Lead client engagements to make strategic choices and transform organizations. Build senior client relationships, structure PowerPoint deliverables with supporting analysis, manage project execution, mentor junior staff, drive business development, and provide thought leadership and innovation across projects and practices.
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.
Advisory Manager
Salary: $226,500 per year
Location: Evanston, IL and various, unanticipated locations throughout the United States.
Benefits: Comp package offers min/max salary + COLA, leave policies, bonus incentives, relo, med/den/life ins, retirement benefits.
Job Role and Responsibilities: Help clients make strategic choices about their business and/or transform their organization. Lead discussions with client senior management on both client-specific matters and issues affecting the broader healthcare landscape. Communicate interrelated business issues with senior executives and align stakeholders across functions. Address situations without clear problem statements to find new solutions and/or disruptive innovation. Build and nurture senior level client relationships. Structure and develop client deliverables in PowerPoint, including "telling the story" with supporting analysis in a clear and effective manner. Drive project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project data, coordinating team meetings, guiding, and teaching more junior team members. Provide thought leadership and innovation within projects, practices, and clients. Motivate, coach, and serve as a role model for project team members. Drive business and strategy development. May work in various, unanticipated locations throughout the United States.
Contact: Apply online or contact ZS at [email protected] referencing the Req ID above. Position eligible for Employee Referral Program (with incentives). Multiple openings.
Qualifications: Master's degree, or foreign degree equivalent, Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Applied Math, Statistics, or related field and 4 years of management consulting or business solution delivery experience. Alternatively, employer will accept a Bachelor's degree, or foreign degree equivalent, in Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Applied Math, Statistics, or related field and 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate management consulting or business solution delivery experience.
Position also requires the following experience: demonstrated business development experience; managing end-to-end projects; consulting experience; client-facing experience, including building and managing client relationships; leading/mentoring teams; understanding macro industry or functional trends; SQL; data-based story telling; and strong business and financial acumen.
How you'll grow:
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 on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.
Find Out More At:
www.zs.com
#LI-DNI
Salary: $226,500.00 -
Advisory Manager
Salary: $226,500 per year
Location: Evanston, IL and various, unanticipated locations throughout the United States.
Benefits: Comp package offers min/max salary + COLA, leave policies, bonus incentives, relo, med/den/life ins, retirement benefits.
Job Role and Responsibilities: Help clients make strategic choices about their business and/or transform their organization. Lead discussions with client senior management on both client-specific matters and issues affecting the broader healthcare landscape. Communicate interrelated business issues with senior executives and align stakeholders across functions. Address situations without clear problem statements to find new solutions and/or disruptive innovation. Build and nurture senior level client relationships. Structure and develop client deliverables in PowerPoint, including "telling the story" with supporting analysis in a clear and effective manner. Drive project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project data, coordinating team meetings, guiding, and teaching more junior team members. Provide thought leadership and innovation within projects, practices, and clients. Motivate, coach, and serve as a role model for project team members. Drive business and strategy development. May work in various, unanticipated locations throughout the United States.
Contact: Apply online or contact ZS at [email protected] referencing the Req ID above. Position eligible for Employee Referral Program (with incentives). Multiple openings.
Qualifications: Master's degree, or foreign degree equivalent, Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Applied Math, Statistics, or related field and 4 years of management consulting or business solution delivery experience. Alternatively, employer will accept a Bachelor's degree, or foreign degree equivalent, in Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Applied Math, Statistics, or related field and 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate management consulting or business solution delivery experience.
Position also requires the following experience: demonstrated business development experience; managing end-to-end projects; consulting experience; client-facing experience, including building and managing client relationships; leading/mentoring teams; understanding macro industry or functional trends; SQL; data-based story telling; and strong business and financial acumen.
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 on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.
Find Out More At:
www.zs.com
#LI-DNI
Salary: $226,500.00 -
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