About Cognizant Consulting
Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?
About the role
As a Senior Consultant, Agile Delivery, you will make an impact by bridging business requirements and Agile delivery, translating business needs into actionable requirements while facilitating effective Scrum execution. You will be a valued member of the project delivery team and work collaboratively with business stakeholders, Product Owners, technology teams, QA teams, other delivery partners, and clients.
In this role, you will:
Partner with business stakeholders and Product Owners to gather, analyze, document, and validate business and functional requirements, translating them into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional specifications.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, while promoting Agile/Scrum best practices.
Conduct requirements workshops, gap analysis, impact analysis, and process analysis while maintaining requirements traceability between business needs and delivered functionality.
Partner with Product Owners to maintain prioritized and delivery-ready backlogs, tracking sprint commitments, dependencies, risks, impediments, velocity, backlog health, and delivery predictability.
Support end-to-end delivery through UAT planning, test scenario reviews, defect clarification, business sign-off, and coordination across business, development, QA, and technology teams.
Work model – Hybrid
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 Washington. 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.
What you must have to be considered
7+ years of overall experience, with meaningful experience across both Business Analysis and Agile/Scrum delivery.
Strong experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within Agile technology delivery environments.
Hands-on experience performing Scrum Master responsibilities for technology delivery teams.
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum principles and the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating business and functional requirements.
Experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, process maps, and functional requirements documentation.
Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Experience partnering with Product Owners to maintain prioritized and delivery-ready backlogs.
Experience with Jira and Confluence or comparable Agile delivery tools.
Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders and manage multiple priorities, dependencies, and deliverables.
These will help you succeed
Experience working on complex enterprise technology programs.
Financial Services or Banking industry experience.
Experience supporting risk, regulatory, data, or reporting-related initiatives.
Experience managing Agile delivery metrics such as velocity, sprint burndown, backlog health, and predictability.
Experience identifying and resolving Agile delivery blockers, risks, dependencies, and impediments.
Experience supporting UAT planning, test scenario reviews, defect clarification, and business sign-off.
Experience coordinating across business stakeholders, Product Owners, development teams, QA teams, and other technology partners.
CSM, PSM, SAFe, PMI-PBA, or CBAP certification.
Salary and Other Compensation:
Applications will be accepted until 12/10/2026
The annual salary for this position is between $90,000 - 116,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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.
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