Decision Analytics Consultant - RWD

Role Description

Insights & Analytics 

ZS's Insights & Analytics group partners 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.    

 

What You’ll Do  

• Leverage quantitative skills to derive answers to clients' ongoing business analytics and reporting questions. 

• Work collaboratively with clients to ascertain the client’s specific business information needs. 

• Execute a specific plan for analyzing the data necessary to secure solutions to clients’ particular business information need(s). 

• Discuss and determine with clients which specific data may be best utilized in order to perform the necessary analysis. 

• Evaluate, assess and analyze the data necessary to provide solutions to the client’s particular business information needs. 

• Communicate the data results to the client, with an emphasis on answering the business question as opposed to the analytical and reporting processes used. 

• Gain immediate familiarity with client’s internal processes. 

• Develop expertise within a client analytics area. 

• Be available for clients during regular working hours. 

  

What You’ll Bring 

• MBA with a bachelor's (and often graduate) degree in a quantitative, analytical discipline, such as Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Management Science, Data Science, Statistics, Econometrics, or Engineering. Alternately, candidates may possess a PhD in marketing, economics, decision sciences or related field with a business application.
• In lieu of an MBA or PhD, 5-8 years of relevant work experience may substitute. 
• Commercial pharma analytics experience on sales and marketing.
• Pharma data experience including sales, activity, claims, etc.
• Consulting experience working with clients in delivering analytics projects.
• Analytics skills including experience with SQL, Python; data science skills preferred.
• Team Management experience is required.
• High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiative 
• Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, leading and managing teams. 
• Effective oral and written communication skills that enable personal impact with senior-level decision makers. 
• Strong attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset 
• Analytic problem-solving skills, with a creative and innovative outlook 
• Client service orientation 
• Fluency in English
• Client-first mentality
• Intense work ethic
• Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach