About Cognizant Consulting
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About the role
As a Senior Consulting Manager - Senior Product Owner, you will lead product strategy, roadmap development, and execution for transfer agency and fixed income securities processing platforms while partnering with business, technology, and client stakeholders.
In this role, you will:
· Define and drive the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritized backlog for transfer agency and fixed income securities processing capabilities.
· Partner with executive stakeholders, clients, financial institutions, government organizations, and technology leaders to drive product strategy and priorities.
· Serve as the voice of the customer and business while balancing strategic, operational, and delivery objectives.
· Own and prioritize the product backlog across transfer agency, shareholder servicing, ownership changes, income distribution, and fixed income processing.
· Lead product strategy supporting cloud-hosted SaaS and digital service capabilities.
· Drive API-enabled platform evolution and enterprise integration capabilities.
· Translate business, regulatory, and operational requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and release priorities.
· Partner with architecture, engineering, security, compliance, and DevSecOps teams to deliver business outcomes.
· Facilitate Agile planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and readiness activities.
· Apply deep securities servicing, transfer agency, and fixed income expertise to product strategy and execution.
Work model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward. This position requires 3-4 days per week in a Cognizant or client office in New York, New Jersey or Minneapolis, MN.
What you must have to be considered
· 12+ years of experience in financial technology, capital markets, securities servicing, transfer agency, trust, custody, or banking technology environments.
· Minimum 5 years of Agile Product Ownership or equivalent product leadership experience.
· Experience defining product strategy, managing roadmaps, and prioritizing across stakeholder groups.
· Strong understanding of registered transfer agency operations, shareholder recordkeeping, ownership changes, and income distribution processing.
· Experience with fixed income securities processing, lifecycle events, corporate actions, and operational workflows.
· Experience with API-enabled enterprise platforms and cloud-hosted SaaS solutions.
· Strong Agile product management, release management, and stakeholder management experience.
· Experience within highly regulated environments.
· U.S. Citizenship required with ability to obtain a Public Trust or equivalent clearance.
· Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering or related field.
These will help you succeed
· Experience supporting U.S. registered transfer agents, broker-dealers, trust organizations, financial institutions, or government clients.
· Experience partnering with architecture, engineering, security, and DevSecOps teams.
· Strong understanding of regulatory controls, governance, and operational risk management.
· Deep understanding of securities servicing, transfer agency, fixed income, shareholder servicing, and capital markets operations.
· MBA, advanced business degree, or equivalent professional experience preferred.
Compensation
The annual salary for this position is between USD $120,000 and $150,000, depending on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.
Benefits
Employees are eligible for Cognizant's comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement, paid time off, wellbeing, and professional development programs.
Post closing date
Applications will be accepted until November 7, 2026.
Über Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) i ist ein Technologiedienstleister und Entwickler von KI-Lösungen. Wir schlagen die Brücke zwischen KI-Investitionen und echtem unternehmerischem Mehrwert, indem wir ganzheitliche Full-Stack-KI-Lösungen für unsere Kunden entwickeln. Mit unserer fundierten Branchen-, Prozess- und Engineering-Expertise integrieren wir die spezifischen Anforderungen von Unternehmen passgenau in Technologiesysteme. So entfalten wir das menschliche Potenzial, erzielen greifbare Ergebnisse und sichern globalen Unternehmen in einer sich rasant wandelnden Welt den entscheidenden Vorsprung. Erfahren Sie mehr unter cognizant.ai oder @cognizant.
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