Chief Architect - Communications & Generative AI/AI ML
Location: San Francisco, CA (anywhere in the Bay Area)
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, redefining clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our outstanding industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Planning: Developing and being responsible for the long-term technology strategy to align with the company’s business goals and market trends
- Technology Leadership: Owning the adoption of new technologies and ensuring the integration of innovative solutions across the organization.
- System Architecture: Designing and maintaining the overall system architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Multi-functional Teamwork: Working closely with various groups such as IT, network operations, and business units to ensure cohesive and efficient operations.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that all systems and processes stay in sync with industry regulations and standards.
- Performance Optimization: Continuously supervising and optimizing the performance of the network and IT infrastructure.
- Risk Management: Identifying potential risks and developing mitigation strategies to ensure business continuity.
- Vendor Management: Handling relationships with technology vendors and service providers to ensure the best solutions and services are procured.
- Innovation and R&D: Leading research and development efforts to explore new technologies and solutions that can provide a driven position. Develop and publish agent catalog across telecom domain and other verticals
- Customer Focus: Ensuring that all technology initiatives and solutions are crafted to improve customer experience.
- Program Architecture decisions aligned with EA guidelines
- EA and tech strategy across Comms vertical.
- Infra and autonomous Ops for key clients
- Driving Technology Adoption for Influencing Business Outcomes
- Conversational channels portfolio across telecom verticals
- Partner Engagement Maturity, Ensuring Regulatory Compliance, Improvement in Innovation index, Tech / Domain Thought leadership, Scalable Best-fit-Arch proposals, CSAT, Mentoring/ Building Arch community, EA and tech strategy portfolio growth.
Stakeholders Interactions:
· Internal Stakeholders - Solutions Leaders, Market/Client Partners, CM CTO, CMT ISG, Other Practice pre-sales guides.
· External Stakeholders - CTO/CIO/CEO, Consulting Partners, Strategic Partners, Innovation Partners, Analysts.
Experience (required to perform the role, not the incumbent’s experience)
- Minimum 10+ years in senior leadership role
- Minimum 15+ years of sophisticated solutioning experience, with broad technical experience
- Extensive experience working with telco businesses
- Good communication / analysis / problem solving and client facing skills are required
- Preferred background: Broad and deep exposure to areas of cloud infrastructure, enterprise architecture, data management and AI.
KEY proficiencies (includes knowledge / skills / abilities required for delivering the responsibilities optimally)
· Strong Expertise in hands on experience in leading large Technical and sophisticated transformation programs for architecture strategy, design and deployment
· Solid experience as Sr Principal enterprise architect across clients and industry verticals
· Authority in telecom end to end processes
· GenAI related certifications / exposure
· Experience building telco domain-based solution offerings passionate about next gen tech stack and SaaS replacement
· Deep hands-on exposure in Agentic, gen AI, LLM, SLM, infrastructure and data pipelines
· Working with industry bodies specializing in AI will be an added advantage
· Certifications or exposure in data management a plus (using tools like data bricks, starburst and other tools).
The annual salary for this position is between $230,000 - $250,000 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
- Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
- We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen.
- We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right.
- We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.
About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, redefining 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 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients with digital at www.cognizant.com.
Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview. While our system allows application in all languages, job required language(s) and proficiency level(s) vary. However, basic English proficiency is required for Company-wide communications purposes.
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.
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.
Renseignments suppplémentaires sur l'emploi
Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. 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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Bien que notre système vous permette de postuler dans n'importe quelle langue, les langues requises pour ce poste et le niveau de compétence varient. Une connaissance de base de l'anglais est nécessaire pour les communications internes à l'échelle de l'entreprise. De plus, pour les postes situés au Québec, une maîtrise de l’anglais professionnel est requise afin de communiquer avec nos clients à travers le monde.