Associate Principal - Tech Advisory

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare and beyond, our most valuable asset is our people. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping solutions from start to finish. At ZS, we believe that making an impact demands a different approach; and that’s why here your ideas elevate actions, and here you’ll have the freedom to define your own path and pursue cutting-edge work. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business including portfolio strategy, customer insights, research and development, operational and technology transformation, marketing strategy and many more. If you dare to think differently, join us, and find a path where your passion can change lives. Our most valuable asset is our people. 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 andmake us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are part of your success here. Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces, obtaining the resources they need to thrive, and sharing the messages they are passionate about.

Associate Principal - Tech Advisory

The Associate Principal - Tech Advisory role at ZS is a critical one in driving our Technology Vector growth strategy. The primary focus for this role will be on clients' CxO leaders of our client organization and their respective teams. The role has a dual focus : (a) increasing the mind-share quotient of ZS Technology expertise with senior leadership across our existing clients, new clients, and prospects and (b) delivering Tech Advisory Services to clients. The client base will initially start with Pharma clients but can expand to be a cross-industry role to the extent viable.

The successful candidate will work closely with ZS leadership; grow the practice by expanding client and customer relationships and building trusted technology advisory relationships with executives at the company’s various accounts. We do anticipate that this seasoned technology leader will collaborate closely with other ZS Technology teams in shaping the delivery and execution of the Tech Advisory Services.

What you'll do :

• Lead advisory efforts working closely with our clients through Tech Advisory business development (proactive and reactive proposals) and deliver Tech Advisory engagements in the Life Sciences Industry;
• Bridge the gap from pure Strategy to Implementation, thus straddle working across both business leaders and IT leaders at the client;
• Demonstrate deep life sciences / healthcare industry sector knowledge with a functional expertise across operations;
• Provide architectural point of views & insights as part of a multidisciplinary consulting services for our clients;
• Design and present "best-in-class" Enterprise Architecture that enable business capability and objectives;
• Consistently deliver high impact and high value & innovative client services in the areas of IT Strategy, City Planning, Rationalization, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture;
• Work with business and IT stakeholders to conduct several activities like Enterprise IT analysis, gap assessment, maturity mapping, future-state architecture definitions, EA Governance operating model and more in digital, machine learning, data and analytics space;
• Improvise Solutions and Recommendations highly contextual to client eco-system;
• Harness and maintain the knowledge, assets, templates within the Tech Advisory Services practice;
• Collaborates extensively with other sub practice areas – EDM&A, DPS in Technology practice and with ESCOE for reusing assets / frameworks in Tech Advisory projects;
• Collaborate with Tech Advisory Services leadership to define and execute practice roadmap;
• Define and establish a technical strategy, standards, and guidelines in the application / data architecture domain;
• Stay current on latest EA / technology trends and architecture patterns, and lead the effort to develop ZS POV for strategic decision-making;
• Understand business side of IT and provide solutions & deliverables which are pragmatic, and business focused;
• Customize and apply Industry EA frameworks like TOGAF / Zachman / ArchiMate in a pragmatic way to address client needs.

What you'll bring :

Perks & Benefits : ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.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.