Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant - Market Access

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.

Shape how life‑changing therapies reach patients by helping pharmaceutical companies navigate the payer and market access landscape with sharper intelligence.

ZS's B2B Access Value Realization group partners with leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies to solve their most pressing market access and reimbursement challenges. Our work spans payer strategy, pricing architecture, access program design, and reimbursement research grounded in direct, rigorous primary research with the payers, PBMs, and providers who make coverage and formulary decisions every day.

As a Consultant, you'll lead client engagements and relationships, guide research strategy, shape the analytical approach, and develop the next generation of access consultants s is a role for someone who has done the work and is ready to drive it.

• Translate complex payer and provider intelligence into access landscape assessments, coverage barrier analyses, and reimbursement risk frameworks that guide pre‑launch and in‑market strategy
• Lead pricing and contracting strategy projects, synthesizing WAC/net pricing benchmarks, formulary positioning data, and competitive access dynamics into actionable recommendations
• Oversee quantitative analyses using claims data, formulary databases, and pricing benchmarks, ensuring analytical rigor and strategic coherence across work streams.
• Structure and deliver executive‑level presentations to senior client stakeholders, including VP and C‑suite market access and commercial leaders
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Associates and Associate Consultants — setting the standard for research quality, client presence, and professional growth
• Contribute to ZS's Value & Access thought leadership, proposal development, and capability building as a recognized expert in the payer and reimbursement space
• Gain immediate familiarity with client’s internal processes.
• Develop expertise within a client analytics area.
• Be available for clients during regular working hours.

• MBA with bachelor's (and often graduate) degrees with a strong academic record in business, economics, marketing, psychology, physical or life sciences, engineering, applied math, statistics, or related fields. 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.
• Up to 3 years of post‑MBA relevant work experience, and 3‑5 years of pre‑MBA work experience.
• 6+ years of market access, payer strategy, or reimbursement consulting experience in or serving the pharmaceutical industry with a track record of leading engagements, not just contributing to them
• Demonstrated expertise conducting qualitative primary research with U.S. payers, PBMs, and providers; including experience designing research programs and moderating senior‑level interviews…