About the group:
Cognizant’s Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about accepting digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the constantly evolving needs of the digital era. Our broad approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to own the business in a secure environment.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
Role: Delivery Lead
Location: Columbus, Ohio (Hybrid)
Mandatory skills: Delivery Lead, Vendor management, Agile/Lean/DevOps
As a Delivery Leader you’ll be responsible for delivering value and outcomes. Delivery leaders are expected to have an end-to-end vantage point on delivery, manage dependencies, remove blockers, engage stakeholders, manage financials, maximize vendor relationships, and enable an iterative delivery of value. You will need to keep pace with software delivery and organizational change methods and tools. Delivery leaders should also understand relevant Financial and Agile/Lean/DevOps tools and techniques.
Key Responsibilities:
· Outcome Based Planning: Delivery Leaders are expected to deliver outcomes to realize the business case, drive incremental value, drive incremental planning, and drive dependency scope definition.
· Stakeholder Engagement: Delivery Leaders are expected to clearly communicate, escalate when needed, provide visibility, build strong relationships, provide OCM guidance, and have the ability to influence others.
· Vendor Management: Delivery Leaders are expected to facilitate contract negotiations, drive statement of work development, ensure vendors are making expected progress, and develop relationships with vendors.
· Outcome Based Delivery: Delivery Leaders are expected to drive prioritization, manage issues/risks, manage dependencies, provide delivery status/health reports, drive value delivery tracking (ex: KPIs), optimize the flow of value, and ensure demand/capacity is managed
· Financial Management: Delivery Leaders expect to manage project/product financials.
· Team Leadership: Delivery Leaders are expected to foster an environment where teams are empowered, enabled to be a high performing team, promote collaboration, and provide coaching to the teams (ex: agile, lean, delivery leadership, etc…).
· People Leader: Delivery Leaders that are people leaders are expected to establish objectives, provide ongoing feedback & coaching to associates. In addition, you are responsible to manage the hiring, supervising, training, and promotion of candidates.
Compensation: We are offering between $90,000 – $114,000. Applications will be accepted until Sep 11, 2026.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.
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.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
Acerca de Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.
Información adicional sobre el empleo
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