Principal Architect (ISG)

1. Job Title : Principal Architect (ISG) 2. Job Summary : Cognizant Industry Solutions Group is seeking a senior TPM RGM Practice SME for the Consumer Goods practice. This individual will serve as Cognizant primary domain authority for Trade Promotion Management and Revenue Growth Management driving pre sales solutioning building platform alliances representing Cognizant at industry forums and providing functional advisory support on client engagements. 3. Experience : 12 - 14 years 4. Required Skills : Technical Skills: Salesforce Consumer Good cloud Pricing & Promotions Pricing strategies Retail - Trade Management Domain Skills: 5. Nice to have skills : Domain Skills:Pricing optimization 6. Technology : Custom Service 7. Shift : Day 8. Responsibilities : Domain and Solutioning Leadership Serve as the TPM RGM domain authority across Cognizant Consumer Goods practice designing end to end solution architectures covering trade planning fund management promotion execution deduction management and RGM analytics Lead client solution design workshops and discovery sessions driving alignment between business objectives volume margin trade ROI and platform capabilities Pre-Sales and Bid Support Lead RFP RFI responses as the primary TPM RGM domain voice authoring solution narratives effort models and PoC demonstrations for Salesforce CG Cloud and XTEL engagements Collaborate with Sales and Delivery teams on pursuit strategy and competitive positioning build and maintain reusable solution accelerators proposal templates and reference architectures Thought Leadership and Practice Development Publish whitepapers point of view papers and industry blogs on TPM RGM trends platform innovations and CPG commercial technology represent Cognizant at conferences and speaking engagements Build and contribute to Cognizant TPM RGM CoE defining best practices developing delivery playbooks and reusable assets and mentoring junior consultants within the Consumer Goods practice Alliance and Partnership Management Serve as Cognizant primary relationship manager with key TPM RGM platform partners Salesforce CG Cloud XTEL and relevant ISVs nurturing joint GTM engagement co-sell pipeline and aligned solution roadmaps Track partner roadmaps and identify partnership opportunities with CPG ecosystem players o9 Anaplan BluePlanner to extend Cognizant TPM RGM service portfolio develop joint collateral and partner sales plays Industry Forum Participation and External Engagement Represent Cognizant at CPG technology conferences and industry forums Salesforce Consumer Goods Summit CGT events XTEL user groups deliver presentations and panel discussions on trade transformation and AI driven RGM Engage analyst communities Gartner Forrester IDC to position Cognizant capabilities build an external professional network across CPG trade marketing and technology communities to generate leads and surface new service opportunities Techno-Functional Lead Customer Project Support Serve as senior functional advisor on select engagements providing domain expertise during blueprint fit gap and go live phases without owning day today workstream delivery. Act as the functional escalation point for delivery teams resolving complex design decisions and conducting periodic quality reviews of solution documents and test plans. 9. Job Location : Primary Location :INTNCHNA10(ITIND MEPZ (TBM) SDB 1 -4 SEZ) Alternate Location :NA NA Alternate Location 1 :NA NA 10. Job Type : Principal Architect (ISG) [40SG00] 11. Demand Requires Travel? : No 12. Certifications Required : Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud TPM (first preference) and XTEL TPM/RGM