ABOUT US
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.
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 all can thrive.
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 foster an inclusive culture.
The Role
Cognizant helps companies modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they stay ahead in a fast-changing world.
Our Intuitive Operations & Automation (IOA) business unit is one of Cognizant's highest growth businesses. To accelerate this growth further, IOA is expanding across industries, service lines and markets globally, with North America as a strategic growth market.
We are looking for a highly accomplished Healthcare BPO/BPaaS Service Line Specialist to drive growth and profitability across the Healthcare vertical. This leader will own an aggressive growth strategy, expand market share, deepen existing client relationships, and represent Cognizant across the Payer, Provider, Payvider and RCM services landscape.
The ideal candidate brings deep Healthcare industry expertise, strong C-level client engagement, proven new-logo hunting success, and the ability to shape BPO deals from origination through solutioning, transition and transformation planning.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive an aggressive net-new logo acquisition strategy across Payer and Provider markets, building and managing a qualified pipeline from first-call origination through signed contract.
- Target a minimum of 2-3 net-new logos annually, with deal sizes and specific quota to be discussed during the interview process.
- Independently grow existing client relationships by identifying and selling additional BPO/BPaaS solutions, RCM services and automation-led offerings to expand wallet share across Payer and Provider accounts.
- Lead the end-to-end deal lifecycle, including opportunity identification, solutioning, C-level stakeholder engagement, commercial negotiation, transition and transformation planning.
- Own growth and profitability for the Healthcare IOA vertical, balancing aggressive new-logo acquisition and account expansion with sustainable deal economics.
- Maintain active coverage and a differentiated point of view across Payer, Provider, Payvider and RCM services markets to ensure balanced pipeline development and pursuit prioritization.
- Develop and execute competitive win strategies to displace incumbent providers and position Cognizant favorably against BPS/BPO competitors in the Healthcare space.
- Define and continuously refine go-to-market plans, Healthcare IOA solution offerings and value propositions based on market intelligence, client feedback and direct pursuit experience.
- Build strong, collaborative relationships with Healthcare BPS delivery leadership, offshore delivery heads and Cognizant vertical BU leaders to ensure smooth deal handoff, solution credibility and long-term account health.
Qualifications
- Experience working for a leading BPS, consulting or relevant Healthcare organization, including Payer and/or Provider organizations.
- Deep Healthcare knowledge across Payer, Provider, Payvider models and RCM services, with the credibility to engage executive stakeholders in strategic growth discussions.
- Consistent record of growing a business successfully through strong client relationships, market insight and account expansion.
- Proven new-logo hunting success, including 2-3 logos with single or multiple service lines sold across Payer and Provider sectors, yielding approximately $1M-$2M per logo annually.
- Deep understanding of Digital Operations and BPS, with the ability to lead detailed BPO deal, solution, transition and transformation shaping discussions across the full deal lifecycle.
- Demonstrated ability to build sales and account management teams and support clients at all levels in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.
- Significant international experience, including familiarity with global service delivery models, shared services and BPS.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree, or equivalent experience, in business management, administration or a healthcare discipline preferred.
- Travel required and will vary based on customer and prospect requirements; East Coast applicants preferred, open to U.S. candidates.
- Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others and Leading the Business.
- Embodiment of Cognizant's values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing and Own It.
Work Authorization
- Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap 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, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: 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.
- Inclusion: 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.
