Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Program Director with experience developing and building high-performing, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together in order to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we’re doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we’re doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.
Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.
Location: Irving, TX
You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization for this role.
Responsibilities
Defining/Refining Finance Model and Governance for key portfolio in Verizon business group including Budget/Resource Management and cost optimisation.
Facilitating/ Guiding the internal team on Headcount & Budget Finalisation, Change control, Budget reduction & Expense reduction exercises.
Strong focus on executing(planning and tracking), strategic workforce strategy to achieve portfolio objectives.
Strong Vendor Governance focus - Program managing contingent labor Ramp up,Ensuring accurate and timely invoicing of vendor payments adhering to defined SLAs,Collaborate with delivery teams and Sourcing and proactively work on contract extensions and required approvals, close collaboration with finance team on SOW extensions
Tracking & analyzing the key insights from Vendor Partners meeting and providing key insights to Vendor Performance Manager, Sourcing and other stakeholders and Collating feedback from relevant stakeholders on Vendor Performance across multiple parameters - quality, innovation, user experience, value generated, productivity, etc.
Drive charter for employee enablement and engagement to enhance the overall employee experience.
Program Managing all executive reviews and internal engagement events by ensuring participation,coordination and implementation.
Facilitate branding and communication to instil pride and loyalty in employees
Driving Innovation as a culture and supporting events like Hackathon etc
Executive summary with portfolio Data analysis and insights for continuous improvement of team and delivery operations.
Reporting on key metrics related to People, Process & Technology.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or four or more years of experience
Six or more years of relevant work experience
Program management/ ITIL certifications
Strong change champion and culture catalyst -organising employee engagement meetings and events and listening to Voice Of Employee
Expert in portfolio budget and finance management and tracking
Knowledge of project management techniques and methods.
Knowledge of productivity and program management tools/software-eg. Jira, Confluence / Clarity, G Suite, slack , etc
Even better if you have one or more of the following:
Bachelor’s/Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Management.
Quantitative, problem-solving, technical and analytical skills.
Knowledge of operational and financial performance management measures, including implications for IT and Business strategy.
Strong relationship management skills to interface with internal IT leaders, business leaders and external vendors.
Strong vendor relationship management and coordination capabilities, ability to effectively handle and resolve disputes.
Ability to build trust based relationships with vendors and other stakeholders.
Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
Desktop applications competency (e.g., Microsoft Office, Google Mail, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Drives, Google Slides, PPT, Excel, etc.)
Travel: 0-5%
Why Choose Cognizant?
It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
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Ce que nous offrons
- La possibilité d’avoir une carrière avec un impact. Ici, vous avez la possibilité de partager vos idées transformatrices pour aider notre entreprise et nos clients à améliorer le quotidien de tous.
- Prenez votre carrière en main grâce à notre écosystème d'apprentissage et de développement. Et lorsque vos ambitions changent ou que nous vous offrons de nouvelles occasions, nous vous aidons à pivoter en vous proposant des formations et des conseils pour trouver des postes qui pourraient mieux vous convenir.
- L’occasion de s'épanouir au sein d’une communauté diversifiée. Nous célébrons les expériences et perspectives d’autrui et encourageons un sentiment d'appartenance à travers nos groupes d'affinité et nos initiatives en matière de diversité et d'inclusion.
- Rémunération compétitive qui comprend un salaire concurrentiel et une pension avec des contributions équivalentes.
- Des prestations de soins de santé et financières flexibles pour vous soutenir, ainsi que vos personnes à charge admissibles, dès le premier jour au travail.
- Une vraie conciliation travail-vie personnelle. Nous offrons des vacances, des modalités de travail flexibles, des occasions de bénévolat, des événements sociaux et bien d’autres afin que vous puissiez être au mieux.
Notre engagement en faveur de la diversité et de l'inclusion
Cognizant est un employeur qui prône l'égalité des chances et qui embrasse la diversité, défend l'équité et valorise l'inclusion. Nous sommes déterminés à promouvoir une communauté où chacun se sent écouté, accepté et bienvenu. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, de l'information génétique, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée telle que décrite par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.
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À propos de nous
Cognizant est l’un des leaders mondiaux des services professionnels. Nous transformons les modèles commerciaux, opérationnels et technologiques de nos clients pour les adapter à l’ère numérique. Notre approche consultative, basée sur une connaissance sectorielle, aide nos clients à concevoir, développer et gérer des entreprises plus innovantes et plus efficaces. Basée aux États-Unis, Cognizant (membre du NASDAQ-100 et l’un des meilleurs employeurs du monde en 2024 selon Forbes) figure régulièrement parmi les entreprises les plus admirées au monde. Découvrez comment Cognizant aide ses clients à garder une longueur d’avance grâce au numérique sur le site www.cognizant.com.