Regulatory Technology Associate Consultant

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, our most valuable asset is our people. 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. 

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Strategy Insights and Planning Associate Consultant 

ZS’s Regulatory and Safety Vertical is a subdivision of ZS’s entrepreneurial Research and Development practice. We are a small team which, among other things, works with R&D Regulatory stakeholders at pharmaceutical companies to assist with strategy and implementation to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of submissions.  

We are looking for a new team member with R&D Regulatory domain knowledge and experience in applying it to data modeling, designing Regulatory technologies (e.g. Regulatory Intelligence) and implementing Regulatory standards (e.g. IDMP) and ontologies. This team member will work on client projects with other members of our team and other ZSers to implement work such as that mentioned above. While overall project direction will be provided based on client context, we expect the associate consultant to be sufficiently well-versed in the details of technical implementation to require minimum guidance on the technological “how-to” of the approach.  

What you’ll do 

• Contribute to client proposals with refinement of approach and estimation of work required 

• Understand solution context and contribute in technical requirement gathering and analysis 

• Design and implement technical features leveraging best practices for technology stack being used 

• Work with technical architects on the team to validate design and implementation approach 

• Explain technical concepts to non-technical clients and colleagues in layman’s language 

• Perform data modeling and develop ontologies 

• Write production-ready code that is easily testable, understood by other developers and accounts for edge cases and errors 

• Ensure highest quality of deliverables by following architecture/design guidelines, coding best practices, periodic design/code reviews 

• Write unit tests as well as higher level tests to handle expected edge cases and errors gracefully, as well as happy paths 

• Uses bug tracking, code review, version control and other tools to organize and deliver work 

• Participate in scrum calls and agile ceremonies, and effectively communicate work progress, issues and dependencies 

• Consistently contribute in researching & evaluating latest technologies through rapid learning, conducting proof-of-concepts and creating prototype solutions          

What you’ll bring 

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in R&D Regulatory technology 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher 

• Good understanding of semantic web concepts, ontologies and taxonomies  

• Knowledge of IDMP, eCTD, CDISC and other regulatory standards 

• Hands-on coding experience in semantic web technologies such as SPARQL, RDF, OWL 

• Working experience in at least one of the following graph databases - Stardog, Neo4J, AWS Neptune, Marklogic, Anzo 

• Experience in creating/updating graph schema, data parsing, mapping and loading data to graph schemas and reconciliation  

• Working experience in programming languages like Python, Java, Shell-scripting 

• Good understanding of RDBMS with hands-on experience in writing SQLs 

Additional Skills: 

• Working experience in agile team setups 

• Certification in semantic concepts from Open PHI, EDM council and/or associated technologies like Neo4J, TigerGraph, PoolParty 

• Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD 

• Willingness to travel to other global offices as needed to work with client or other internal project teams 

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.

Travel:

Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed.  Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.

Considering applying?

At ZS, we're building a diverse and inclusive company where people bring their passions to inspire life-changing impact and deliver better outcomes for all. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize the value that candidates with all backgrounds, including non-traditional ones, bring. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements listed above.

ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.

To Complete Your Application:

Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment.An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.

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