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 teams can perform at their best.
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 teams can perform at their best.
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 enable strong business outcomes.
About the role
As a Portfolio Delivery Lead, you will make an impact by owning the overall P&L and delivery performance of a large SAP portfolio, driving business growth, operational excellence, and successful execution of complex programs. You will be a valued member of the SAP leadership team and work collaboratively with market delivery, commercial teams, service lines, and senior stakeholders across the organization.
In this role, you will:
- Own and manage the P&L for the assigned portfolio, ensuring achievement of top-line and bottom-line targets through strong delivery governance and financial discipline.
- Drive portfolio growth by partnering with market delivery and commercial teams to support opportunity pursuit, solution shaping, contract negotiations, and deal closure.
- Lead and inspire large, multi‑level leadership teams, managing a workforce of 2500+ SAP professionals across programs, engagements, and capabilities.
- Provide executive oversight on complex delivery challenges, including solution design, cost optimization, risk management, escalations, and operational performance.
- Guide program and engagement leaders to execute optimized delivery plans, ensuring projects meet cost, schedule, quality, and financial objectives at portfolio level.
Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead, operating with strong personal leadership, enterprise mindset, accountability, financial acumen, and a focus on results.
What you need to have to be considered
- Engineering graduate with a Master’s degree preferred, with 25+ years of experience in SAP program and portfolio delivery, including senior leadership roles.
- Extensive expertise in end‑to‑end SAP solutions, system landscapes, architecture, and business process transformation across industries.
- Proven ability to understand business models and translate them into solution roadmaps aligned to organizational strategy and financial goals.
- Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, presentation, negotiation, and sales acumen skills.
- Demonstrated financial and accounting knowledge to ensure accurate financial management and P&L governance.
- Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others, and Leading the Business.
- The embodiment of Cognizant’s Values of: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing, and Own It.
These will help you succeed
- Deep understanding of industry trends, competitive landscapes, market dynamics, and emerging SAP product directions.
- Strong problem‑solving capability to address complex delivery, technology, and operational challenges.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering large‑scale SAP portfolios with consistent financial and operational performance.
SAP certification(s) with strong knowledge of SAP solution offerings, RISE, private cloud, and evolving deployment models.
Work model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is an onsite position requiring presence in a Cognizant office in India. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on business requirements.
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 and can bring new value to this role.
コグニザントのコミュニティ：
私たちは、互いを尊重し支え合う優秀な人材の集まりです。社員一人ひとりが成長し、力を発揮できるよう、エネルギッシュで協力的かつインクルーシブな職場環境を大切にしています。
- コグニザントは、世界中に30万人以上のアソシエイトを擁するグローバルコミュニティです。
- 私たちは、より良い方法を夢見るだけでなく、それを実現します。
- 人、クライアント、企業、地域社会、そして環境に対して、常に「正しいこと」を行うことで責任を果たします。
- あなたにとって最適なキャリアパスを築くことができる、革新的な環境を提供します。
私たちについて：
コグニザント（NASDAQ: CTSH）は、AI builderおよびテクノロジーサービスプロバイダとして、AI投資を企業価値へとつなげるフルスタックのAIソリューションを提供しています。業界、業務プロセス、エンジニアリングに関する深い専門性を強みに、各企業固有のコンテキストをテクノロジーシステムに組み込み、人の力を最大限に引き出すとともに、具体的な成果の創出と、急速に変化する世界におけるグローバル企業の競争力維持を支援します。詳しくは、当社ウェブサイト www.cognizant.com をご覧ください。
コグニザントは機会均等を重視する雇用主です。応募者および候補者は、人種、肌の色、性別、宗教、信条、性的指向、性自認、国籍、障がい、遺伝情報、妊娠、退役軍人の地位、または連邦、州、地方の法律で保護されているその他の特性に基づいて差別されることはありません。
免責事項：
応募者は、対面またはビデオ会議による面接への参加を求められる場合があります。また、各面接の際に、現住所または政府発行の身分証明書の提示が必要となる場合があります。