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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Real World Data Strategy - Associate Consultant - **Company:** ZS - **Location:** Greater London, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Business Analytics Applications, Health Informatics, Clinical Data Repository, Hospital Information Systems, Data Governance, R (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Power BI, Standard Sql, Tableau (Software), Electronic Medical Records, Data Strategy, Data Analytics - **Published:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2845700427-real-world-data-strategy-associate-consultant ## About the Role * Bachelor's, Master's, PharmD, PhD or equivalent degree in Life Sciences, Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Economics, Biostatistics, Data Science, or a related field. * 2-5 years of experience in consulting, life sciences, healthcare analytics, healthcare data providers, or evidence generation organizations. * Strong understanding of healthcare data ecosystems and pharmaceutical decision-making. * Experience working with Real-World Data (RWD) and/or Real-World Evidence (RWE). * Hands-on experience with RWE studies or evidence generation programs. * Experience with claims data, EMR/EHR data, registries, hospital data, specialty datasets, or linked patient-level datasets. * Understanding of evidence generation, epidemiology, HEOR, market access, clinical development, or medical affairs. * Familiarity with healthcare data vendors such as Optum, Flatiron, TriNetX, Clarivate, or similar data providers. * Experience evaluating data sources for patient identification, feasibility, clinical trial design, market access, or commercial strategy initiatives. * Working knowledge of SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Power BI or similar analytical tools. * Ability to structure and solve ambiguous business problems using data-driven approaches. * Strong client communication and stakeholder management skills. * Experience developing presentations and communicating insights to both technical and non-technical audiences., * Ability to translate unstructured problems into actionable processes and approaches. * Can think strategically, support definition and management of data standards and protocols; * Self-starter, with high motivation, maturity and personal initiative; * Strong oral and written communication skills; * Fluency in English, other European languages would be a plus; * Able to empathize with client frustrations and problem-solve effective solutions; * Self-discipline for planning and organizing tasks, and delivering in an unstructured environment; * Ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities. ## Description As an Associate Consultant, you will work alongside industry experts and client stakeholders to solve complex data and evidence challenges across the life sciences ecosystem., * Support the development and delivery of data strategy engagements for global pharmaceutical and biotech clients. * Help clients define and optimize data operating models, governance frameworks, data partnerships, and data acquisition strategies. * Lead analyses of healthcare datasets including claims, electronic medical records (EMR/EHR), registries, clinical datasets, patient-level data, and other real-world data assets. * Assess the suitability of data sources for RWE studies, market access initiatives, commercial strategy, clinical development, and medical affairs use cases. * Conduct data landscaping, feasibility assessments, and data partner evaluations across global healthcare markets. * Translate complex healthcare data challenges into actionable recommendations for client stakeholders. * Support the design of RWD and RWE strategies that inform clinical development, regulatory decisions, market access planning, and commercialization efforts. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams including epidemiologists, data scientists, biostatisticians, technologists, and strategy consultants. * Contribute to proposal development, thought leadership, and the creation of scalable data strategy frameworks and assets. ## Related Videos - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Hacking Your Vacation: Using Data for Fun](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/585-hacking-your-vacation-using-data-for-fun) - [Data Driven HR in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1489-data-driven-hr-in-europe) - [Beyond Gut Feelings: The Rise of Data-Driven HR](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1326-beyond-gut-feelings-the-rise-of-data-driven-hr) - [Data Governance in the Era of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1622-data-governance-in-the-era-of-ai) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in Switzerland](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/276-data-analyst-salary-in-switzerland) - [Data Analyst Salary Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/277-data-analyst-salary-germany) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)