Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant R&D

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.

Join our growing Business Technology Solutions (BTS) team at the intersection of life sciences, technology, and innovation. We partner with leading pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations to deliver AI‑enabled solutions that transform R&D functions, including clinical development, drug safety, regulatory operations, and quality management.

We're seeking Associate Consultants who are passionate about solving complex business challenges through technology. In this role, you'll work across AI/ML, generative AI, cloud platforms, data engineering, and advanced analytics to design and implement impactful solutions. This is a highly collaborative, client‑facing opportunity that combines strategic problem‑solving, technology solution design, and hands‑on delivery in a fast‑paced consulting environment.

• Design, build, and deploy production‑grade AI/ML solutions to solve complex R&D and life‑sciences problems
• Develop and maintain end‑to‑end AI pipelines, including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
• Implement generative AI and agentic AI solutions, including orchestration frameworks, prompt engineering, and model integration into enterprise workflows
• Collaborate with data engineering and cloud teams to operationalize AI models at scale
• Apply software engineering best practices (versioning, testing, CI/CD) to AI systems
• Monitor model performance, data drift, and reliability; iterate based on real‑world usage and feedback
• Contribute directly to the implementation of AI/ML solutions, including data preparation, model development, and deployment support
• Develop Python‑based analytics and AI components under the guidance of senior technical leads
• Support testing, validation, and performance evaluation of AI models in real‑world scenarios
• Collaborate with ZS internal teams and client teams to shape and implement high quality technology solutions that address critical business challenges
• Develop a deep understanding of the business challenges and effectively translate them into technical designs
• Lead modules and work streams within projects while actively participating in hands on implementation
• Work with technical architects to validate the technical design and implementation approach
• Apply appropriate development methodologies and best practices to ensure exceptional client and project team experience
• Support the project lead in project delivery, including project planning, people management, staffing, and risk mitigation
• Manage a diverse team with various skill sets while providing mentorship and coaching to junior members
• Lead task planning and distribution among team members for timely completion of projects with high‑quality results
• Lead the project deliverables such as business case development, solution vision and design, user requirements, prototypes, technical architecture, test cases, deployment plans and operations strategy

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