Strategy Insights & Planning Associate Consultant - Health Plan

ZS is a place where passion changes lives

As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, we transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all

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.

 

 

Strategy Insights and Planning Associate Consultant 

 

ZS's Strategy Insights and Planning teams partner with clients to design and deliver solutions to help them tackle a broad range of business challenges

Our teams work on multiple projects simultaneously, leveraging advanced data analytics and problem-solving techniques

Our recommendations and solutions are based on rigorous research and analysis underpinned by deep expertise and thought leadership. 

 

The Health Plan and Provider (HPP) team within ZS is a growth venture, focused on a strategic set of offerings and client segments that can unlock the ZS mission/vision – helping improve life and how we live it.  Within ZS, HPP operates like a mission-oriented start-up backed by a large global firm.  HPP’s goal is to build the ecosystem of payer/provider clients that have a similar mindset to long term partnership, innovation in the healthcare industry, and unlocking the synergies across various sectors within healthcare and beyond.  The team is growing quickly and looking for passionate team members who care first and foremost about impact and core values – we pride ourselves on being true to spirit of client value creation, true culture of collaboration, and human-centric service.  Through our vision, strategy, and investments, we seek to disrupt the traditional healthcare consulting market and elevate our society to new levels of functioning.  This venture is not for the feint of heart – we work hard, play hard, and bring our complete selves to work.

 

What you’ll do 

• Identify the problem statement and break down into smaller components (e.g., issue / logic tree)   

• Own a project workstream (data / content synthesis, insights / findings) 

• Develop storyline / board of the workstream in clear easy to understand framework  

• Ability to work in teams - communicate, participate, collaborate, motivate 

• Leverage problem solving skills and frameworks to develop solutions to our client’s 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 

• Develop client relationships with Health Insurance/Health Plan clients and serve as key point of contact on certain aspects of projects 

• Actively support management of the program plan and conduct regular status updates with the client – risk and issue mitigation.  You will also assist in driving the project forward to ensure project goals and deadlines are met 

• Advance problem-solving skills and improve ZS's capabilities 

• Mentor and support development of Associates on your projects and teams 

 

What you’ll bring