Key Responsibilities:
Product Management
· Organising and facilitating sprint planning sessions, retrospectives, and daily standups to ensure effective team coordination and continuous improvement throughout the development cycle.
· Supporting the team to create, prioritise, and maintain product backlogs with clear user stories that align with business objectives and user needs.
· Writing detailed tickets with comprehensive acceptance criteria, user stories, and technical requirements to provide clear guidance for development work.
· Participating and being involved in ticket grooming sessions to refine backlog items and ensure development readiness before sprint commencement.
· Collaborating with Product and Development teams to estimate effort and plan sprint capacity, ensuring realistic and achievable sprint goals.
· Supporting the Product and Development team by clarifying requirements and removing blockers to maintain smooth project progression and delivery timelines.
Quality Assurance & Testing:
· Define and document QA processes and testing criteria for product features
· Collaborate with QA teams to develop comprehensive test plans and test cases
· Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) and coordinate stakeholder testing sessions
· Review and validate deliverables against acceptance criteria before release
· Ensure quality standards are maintained throughout the development lifecycle
· Identify and track defects, working with teams to prioritise and resolve issues
Stakeholder Management:
· Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
· Present product updates and roadmaps to senior leadership
Job Requirements:
· 5–7 years of experience in product management, project management, or business analysis roles
· Experience writing product specs and working with agile development teams
· Proven ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders
· Strong background in business analysis and requirements gathering
· Experience with ticket creation, backlog management, and agile methodologies
· Comfortable with data analysis and user research
Essential Qualities
· Strong communication and collaboration skills
· Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
· Customer-obsessed with strong user empathy
· Data-driven decision-making approach
· Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change
· Ability to influence without authority
· Strong prioritization skills and resource management
· Organized, reliable, and proactive with strong attention to detail
· Open to feedback and growth, and eager to learn from senior team members
· Excellent stakeholder management and facilitation skills
Good to Have
· Understanding of product analytics (e.g. funnel, retention, user flows)
· Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, Figma
· Project management certifications (PMP, Agile, Scrum Master)
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About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Additional employment information
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