Strategy Insights

4 weeks ago

Shanghai, Shanghai, China ZS Full time
Unlock Your Potential at ZS

ZS is a global consulting firm 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.

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 more. Bring your curiosity for learning, bold ideas, courage, and passion to drive life-changing impact at 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.

Job Summary

The Strategy Insights & Planning Associate is an entry-level position at ZS's consulting track and is responsible for delivering high-quality solutions for our clients. This role leverages analytic, synthesis, and communication skills to derive insights and solve business problems, while continuing to develop expertise and achieve career advancement and personal growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • Leverage problem-solving skills and frameworks to develop solutions to client business problems;
  • Conduct market research and/or desk research to derive insights and inform 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;
  • Collaborate with client and ZS teams to implement solutions;
  • Take immediate responsibility for project deliverables;
  • Drive problem-solving and advance ZS's capabilities in sales, marketing, strategy, and transformation;
  • Learn from your projects and project teams on both hard and soft skills to support your own career and personal development.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in any discipline; strong academic performance with analytic and quantitative coursework is required (business, economics, marketing, psychology, physical or life sciences, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, or relevant fields);
  • Up to 3 years of relevant post-collegiate job experience (if have), preferably gathering and analyzing qualitative or quantitative data;
  • ZS is a global consulting firm; high fluency in English communication (both verbal and written) is a must;
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite;
  • Proficiency in coding and big data analytics is highly preferred, while not a requirement;
  • High motivation, good work ethic, maturity, and personal initiative;
  • Effective oral and written communication skills;
  • Empathy, adaptability, and emotional intelligence;
  • Strong attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset;
  • Self-discipline for planning and organizing tasks;
  • Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, working in teams.
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 empower 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.

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