Senior Technical Writer

Job description 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 an d passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS. 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 and make 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. Senior Technical Writer – Associate Consultant Role Information Security Technical writer team seeks an experienced Senior Technical Writer to drive, create and update IT related documentation. This may include developing new policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to comply with industry standards and frameworks, contractual obligations, or local law, updating and maintaining existing procedures, liaising with appropriate personnel to ensure that compliance workflow management systems are configured in accordance with documented procedures, managing the policy lifecycle end to end. This position will work closely with subject matter experts such as software development teams, Enterprise IT, HR, and Legal team leads and stakeholders. What you'll do Connect with subject matter experts and proactively manage your own learning to become familiar with our technology offerings, internal controls landscape, and internal compliance processes. Work with compliance and audit team members and other subject matter experts and functional leads to implement timely and effective edits until documentation is ready for publication on time. Suggest improvements to documentation and processes whenever possible, eventually demonstrating ownership of the technical writing function. Adhere to design template and company style guide while organizing and writing documentation. Assist with development and maintenance of applicable training and educational material (e.g., byte sized informational modules to educate end users on appropriate use of documented policies) Develop and propose documentation plans and outlines for new procedures, user/training guides and supporting materials; estimating project length and keeping everyone involved on time. Enhance and maintain existing documentation to deadline. Proactively manage the policy lifecycle (development, periodic review and approval, version control, publishing of approved policies and procedures to the company intranet). Work with appropriate personnel to make sure that ZS’s compliance workflow management systems are always in sync (configured) with newly documented or updated policies. Perform additional duties as required from time to time. What you'll bring BS/BA in English, Journalism, Communications, Technical Writing, Computer Science, or other relevant field of study required. 3.5 - 5 years’ technical writing experience, preferably documenting IT policies and procedures. Experience with Visio or other process flow visualization tool, Snagit tool required. Superior writing, editing, and communication skills required. Excellent command over the English language (especially grammar and sentence composition skills) required. Strong experience using Microsoft S