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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 R&D Domain Specialist – Research Technology & Innovation Associate Consultant in Discovery, you will apply your pharma R&D domain knowledge, consulting skills, and research technology experience to help clients improve and streamline drug discovery workflows at leading biotech and biopharma organizations. 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:
- Lead structured discovery interviews and workshops with scientists, business stakeholders, and IT teams to understand current challenges, workflows, and technology needs.
- Own current- and future-state workflow documentation, including process maps, requirements documentation, and structured outputs that inform solution design.
- Translate scientific and business needs into actionable requirements, structured problem statements, and roadmap inputs.
- Apply hands-on experience with research technology systems and advanced analytics to improve and streamline drug discovery processes.
- Support clients across R&D workflows, with a focus on research technology platforms, data enablement, and scientific process improvement.
- Develop strategy-level outputs independently, including findings, recommendations, workflow assessments, and roadmap materials.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including scientists, business partners, IT stakeholders, data scientists, and project managers, to integrate research technology and analytics into broader project objectives.
- Support client readouts with evidence-based presentations and clearly communicate analysis findings, recommendations, and next steps.
- Lead modules and workstreams within projects while contributing to hands-on implementation and solution development.
- Contribute to the assessment of emerging datasets, technologies, and platforms that impact drug discovery.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in research technology, analytics, or a relevant discovery domain to drive innovation, mentor colleagues, and share knowledge across teams.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree strongly preferred, ideally in Life Sciences, Business Administration, Health Informatics, Business Analytics, Computer Science, MIS, or a related field; PhD in a pharma-relevant domain is a plus.
- At least 2.5 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in consulting, CRO, pharma, biotech, or research technology environments in lieu of PhD.
- Demonstrated pharma domain knowledge, including familiarity with R&D workflows and drug discovery processes.
- Experience with large molecule or antibody discovery and in vitro and in vivo preclinical development is strongly preferred. Familiarity with more novel hybrid modalities is a plus.
- Experience gathering, documenting, and translating business, scientific, and technical requirements using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Visio.
- Experience developing process maps and current- and future-state workflows.
- Ability to translate scientific needs into structured problem statements, actionable requirements, and roadmap inputs.
- Strong cross-functional stakeholder engagement experience, including collaboration with scientific teams, business partners, and senior IT stakeholders.
- Data analysis fundamentals, including experience with tools such as SQL, Excel, and/or SAS.
- Familiarity with research and enterprise platforms such as ERP, LIMS, or ELN systems.
- Light project management experience, including the ability to manage workstreams, track deliverables, and coordinate across stakeholders.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, agile product development, and/or project management techniques is preferred.
- Evidence of a strong commitment to quality and client satisfaction.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and team leadership skills, with an eagerness for feedback and continuous improvement.
- 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 R&D Domain Specialist – Research Technology & Innovation Associate Consultant in Discovery, you will apply your pharma R&D domain knowledge, consulting skills, and research technology experience to help clients improve and streamline drug discovery workflows at leading biotech and biopharma organizations. 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:
- Lead structured discovery interviews and workshops with scientists, business stakeholders, and IT teams to understand current challenges, workflows, and technology needs.
- Own current- and future-state workflow documentation, including process maps, requirements documentation, and structured outputs that inform solution design.
- Translate scientific and business needs into actionable requirements, structured problem statements, and roadmap inputs.
- Apply hands-on experience with research technology systems and advanced analytics to improve and streamline drug discovery processes.
- Support clients across R&D workflows, with a focus on research technology platforms, data enablement, and scientific process improvement.
- Develop strategy-level outputs independently, including findings, recommendations, workflow assessments, and roadmap materials.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including scientists, business partners, IT stakeholders, data scientists, and project managers, to integrate research technology and analytics into broader project objectives.
- Support client readouts with evidence-based presentations and clearly communicate analysis findings, recommendations, and next steps.
- Lead modules and workstreams within projects while contributing to hands-on implementation and solution development.
- Contribute to the assessment of emerging datasets, technologies, and platforms that impact drug discovery.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in research technology, analytics, or a relevant discovery domain to drive innovation, mentor colleagues, and share knowledge across teams.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree strongly preferred, ideally in Life Sciences, Business Administration, Health Informatics, Business Analytics, Computer Science, MIS, or a related field; PhD in a pharma-relevant domain is a plus.
- At least 2.5 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in consulting, CRO, pharma, biotech, or research technology environments in lieu of PhD.
- Demonstrated pharma domain knowledge, including familiarity with R&D workflows and drug discovery processes.
- Experience with large molecule or antibody discovery and in vitro and in vivo preclinical development is strongly preferred. Familiarity with more novel hybrid modalities is a plus.
- Experience gathering, documenting, and translating business, scientific, and technical requirements using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Visio.
- Experience developing process maps and current- and future-state workflows.
- Ability to translate scientific needs into structured problem statements, actionable requirements, and roadmap inputs.
- Strong cross-functional stakeholder engagement experience, including collaboration with scientific teams, business partners, and senior IT stakeholders.
- Data analysis fundamentals, including experience with tools such as SQL, Excel, and/or SAS.
- Familiarity with research and enterprise platforms such as ERP, LIMS, or ELN systems.
- Light project management experience, including the ability to manage workstreams, track deliverables, and coordinate across stakeholders.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, agile product development, and/or project management techniques is preferred.
- Evidence of a strong commitment to quality and client satisfaction.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and team leadership skills, with an eagerness for feedback and continuous improvement.
- 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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in R D Technology
Document your research credentials before applying
Gather published papers, patents, project portfolios, and degree transcripts before outreach. PERM audits frequently request evidence of your stated qualifications, and R&D roles often require specific technical documentation that takes weeks to compile.
Verify the prevailing wage for your specialization
R&D technology spans wage levels that vary significantly by SOC code and geography. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm your offered salary meets DOL Level I through Level IV thresholds before signing an offer, since underpayment can derail PERM certification.
Target employers with dedicated R&D cost centers
Companies with standalone R&D divisions budget separately for labor certification and I-140 filing fees. Federal contractors, national labs, and large technology firms with dedicated research units are structured to run multi-year PERM sponsorship timelines without disruption.
Use Migrate Mate to find R&D employers sponsoring green cards
Search Migrate Mate to filter R&D technology roles by employers with active PERM sponsorship history. It surfaces jobs where green card sponsorship is already part of the hiring process, saving you from targeting companies that only offer H-1B visa or temporary authorization.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility with your offer
R&D roles requiring a master's degree or demonstrated advanced expertise typically qualify under EB-2, while bachelor's-level engineering and research positions fall under EB-3. Ask the hiring manager which classification they intend to file before accepting an offer, since it affects your priority date category.
Negotiate PERM timeline expectations during the offer stage
DOL PERM processing currently runs six to twelve months before your employer reaches the I-140 stage. Confirm your employer has legal counsel and a clear sponsorship timeline in writing so delays in recruitment advertising or audit responses don't stall your green card process mid-employment.
Green Card R D Technology: Frequently Asked Questions
Do R&D technology roles typically qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most R&D technology positions qualify for both, depending on how the employer defines minimum requirements. Roles requiring a master's degree or an advanced degree plus specialized expertise typically fall under EB-2. Positions requiring a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field generally qualify under EB-3 skilled worker. Your employer's PERM labor certification must state the actual minimum requirement for the role, not the preferred qualification.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for R&D technology jobs?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 is a permanent residency pathway, while the H-1B is a temporary nonimmigrant status capped at six years without extensions. PERM has no annual visa lottery, so EB-3 candidates from most countries aren't subject to the wait times that affect H-1B lottery outcomes. The tradeoff is time: the full PERM-to-green-card process typically takes two to four years or longer, and you're tied to the sponsoring employer until your I-485 is approvable.
Can I switch R&D employers after my green card process has started?
You can change employers after your I-140 is approved and your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, provided the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification under AC21 portability rules. R&D technology roles across adjacent specializations, such as moving from applied research to product engineering, often qualify as substantially similar. USCIS evaluates the SOC code and job duties, so keeping documentation of functional overlap strengthens your position.
How do I find R&D technology employers who are willing to sponsor a green card?
Many R&D employers sponsor green cards but don't advertise it explicitly. Migrate Mate lets you search R&D technology roles filtered by employers with verified PERM sponsorship history, so you're targeting companies that have already run the process rather than those new to it. Federal contractors and firms with dedicated research divisions are especially likely to have established sponsorship infrastructure and in-house or retained immigration counsel.
What role does O*NET play in my EB-2 or EB-3 green card application for an R&D position?
DOL uses O*NET occupation profiles to assess whether the stated job requirements for a PERM-certified role are consistent with industry norms. If your employer lists a master's degree as a minimum requirement but O*NET shows the occupation typically requires a bachelor's, DOL may flag the requirement as unlawfully tailored to exclude U.S. workers. R&D technology job descriptions need to align with the O*NET profile for the relevant SOC code, or the employer must justify why the elevated requirement is a legitimate business necessity.