach
  • Apply appropriate development methodologies and best practices to ensure exceptional client and project team experience
  • Support the project lead in project delivery, including project planning, people management, staffing, and risk mitigation
  • Manage a diverse team with various skill sets while providing mentorship and coaching to junior members
  • Lead task planning and distribution among team members for timely completion of projects with high-quality results
  • Guide the project deliverables such as business case development, solution vision and design, user requirements, prototypes, technical architecture, test cases, deployment plans and operations strategy
  • Assist in preparing and maintaining standard project artifacts (e.g., status updates, RAID logs, meeting notes, trackers) to support team organization and transparency
  • Contribute to building and improving reusable templates and documentation, based on guidance from senior team members
  • Participating in team and stakeholder meetings, taking notes, tracking action items, and ensuring closure
  • Support coordination across teams by helping track dependencies and ensuring alignment on deliverables
  • Demonstrate a basic understanding of stakeholder needs and priorities, and incorporate feedback into assigned work
  • Begin developing foundational influencing and negotiation skills by:
  • Supporting discussions on priorities and timelines
  • Raising questions or concerns when there are conflicting inputs
  • Learning how trade-offs are managed within the team
  • Follow established SDLC and Agile processes, ensuring assigned tasks meet defined quality and completion criteria
  • Use available tools and dashboards to track work progress and identify risks, raising concerns proactively to team leads
  • Actively seek feedback and coaching to build skills in communication, delivery execution, and stakeholder engagement


What you'll bring:
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in business Analytics, Computer Science, MIS or related field with academic excellence.
  • 3+ years of relevant professional experience in delivering small/medium-scale technology solutions.
  • Salesforce implementation experience.
  • Patient services experience.
  • Healthcare domain experience.
  • Ability to lead project teams, drive end-to-end activities, meet milestones, and provide mentorship/guidance for team growth.
  • Strong understanding of RDBMS concepts, SQL, data warehousing and reporting.
  • Experience with big data concepts, data management, data analytics and cloud platforms.
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including expertise in algorithms and data structures.
  • Fluency in English
  • Client-first mentality
  • Intense work ethic
  • Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach


Additional Skills:
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to structure thoughts logically during discussions and presentations
  • Capability to simplify complex concepts into easily understandable frameworks and presentations
  • Proficiency in working within a virtual global team environment, contributing to the timely delivery of multiple projects
  • Travel to other offices as required to collaborate with clients and internal project teams


How you'll grow:
  • 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


Perks & Benefits:

At ZS, your growth matters. We offer a comprehensive total rewards package that supports your health and well-being, financial future, time away, and professional development. With robust skills-building programs, multiple career progression paths, internal mobility, and a deeply collaborative culture, you'll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, expand your capabilities, and thrive as part of a global community. For details on total rewards in United States, visit ZS US office locations | Where we work | ZS.

Hybrid working model:

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.

Travel:

Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed. Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.

About ZS Associates

ZS is a professional services firm that works side by side with companies to help develop and deliver products that drive customer value and company results. From R&D to portfolio strategy, customer insights, marketing and sales strategy, operations and technology, we leverage our deep industry expertise and leading-edge analytics to create solutions that work in the real world. Our most valuable asset is our people?a fact that?s reflected in our values-driven organization in which new perspectives are integral and new ideas are celebrated. ZSers are passionately committed to helping companies and their customers thrive in industries ranging from healthcare and life sciences, to high-tech, financial services, travel and transportation, and beyond.
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Size
10,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1983

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