Job Description

Technology Consulting, Senior Manager Consulting – Ecosystems and Data Foundations

If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights and experiences.

You may have an opportunity to join Cognizant’s Technology Consulting team as a thought leader relating to Technology industry ecosystems and data foundations. This key role is accountable for helping our clients’ digital transformation journey. We are looking for consulting leaders who have strong technology focused consulting experience in vertical, functional, and technical domains. As an ecosystems expert, you will be working with other consulting leaders and client teams and accountable for understanding their processes, objectives and challenges and bringing together industry best practices to build new processes and a solution that enables Digital Business Transformation. As an ecosystems expert you understand the trends in tech industry and the need for strong data foundations to support them.

Responsibilities:

Provide thought leadership within the Digital Business and the tech vertical
Co create with the client innovation and strategy to address client challenges
Facilitate cross-project collaboration. Drive program level planning efforts, identifying and leading critical program level dependencies

Analyze and relentlessly focus on value delivery and encourage improved business outcomes to achieve program goals and metrics
Bring together multiple solution components
Understand, initiate and or facilitate scope / changes to SOW, supporting the individual Project/Program Manager(s) as required
Interact with Client and Internal Cognizant partners to resolve critical issues and communicate potential 'significant change', as identified
Ensure a strong understanding of the Client’s needs; use opportunities to understand and provide inputs / direction on their IT / Business roadmap to provide focus and visibility in to the CXO charters

Share consultative feedback with the Client Partner/ Engagement Director in terms of client's focus areas
Collaborate with other consulting leaders in defining new processes, data models and user experiences to support dynamically evolving business and IT systems landscapes

Professional Qualifications and Skills

Professional Services experience with 10+ years within technology consulting, digital services, management consulting, or within a SI firm
5-10 years’ in strategy, operations, process consulting, stakeholder management with recent digital transformations focus

MBA or Masters degree strongly preferred; Bachelors degree required
Broad program management experience and Agile methods
Knowledge of Business domains, Digital trends, digital ecosystem and skills for Tech Vertical or more industries
Strong knowledge of data foundations, typically customer, partners, product entities
Significant expertise in helping clients remodel products and offerings to support SaaS and self-service oriented subscription models as well as consumption-based billing
Significant experience leading sophisticated transformations or programs that span functions, departments, and enterprise
Proven leadership of teams and business priorities through building relationships, listening, consulting and influencing outcomes in both client delivery and in sales

Experience holding Trusted Advisor Roles
Effective Communication – emotional intelligence, empathy and strong social, communications, and engaging presentation skills
Structured Thinking and Presentation – comfort dealing with ambiguity and ability to provide structure and frame thinking logically and effectively
Articulate sophisticated business insights
Consultative, entrepreneurial, proactive, and productive; someone who instinctively knows what needs to be done and motivates colleagues towards accomplishments.

Location: United States; Remote

Open to Travel: Yes

You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

About Cognizant

Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant is a member of the S&P-500, Nasdaq-100, Fortune 200, and was recently ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing “All Star” by Fortune Magazine. Cognizant uses a highly flexible business model, a detailed global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of best-in-class companies that are leaders in their own space.

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to quality instilled in them through participation in military service.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider, and we are committed to creating a diverse environment. Cognizant considers all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, and marital status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law.

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This job was posted on Sun Jul 18 2021 and expired on Sat Jul 24 2021.

Minimum $33K /yr

$46K /yr Average

Maximum $120K /yr

Tasks

Review financial statements, sales or activity reports, or other performance data to measure productivity or goal achievement or to identify areas needing cost reduction or program improvement.

Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.

Direct administrative activities directly related to making products or providing services.

Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.

Monitor suppliers to ensure that they efficiently and effectively provide needed goods or services within budgetary limits.

Direct or coordinate financial or budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, or increase efficiency.

Establish or implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, or procedures in conjunction with board members, organization officials, or staff members.

Perform personnel functions such as selection, training, or evaluation.

Plan or direct activities such as sales promotions that require coordination with other department managers.

Set prices or credit terms for goods or services based on forecasts of customer demand.

Manage the movement of goods into and out of production facilities to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, or sustainability of operations.

Perform sales floor work, such as greeting or assisting customers, stocking shelves, or taking inventory.

Develop or implement product-marketing strategies, including advertising campaigns or sales promotions.

Recommend locations for new facilities or oversee the remodeling or renovating of current facilities.

Implement or oversee environmental management or sustainability programs addressing issues such as recycling, conservation, or waste management.

Direct non-merchandising departments of businesses, such as advertising or purchasing.

Plan store layouts or design displays.

Skills

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Management of Financial Resources - Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Management of Material Resources - Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Knowledge

Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.