About Cognizant Consulting
Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?
About the role
As a Senior Consulting Manager – Life, Disability & Voluntary Benefits SME, you will make an impact by serving as a trusted advisor to insurance clients, bridging business strategy and operational execution, and ensuring product innovations across Life, Disability, Dental, Vision, and ancillary benefits are supported by strong business architecture and modern technology ecosystems.
You will be a valued member of the consulting team and work collaboratively with client business and technology stakeholders across insurance organizations
In this role, you will:
- Business Architecture & Strategy: Lead client engagements to design and document operating models for Life, Disability, Supplemental Health, and other insurance lines. Map the end-to-end business journey, identifying opportunities for automation and process optimization.
- Product & Domain Advisory: Serve as lead SME for Individual and Group products (Life, STD / LTD, Dental, Vision, Long Term Care, etc.) Provide deep insights into product configuration, regulatory compliance, market-standard, and market-leading features to ensure solutions meet client needs.
- Consultative Transformation: Guide clients through complex transformations, such as policy administration system modernizations or the reimagination of parts of the value chain. Ensure that the business logic of complex products such as disability and dental is preserved in new technical architectures.
- Executive Relationship Management: Cultivate Trusted Advisor status with business leads, operations leads, product leads, and technology leads. Translate industry trends into actionable business cases, articulating the ROI of operational efficiency and customer experience.
- Solution Validation: Review and validate proposed business and technology solutions to ensure they support the unique requirements of group benefits (eg. list billing, census management, broker commissions) and individual products (eg. medical underwriting, policy loans, claims).
- Industry Thought Leadership: Lead practice associates to create point of views and thought leadership associated with various aspects of the Life and Health insurance landscape.
Work Model
We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. This role requires travel based on client and project needs. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re 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
- 12+ years of experience in the Life & Health Insurance industry with exposure to business architecture, product management, policy administration systems, or insurance operations.
- Professional Certification: ALMI or FLMI (or equivalent) required.
- Strong consulting experience with demonstrated ability to lead client engagements and manage senior stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of the insurance value chain, including:
- New business & underwriting
- Individual vs. Group billing
- Claims adjudication
- Reinsurance fundamentals
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence and present to executive audiences.
These will help you succeed
- Additional certifications such as CEBS or disability/group benefits credentials.
- Advanced degree in Business, Finance, or a related field.
- Familiarity with leading Policy Administration Systems from a business functionality perspective (e.g., Fineos, Vitech, EIS, FAST).
- Working knowledge of U.S. insurance regulatory frameworks, including state filings, HIPAA, and ERISA.
Compensation
$134,500 - $152,500
This position is 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 PTO
- Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
- Learning and development certifications and programs
À savoir avant de postuler
- Autorisation de travail: Cognizant ne prendra en considération que les candidats à ce poste qui sont légalement autorisés à travailler au Canada sans avoir besoin d'un parrainage de l'employeur, aujourd'hui ou à l'avenir.
- Mesures d’adaptation: Si vous avez un handicap qui nécessite des mesures d’adaptation raisonnable pour effectuer une recherche d’emploi ou poser une candidature, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] avec votre demande et vos coordonnées.
- L’IA dans notre processus de recrutement: Nous utilisons des outils d'intelligence artificielle (IA) pour trier et évaluer les candidatures efficacement. Notre équipe examine ensuite les candidatures et décide qui passe à l’étape suivante.
- Poste à pourvoir: Sauf indication contraire, ce poste est actuellement vacant et nous cherchons à le pourvoir.
- Exigences linguistiques: Nous demandons à tous les candidats de posséder une connaissance de base de l’anglais afin de faciliter les communications internes. Pour les postes au Québec, la capacité à communiquer efficacement en anglais est requise car vous fournirez des services à et collaborerez avec des parties prenantes anglophones situées hors de la province.
- Inclusion: 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, des renseignements génétiques, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.
À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
