Manager-Transitions

Job Summary

Serve as a Manager Transitions responsible for planning executing and stabilizing complex data and digital transformation transitions for global clients in sales planning and execution and finance and accounting domains ensuring smooth knowledge transfer robust controls hybrid collaboration and measurable business value within agreed timelines and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Drive end to end transition planning for data and digital transformation programs defining scope milestones resource needs and success metrics aligned to client objectives in sales planning and execution and finance and accounting domains.
• Coordinate detailed due diligence activities to understand client processes systems data flows and risks translating these findings into a structured and realistic transition plan.
• Manage knowledge transfer workstreams by organizing discovery sessions documenting process maps and setting clear acceptance criteria for steady state readiness.
• Implement standardized transition governance by scheduling regular reviews tracking issues and escalating critical risks to senior stakeholders with clear resolution options.
• Oversee migration of data and digital workflows by collaborating with technical and domain teams to ensure accuracy security and minimal disruption to day to day operations.
• Optimize processes during transition by identifying automation standardization and digital enablement opportunities that improve efficiency and control for clients.
• Engage regularly with client stakeholders to clarify expectations provide transparent progress updates and align transition outcomes with their strategic priorities.
• Partner with delivery finance and operations teams to validate effort estimates cost impacts and resource allocations ensuring that transitions stay within approved budgets.
• Monitor operational readiness by validating that procedures control frameworks reporting dashboards and performance baselines are established before go live.
• Guide change management activities by supporting communication plans user training and adoption initiatives that enable teams to embrace new digital and data driven ways of working.
• Track and report transition performance using quantifiable indicators such as stabilization time incident trends productivity improvements and client satisfaction scores.
• Ensure full compliance with organizational policies and client specific requirements on data privacy information security documentation retention and regulatory standards.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned from each transition and feeding these insights into playbooks templates and methods for future programs.

Qualifications

• Exhibit strong experience in managing complex data transformation and digital transformation programs with clear evidence of driving process modernization and value realization.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of sales planning and execution processes including forecasting pipeline management and performance tracking to design effective transition approaches.
• Apply solid knowledge of finance and accounting operations such as record to report order to cash and procure to pay to anticipate risks and control requirements during transition.
• Use proven project and transition management skills to handle multiple workstreams dependencies and stakeholders within a fast paced hybrid working environment.
• Show advanced proficiency in analytical and problem solving techniques to interpret operational data identify root causes and design pragmatic corrective actions.
• Communicate clearly in spoken and written form with global business and technical partners to simplify complex topics and enable informed decision making.
• Leverage experience with collaboration and workflow tools common in digital transformation programs to coordinate distributed teams working in hybrid day shift models.
• Apply strong stakeholder management and negotiation capabilities to align expectations resolve conflicts and sustain trust throughout the transition lifecycle.
• Display familiarity with quality management risk management and control testing practices relevant to finance and accounting and commercial operations.
• Utilize exposure to continuous improvement frameworks to embed a culture of measurement feedback and incremental enhancement in every transition initiative.

Certifications Required

Preferred certifications such as PMP or PRINCE2 and ITIL Foundation or equivalent transition and service management credentials.

What we offer

• The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
• Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
• True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.  

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.

Other employment-related information
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Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.