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ZS

Engineering Lead

Hybrid

Princeton, United states

Senior

Freelance

16-11-2025

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Skills

Communication Leadership Go Product Management Agile methodologies Relationship Building Presentation Skills Coaching Effective Communication Architecture Organization Project Management Agile SDLC Analytics

Job Specifications

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.

Engineering Lead

ZS's Technology Advisory Group ensures our future information, technology and architectural landscape is built to plan and evolve as our business grows, striving to balance future-proofing our end-to-end technology stack while accelerating the speed of innovation and streamlining the delivery of business capability. This role will be responsible for supporting the growth and development of our Technology Advisory Practice within the ZS Technology Services business.

The successful candidate will work closely with ZS practice leadership and be responsible for evolving our practice, enriching our practice assets and collaterals, building, and managing client relationships, and providing thought leadership in the Technology and Architecture Area.

What You’ll Do

Co-lead the growth and development of the tech advisory and digital architecture practice within the ZS’ Technology Services Group.
Support practice senior leadership in thought ware development, pipeline growth, relationship building, talent management and practice growth activities.
Demonstrate leadership in Technology Consulting by bringing all aspects of Tech-enabled Transformations to clients in a consulting business model.
Collaborate with our clients and client service teams to understand client problems, identify opportunities, and drive go-to-market strategy in co-selling the practice area solutions and service offerings.
Collaborate with our business and domain partners to map processes to architecture blueprint and technology capabilities.
Provide solid technical acumen with an architectural bent to solving business problems and client challenges.
Provide the big picture as well as the 5K views of the technology landscape at the enterprise level.
Co-architect and co-author whitepaper and point-of-views with practice leaders.
Quickly assimilate new knowledge with deep Digital, Tech, and business acumen.
Co-design and evolve practice services and offerings by bringing competitive insights, market lens, our large account needs etc.
Represent practice at firm level and firm at executive level through effective communication and presentation skills.
Build and manage client relationships, both existing and new, by actively assessing and bringing relevant solutions and offerings to the clients.
Drive new business opportunities by identifying and pursuing new leads, creating proposals, facilitate client discussions and presentations to drive new business and client relationships.
Monitor the progress of the active leads, ensure key stakeholders are informed about progress and expected outcomes, and manage risks (if any).
Lead and motivate teams with diverse skills and backgrounds, provide constructive on-the-job feedback/coaching to team members, and foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.
Play an active role in counseling and mentoring junior consultants within the organization.
Travel: Willingness to travel to meet client needs.

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in STEM and/or masters in niche technology streams (data, AI, computer applications, digital) etc.
8 to 10 years of experience in Technology and/or Architectural consulting
Formative experiences in architecture, software engineering, data, and analytics.
Pharmaceutical, Biotech or similarly regulated environment experience desirable.
Must have hands-on experience in leading, managing, or overseeing core development project(s) and engineering teams.
Must have solid PMO experience in managing all aspects of a project SDLC (i.e., knowledge of agile methodologies, product management and experience working in agile environments and with project management tools and practices).
Must have developed conceptual and enterprise architectures for large scale transformations or scratch build outs.
Must have managed and overseen large transformation programs with heavy tech enablement aspects.
Have a deep understanding of how various components (such as data, AI, analytics, products, app stack, operating model etc.) fit into developing technology strategy for large enterprise transformations.
Have a fair understanding of platform and infrastructure roles such as

About the Company

ZS is a management consulting and technology firm that partners with companies to improve 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. Founded in 1983, ZS has more than 13,000 employees in over 35 offices worldwide. To learn more, visit www.zs.com/ At ZS, our mission is to inspire each other to bring our unique perspective and experience to work each day. When you join our firm, you have access to a wealth of co... Know more