Digital Strategy & Advisory Practice Lead

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare and beyond, our most valuable asset is our people.

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 products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business including portfolio strategy, customer insights, research and development, operational and technology transformation, marketing strategy and many more.

Bring your curiosity for learning; bold ideas; courage and passion to drive life changing, impact to ZS.

Our most valuable asset is our people.

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 part of your success here. Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces, obtaining the resources they need to thrive, and sharing the messages they are passionate about.

ZS’s Digital and Technology group is poised for significant growth over the next decade and currently projected as the highest growth vector within the firm.

This group will have the support of the executive leadership team in the form of investments, autonomy, and mindshare to ensure it is successful.

The group will invest in a new set of offerings, driving end to end Digital Transformation that integrate a combination of services, including digital strategy, Human-centered design, exploiting emerging technologies, and purposeful change management.

Given ZS’ existing footprint at almost all major life sciences companies, the demand for these service offerings is already prevalent and ready for the right leaders to pursue and capitalize upon.

Our teams work with the most market-leading technologies and techniques to create digital products, enterprise solutions, and differentiated business advantage.

Our team provides a complete spectrum of technology solutions, from strategy and roadmap definition to full-scale implementation and ongoing operations and our principals and associate principals will lead the orchestration and delivery of this impact.

In addition, our leaders work with teams in a global capacity with tight partnerships across geographies to bring efficient scale and resilient support.

Practice Lead, Digital Strategy & Advisory

The Digital Strategy and Advisory Practice Lead (Principal) role at ZS is a critical role in driving our Technology Vector growth strategy.

This role will require driving digital strategy and advisory services. The primary focus for this role will be on clients' leaders such as the CIO, CTO, & CDO of our client organization and their respective teams.

The role has a dual focus :

a) increasing the mind-share quotient of ZS Technology expertise with senior leadership across our existing clients, new clients, and prospects and

b) building teams with knowledge assets, solutions, services that deliver advisory services to clients.

The client base will initially start with healthcare clients but can expand to be a cross-industry role to the extent viable.

Success criteria for this role include but is not limited to, expanding ZS’ access to our client’s leadership responsible for setting strategic direction and agenda for their organization;

getting ZS invited to participate in the transformation programs aligned with ZS’ strategy; build a strong performing team that drives impact for our clients through objective, value-creating and value sustaining advisory services.

What You Will Do :

Client-BuildingLead advisory efforts working closely with our client business development and delivery engagements in the Life Sciences Industry,Consistently deliver high impact and high value client services.

Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.Lead with current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.

Team / Practice-BuildingEffectively lead and motivate teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.Provide constructive on-the-job feedback / coaching to team members.

Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.Play an active role in counseling and mentoring junior consultants within the organization.

Whatr You Will Bring :

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business or Life Sciences.
• MBA or Advanced Degree is highly desirable.
• 15+ years’ experience in life science industry management consulting.
• 7+ years’ experience in a leadership role within a professional service firm.
• Demonstrate deep healthcare and life sciences industry sector knowledge with a functional expertise across operations.
• Demonstrated experience in driving agenda setting services at the "C" level of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies.

C-Suite executive-level presence and communication.Prior experience in technology led transformation programs.

• Strong credentials and demonstrated success in IT strategy and Enterprise Architecture.
• Prior experience in Cloud data strategy and AI infusion.
• A forward thinker and self-starter that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge.
• Ability to lead a virtual team of consulting professionals across multiple projects.
• A high level of motivation and self-starting attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new knowledge.
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs.

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Perks & Benefits :

ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development.

Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.

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.