Leading at Cognizant
This is a Leadership role at Cognizant. We believe how you lead is as important as what you deliver. Cognizant leaders at every level: Drive our business strategy and inspire teams around our future. Live the leadership behaviors, leading themselves, others and the business. Uphold our Values, role modeling them in every action and decision. Nurture our people and culture, creating a workplace where all can thrive.
At Cognizant, leadership transcends titles and is embodied in actions and behaviors. We empower our leaders at every level to drive business strategy, inspire teams, uphold our values, and foster an inclusive culture.
About the role
As a Principal - Enterprise AI Strategy & Transformation you will make an impact by setting the strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery or the AI-era operating model across the enterprise. You will serve as Cognizant’s senior Frontier authority, partnering directly with C-suite clients to co-design AI transformation strategies, govern frontier-model evaluation, adversarial-AI risk and responsible-AI practices, and shape the direction of a Frontier practice. You will also maintain the learning community, methodologies, and gold standards of the capability while serving as an external domain authority and intellectual anchor for the program.
In this role, you will:
Set the strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery or the AI-era operating model across the enterprise.
Co-design AI transformation strategies directly with C-suite client stakeholders and produce enterprise transformation blueprints.
Define evaluation frameworks for frontier-model deployment, including red-team protocols, safety benchmarks, and responsible-AI standards.
Govern adversarial-AI risk and AI safety policy, and lead incident-response strategy at the enterprise perimeter.
Own the direction of a Frontier practice and help structure outcome-based commercial models.
Maintain the Frontier learning community, methodologies, and gold standards while consistently demonstrating the Cognizant Way to Lead: Personal Leadership, Organizational Leadership, and Business Leadership.
What you need to have to be considered
20+ years of experience with demonstrated enterprise AI leadership and recognized authority in AI delivery or AI-era operations.
Deep expertise in AI transformation strategy, frontier-model evaluation, red-team governance, adversarial machine learning, and AI safety policy.
Proven ability to engage C-suite and board-level stakeholders and translate complex AI themes into enterprise transformation strategies and clear business outcomes.
Experience leading or shaping an advanced AI, frontier technology, delivery transformation, or AI-era operating model practice.
Strong capability in multi-agent coordination strategy, cross-business influence, standards-setting, and outcome-based commercial structuring.
Demonstrated track record of building Frontier talent, learning communities, methodologies, and reusable gold standards for enterprise-scale adoption.
External recognition as a thought leader or domain authority in AI delivery, responsible AI, AI safety, or AI-era operations.
Ability to earn and sustain the Frontier Principal designation through sustained Frontier leadership, external authority, and Principal panel readiness.
Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others, and Leading the Business.
Embodiment of Cognizant’s Values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing, and Own It.
These will help you succeed
Experience building, shipping, and permanently owning AI-native systems end to end within a small Frontier pod.
Ability to guide teams toward customer outcomes rather than technical throughput alone.
Strong understanding of enterprise governance, safety, and operating model implications of frontier AI deployment.
A strategic, externally credible leader who can influence across service lines, clients, practices, and senior leadership communities.
Work model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in India. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
关于高知特 (Cognizant)
高知特(Cognizant)（纳斯达克代码：CTSH）作为一家AI Builder和相关技术服务提供商，致力于通过打造全栈AI解决方案，帮助企业将人工智能投资转化为实际价值。公司凭借深厚的行业经验、流程优化和工程技术专长，将企业独特的业务场景融入科技系统，赋能组织释放人才潜能，推动切实成果，并帮助全球企业在瞬息万变的环境中保持领先。如需了解更多详情，敬请访问 cognizant.ai 或关注@cognizant。
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