Job Responsibilities
- Work within a highly focused, dynamic, and agile division centered on customer principles and deliverables.
- Ensure overall delivery and customer satisfaction, independently managing a program portfolio of 100+ Cognizant personnel (75% offshore).
- Act as the customer SPOC from Cognizant, accountable for delivery across multiple projects—timelines, deliverables, budgets, SLAs, and operational metrics.
- Build and manage relationships with multiple client stakeholders, handling expectations and driving efficiencies.
- Be hands-on with day-to-day operations, possessing strong technical and functional knowledge to explain business problems internally and cascade information clearly.
- Understand client strategies, tactics, and competitive landscape, along with key business drivers.
- Track and report SLAs, metrics, and other critical hygiene factors impacting engagement.
- Handle customer and internal escalations tactically across project teams and horizontals.
- Report to internal senior management on engagement performance across delivery, bid management, staffing, financials, and operations.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of IT experience.
- Proven experience managing large and complex support engagements.
- PMP or equivalent certification, with hands-on ITIL and ITSM delivery experience.
- Retail industry knowledge.
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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
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
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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.