Decision Analytics Consultant - Health Plan

Overview

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. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client-first mentality to each 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.

ZS insights & Analytics group partners with clients to design and deliver solutions to 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.

ZS Health Plan and Provider (HPP) team is a growth venture focused on offerings and client segments that support the ZS mission — helping improve life and how we live it. HPP operates like a mission-oriented start-up backed by a large global firm. The team is growing quickly and seeks passionate members who care about impact and core values. We pride ourselves on client value creation, collaboration, and human-centric service.

Through vision, strategy, and investments, we seek to disrupt the traditional healthcare consulting market and elevate our society. This venture is demanding — we work hard, play hard, and bring our complete selves to work.

The Decision Analytics Consultant - Health Plans in Insights & Analytics will...

What You’ll Do
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• Identify the problem statement and break it down into smaller components (e.g., issue/logic tree).
• Own multiple project work streams (data/content synthesis, insights/findings) and identify connections and inter-dependencies between them.
• Develop project deliverables with a clear storyline and integrated framework, including insights, findings, strategic implications and recommendations.
• Build relationships with day-to-day client contacts.
• Work effectively in teams — communicate, participate, collaborate, motivate, and delegate.
• Leverage quantitative skills to derive answers to Health Plan clients’ ongoing business analytics and reporting questions.
• Collaborate with Health Plan clients to ascertain the client’s specific business information needs.
• Execute a plan to analyze the data necessary to secure solutions to clients’ business information needs.
• Discuss and determine with clients which specific data may be best utilized for analysis.
• Evaluate, assess and analyze the data needed to provide solutions to the client’s information needs.
• Communicate data results to the client with emphasis on answering the business question, not just the analytical process.
• Gain familiarity with client internal processes and develop expertise within a client analytics area.

What You’ll Bring
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• MBA with a bachelor’s (and often graduate) degree in a quantitative/analytical field (e.g., Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Management Science, Data Science, Statistics, Econometrics, Engineering). Alternatively, a PhD in marketing, economics, decision sciences or related field with business applications. In lieu of an MBA/PhD, 5–8 years of relevant work experience may substitute.
• Up to 3 years of post-MBA Health Plan experience and 3–5 years of pre-MBA relevant experience, with evidence of strong analytic work using techniques and tools such as R, Python, SAS or Tableau.
• Experience with healthcare business processes/analytics strongly preferred.
• 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 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, and a client-first mentality.
• Intense work ethic…