About Cognizant Consulting
Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice. We are a global community of experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their businesses. Blending deep industry knowledge with technology and advisory capabilities, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. Now, we are looking for our next colleague to help shape the future of business. Could it be you?
About the role
As a Manager, CRM Functional Lead (Lifesciences Consulting), you will make an impact by leading CRM transformation and implementation engagements for pharmaceutical and broader Life Sciences clients.
You will be a valued member of the Life Sciences Consulting team and work collaboratively with client Commercial leaders, business and technology stakeholders, delivery teams, and Cognizant colleagues. You will connect business needs with technology solutions, shape functional designs, and guide clients through CRM, customer engagement, and field-force transformation programs.
In this role, you will:
- Lead requirements gathering, business-process design, functional solutioning, and client workshops for Life Sciences CRM transformation and implementation engagements.
- Advise Commercial stakeholders on CRM strategy and processes involving healthcare professional and healthcare organization engagement, field sales, account management, consent and preference management, and omnichannel engagement.
- Translate complex business needs into clear functional requirements, user journeys, process designs, solution specifications, and implementation roadmaps.
- Lead functional teams through design, configuration, build, testing, deployment, adoption, and post-implementation activities while maintaining alignment across business and technology stakeholders.
- Support proposals, solution development, estimates, presentations, and client conversations that contribute to new business opportunities and expand Cognizant’s Life Sciences Consulting capabilities.
Work model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this position requires some travel and 2-3 days per week in a client or Cognizant office. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. These arrangements may change based on the project you are engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you must have to be considered
- At least 14 years of consulting, CRM, digital transformation, or related professional experience, including significant experience delivering CRM programs for pharmaceutical or broader Life Sciences clients in the United States.
- Strong knowledge of Life Sciences Commercial processes, CRM strategy, customer engagement, and field-force transformation.
- Hands-on functional experience with Veeva CRM, Salesforce, or Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, including requirements, process design, functional solutioning, testing, and deployment.
- Experience leading client-facing workshops and engaging senior stakeholders while translating business needs into effective functional designs and implementation recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead functional workstreams and teams across the full implementation lifecycle, including design, build, testing, deployment, adoption, and stabilization.
These will help you succeed
- Experience supporting consulting proposals, solution development, effort estimation, presentations, and business-development conversations.
- Knowledge of HCP and HCO engagement, field sales, account management, consent and preference management, and omnichannel processes.
- Strong executive communication, facilitation, storytelling, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience working across global, distributed, and cross-functional business and technology teams.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, technology, life sciences, or a related discipline.
We are excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Do not hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed.
Compensation
$165,000- $194,000, annually depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Employee assistance program
- 10 paid holidays plus paid time off
- Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
- Learning and development certifications and programs
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.
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.
