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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, 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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Scientific Data & Technology Strategy Associate Consultant in Discovery, you will apply your technical, data, and research technology expertise to help leading biotech and biopharma clients design and implement scalable solutions that improve and streamline drug discovery workflows. ZS’s Discovery Venture partners with clients to develop and deploy in silico approaches that accelerate the discovery of safer, more effective therapeutics. We work closely with other ZS practices, bringing hands-on scientific expertise to enhance both technology and strategy initiatives. As a Venture within ZS, we continuously develop, test, and refine new approaches to maximize impact for our clients and the patients they serve. This unique position enables us to combine agility and innovation with the resources and knowledge of ZS’s 13,000+ global team. ZS is expanding the Discovery Venture and seeking driven, curious, and creative experts to help shape the practice area, collaborate across ZS’s R&D teams, and deliver excellent outcomes for clients.
What you’ll do:
- Partner with scientists, business stakeholders, and IT teams to translate scientific workflows and research needs into technical designs and practical solutions.
- Define conceptual and logical data models, metadata standards, integration patterns, and system architecture components to support research data management and analytics.
- Lead defined implementation workstreams from design through deployment, ensuring solutions are aligned with business needs, scientific workflows, and enterprise technology standards.
- Apply hands-on experience with pharma datasets, cloud platforms, and cross-system integrations to improve research technology ecosystems.
- Support research IT strategy, SDLC, and roadmap development by contributing technical recommendations, solution options, and implementation planning.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including scientists, data engineers, architects, business partners, and project managers, to integrate research technology and analytics into broader project objectives.
- Translate scientific and business needs into structured technical requirements, solution designs, and roadmap inputs.
- Support the design and implementation of ETL/ELT pipelines, cloud-native data platforms, APIs, and cross-system integrations.
- Contribute to research data management initiatives, including data modeling, metadata strategy, FAIR data principles, and information architecture across biopharmaceutical research domains.
- Support client readouts with evidence-based presentations, clearly communicating technical findings, solution recommendations, and next steps.
- Mentor junior team members, share knowledge across teams, and contribute to a collaborative, high-quality delivery environment.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree strongly preferred, ideally in Computer Science, Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics, or a life science-related field; Advanced degree, including MS or PhD, in a scientific discipline with data and/or technology exposure is a plus.
- At least 2.5 years of relevant professional experience in research technology, data platforms, pharma technology, consulting, biotech, pharma, or related environments.
- Hands-on experience with pharma datasets, cloud platforms, and cross-system integrations.
- Prior ownership of solution design components, including data models, integration patterns, technical requirements, or architecture documentation.
- Experience bridging scientific and IT stakeholders and translating scientific workflows into technical solutions.
- Experience with conceptual and logical data modeling, system architecture, metadata standards, and information architecture.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Understanding of RESTful APIs, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cross-system integration design.
- Experience with lakehouse and cloud-native data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake.
- Understanding of research data management and FAIR principles.
- Knowledge of how to interpret and enforce enterprise architecture and engineering standards.
- Knowledge of research information management and analytics applications such as research LIMS systems, ELN platforms, Certara, Schrödinger, GeneData, Watson, or similar platforms is preferred.
- Knowledge and experience in scientific data modeling or information architecture engineering across a range of biopharmaceutical research domains.
- Evidence of strong commitment to quality and client satisfaction.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with scientific, business, and IT audiences.
- Passion, curiosity, and a growth mindset, coupled with a deep commitment to an open and collaborative working environment.
- Fluency in English.
- Client-first mentality.
- Intense work ethic.
- Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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.
Considering applying?
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 integral to your success here. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Learn more about our inclusion and belonging efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces and obtaining the resources they need to thrive.
If you’re eager to grow, contribute, and bring your unique self to our work, we encourage you to apply.
ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
To complete your application:
Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment. An online application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.
INTRODUCTION
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Scientific Data & Technology Strategy Associate Consultant in Discovery, you will apply your technical, data, and research technology expertise to help leading biotech and biopharma clients design and implement scalable solutions that improve and streamline drug discovery workflows. ZS’s Discovery Venture partners with clients to develop and deploy in silico approaches that accelerate the discovery of safer, more effective therapeutics. We work closely with other ZS practices, bringing hands-on scientific expertise to enhance both technology and strategy initiatives. As a Venture within ZS, we continuously develop, test, and refine new approaches to maximize impact for our clients and the patients they serve. This unique position enables us to combine agility and innovation with the resources and knowledge of ZS’s 13,000+ global team. ZS is expanding the Discovery Venture and seeking driven, curious, and creative experts to help shape the practice area, collaborate across ZS’s R&D teams, and deliver excellent outcomes for clients.
What you’ll do:
- Partner with scientists, business stakeholders, and IT teams to translate scientific workflows and research needs into technical designs and practical solutions.
- Define conceptual and logical data models, metadata standards, integration patterns, and system architecture components to support research data management and analytics.
- Lead defined implementation workstreams from design through deployment, ensuring solutions are aligned with business needs, scientific workflows, and enterprise technology standards.
- Apply hands-on experience with pharma datasets, cloud platforms, and cross-system integrations to improve research technology ecosystems.
- Support research IT strategy, SDLC, and roadmap development by contributing technical recommendations, solution options, and implementation planning.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including scientists, data engineers, architects, business partners, and project managers, to integrate research technology and analytics into broader project objectives.
- Translate scientific and business needs into structured technical requirements, solution designs, and roadmap inputs.
- Support the design and implementation of ETL/ELT pipelines, cloud-native data platforms, APIs, and cross-system integrations.
- Contribute to research data management initiatives, including data modeling, metadata strategy, FAIR data principles, and information architecture across biopharmaceutical research domains.
- Support client readouts with evidence-based presentations, clearly communicating technical findings, solution recommendations, and next steps.
- Mentor junior team members, share knowledge across teams, and contribute to a collaborative, high-quality delivery environment.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree strongly preferred, ideally in Computer Science, Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics, or a life science-related field; Advanced degree, including MS or PhD, in a scientific discipline with data and/or technology exposure is a plus.
- At least 2.5 years of relevant professional experience in research technology, data platforms, pharma technology, consulting, biotech, pharma, or related environments.
- Hands-on experience with pharma datasets, cloud platforms, and cross-system integrations.
- Prior ownership of solution design components, including data models, integration patterns, technical requirements, or architecture documentation.
- Experience bridging scientific and IT stakeholders and translating scientific workflows into technical solutions.
- Experience with conceptual and logical data modeling, system architecture, metadata standards, and information architecture.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Understanding of RESTful APIs, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cross-system integration design.
- Experience with lakehouse and cloud-native data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake.
- Understanding of research data management and FAIR principles.
- Knowledge of how to interpret and enforce enterprise architecture and engineering standards.
- Knowledge of research information management and analytics applications such as research LIMS systems, ELN platforms, Certara, Schrödinger, GeneData, Watson, or similar platforms is preferred.
- Knowledge and experience in scientific data modeling or information architecture engineering across a range of biopharmaceutical research domains.
- Evidence of strong commitment to quality and client satisfaction.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with scientific, business, and IT audiences.
- Passion, curiosity, and a growth mindset, coupled with a deep commitment to an open and collaborative working environment.
- Fluency in English.
- Client-first mentality.
- Intense work ethic.
- Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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.
Considering applying?
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 integral to your success here. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Learn more about our inclusion and belonging efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces and obtaining the resources they need to thrive.
If you’re eager to grow, contribute, and bring your unique self to our work, we encourage you to apply.
ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
To complete your application:
Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment. An online application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.
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Tailor your resume to ZS case work
ZS strategy roles emphasize client-facing project delivery in pharma and medtech, not generic business consulting. Highlight any experience with commercial strategy, market access, or analytics in healthcare settings before you apply, since generic consulting resumes get filtered early.
Target ZS's campus recruiting pipeline
ZS runs structured recruiting cycles at MBA and advanced degree programs, and their Strategy Consultant track is a common F-1 OPT entry point. Applying through on-campus channels rather than direct online submissions puts you in front of the team that already handles visa paperwork regularly.
Clarify your visa category before the offer stage
ZS sponsors multiple visa types, so confirm early in the interview process which category applies to your situation. TN visa holders and H-1B1 visa applicants face different timelines than H-1B lottery participants, and ZS's HR team will need accurate status information to plan your start date.
Use Migrate Mate to filter open roles by sponsorship type
Not every open Strategy Consultant posting at ZS is actively recruiting for sponsored candidates at the same time. Use Migrate Mate to browse current roles filtered by visa type so you apply to positions where your specific sponsorship category is already in scope.
Prepare your credentials for specialty occupation documentation
USCIS requires that H-1B petitions demonstrate the role qualifies as a specialty occupation. For ZS Strategy Consultant roles, your undergraduate or graduate degree field matters. A degree in business, economics, life sciences, or a quantitative discipline strengthens the petition compared to an unrelated field.
Understand the PERM timeline if green card conversion is your goal
ZS sponsors EB-2 and EB-3 green cards, but PERM labor certification through the DOL typically takes 12 to 18 months before an I-140 petition can even be filed. Raise your long-term immigration goals during the offer negotiation so your employer can build the right timeline into your onboarding plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does ZS Associates sponsor H-1B visas for Strategy Consultants?
Yes, ZS Associates sponsors H-1B visas for Strategy Consultant roles. The company participates in the annual H-1B lottery, which opens each spring for an October 1 start date. Because H-1B visa selection is not guaranteed, ZS also sponsors H-1B1 visas for eligible candidates, which provides an alternative path that bypasses the lottery entirely.
Which visa types does ZS Associates commonly use for Strategy Consultant roles?
ZS Associates sponsors a range of visa categories for this function, including H-1B, H-1B1 visa, TN visa, F-1 OPT, and F-1 CPT for students and recent graduates. For candidates pursuing permanent residence, ZS also supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card petitions. The visa type that applies to you depends on your nationality, degree level, and career stage.
What qualifications are expected for Strategy Consultant roles at ZS Associates?
ZS typically hires Strategy Consultants from MBA programs or bachelor's programs in quantitative or business-related fields. Relevant experience in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, or management consulting carries significant weight. Strong analytical skills and familiarity with commercial strategy frameworks are consistently emphasized in their recruiting criteria for this role.
How do I apply for Strategy Consultant jobs at ZS Associates?
You can apply directly through ZS Associates' careers page or through Migrate Mate, which lists open Strategy Consultant positions filtered by visa sponsorship type. ZS recruits heavily through MBA and university partnerships, so applying through a campus channel when available increases your visibility. Apply early in the recruiting season since ZS fills cohorts on a rolling basis.
How do I plan my timeline if I need H-1B sponsorship to work at ZS Associates?
If you need an H-1B visa, USCIS opens lottery registration in March each year for an October 1 start date. That means accepting an offer in late fall or winter for a start date the following October is a realistic timeline. If you're on F-1 OPT, ZS can employ you while your H-1B petition is pending, provided your OPT authorization covers the gap.