ZS Associates

Decision Analytics Consultant - Go to Market Strategy

ZS Associates$90K — $130K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MBA or relevant advanced degree in quantitative discipline; equivalent experience accepted
  • 3-5 years pre-MBA and up to 3 years post-MBA experience in analytics
  • Strong communication skills for engaging with senior decision-makers
  • Demonstrated leadership experience in team management
  • High attention to detail and quality-focused mindset
  • Proficient in analytic problem-solving with a creative approach
  • Experience in the pharmaceutical sector or go-to-market strategy

Responsibilities

  • Leverage quantitative skills to address client business analytics questions
  • Collaborate with clients to identify specific business information needs
  • Execute plans for analyzing necessary data to find solutions
  • Determine specific data for analysis in partnership with clients
  • Evaluate and analyze data to meet client needs
  • Communicate findings with a focus on client business questions
  • Familiarize quickly with client internal processes
  • Develop expertise in client analytics areas

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being
  • Robust professional development and skills training programs
  • Flexible work arrangements combining remote and on-site work
  • Multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths
  • Opportunities for travel to enhance client relationships and gain diverse experiences
Full Job Description
What You'll Do
  • Leverage quantitative skills to derive answers to clients' ongoing business analytics and reporting questions.
  • Work collaboratively with clients to ascertain the client's specific business information needs.
  • Execute a specific plan for analyzing the data necessary to secure solutions to clients' particular business information need(s).
  • Discuss and determine with clients which specific data may be best utilized in order to perform the necessary analysis.
  • Evaluate, assess and analyze the data necessary to provide solutions to the client's particular business information needs.
  • Communicate the data results to the client, with an emphasis on answering the business question as opposed to the analytical and reporting processes used.
  • Gain immediate familiarity with client's internal processes.
  • Develop expertise within a client analytics area.
  • Be available for clients during regular working hours.


What You'll Bring
  • MBA with a bachelor's (and often graduate) degree in a quantitative, analytical discipline, such as Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Management Science, Data Science, Statistics, Econometrics, or Engineering. 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, 5-8 years of relevant work experience may substitute.
  • Up to 3 years of post-MBA relevant work experience, and 3-5 years of pre-MBA relevant work experience, with evidence of strong analytic work.
  • 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
  • Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a background in go to market strategy
  • Business background with an analytical lens

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
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Founded
1983

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