Associate Scientific Strategy Consultant

About Zifo:

Zifois a global scientific and technical consulting partner specializing in strategy, informatics, and innovation for clients in life sciences organizations, such as pharmaceutical R&D, biotechnology, andagritech. We help organizations accelerate discovery,optimize development pipelines, andleveragedata to achieve measurable impact.

The Associate Scientific Strategy Consultant sits within the North American consulting group wherein key accountabilities include driving project elucidation, stakeholdermanagementand defining & driving project success in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will lead medium-to-high complexity consulting engagements for multiple customers. This role blends scientific expertise, industry knowledge, and informatics/data skills with leadership and collaboration to deliver high-quality solutions.

You will work closely with senior consultants, client stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure project success, drive operational excellence, and contribute to business development.

• Engage as a leader to define and own project success,leveraging core consulting behaviours such as active listening, empathetic collaboration,strong senseof ownership and effective communication across multiple audiences
• Own accountability for business analysis deliverables including user requirements specifications (URS), functional requirements specifications, data & process maps, workflows, gap analyses, implementation roadmaps, evaluation methodologies, and questionnaires.
• Conduct vendor evaluations and define implementation strategies to enable effective decision‑making by pharma/biotech/agritechclients.
• Assess system landscapes and contribute to IT,informaticsand data landscape roadmaps.

• Manage one or more large projects/programs, including estimation, scheduling, risk management, and milestone tracking.
• Facilitate project meetings, communicate status updates, and elevate risks when necessary.
• Mentor associates across
  
  Zifo, guiding their project engagements and professional development.
• Track and monitor key project metrics to ensure the success of client engagements as well as adherence to operational components of project delivery.

• Serve as primary point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders, managing expectations on process, quality, schedule, and delivery - all with an overall view of what qualifies as successful engagement
• Build rapport with client managers and support and/or drive strategic customer meetings.
• Identify opportunities foradditionalvalue creation within client organizations and internal process improvements.

• Plan and track billable effort, manageutilizationand productivity of themselves and teams, and support budget forecasting.
• Manage escalations, identify & track risks to project execution, initiate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support internal training programs, andmentor team members in emerging areas.

• Assistin proposals related to emerging opportunities with clients and supporting RFP responses.
• Contribute to case studies, presentations, and white papers.
• Attend industry conferences for learning, networking, and representing
  
  Zifo.

• Demonstrate continuous learning in scientific domains, informatics systems and data strategies, change management and strategic consulting methodologies.
• Identify needs and drive efforts for internal development and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Mentor other analysts across business units within
  
  Zifo, fostering collaboration career development.

• Bachelor’s or Master’sdegree in a relevant scientific discipline such as biology, chemistry, chem/bioinformatics among others (Master'spreferred)
• 5-7 years of relevant industry experience in pharmaceutical R&D, biotechnology, oragritech.
• Experience leading informatics solution projects (e.g., ELN, LIMS implementations)
• Famil…