Senior Consultant, Cognizant Consulting
Mexico City, Mexico
COGNIZANT CONSULTING
Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we’re growing!
The Role
Our Media Consulting group is looking for a Senior Consultant to join our journey. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the upgrade of JD Edwards (JDE) in Mexico and Colombia, while consolidating other Hispano-America markets onto the platform. The Project Manager will be responsible for end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring a smooth transition while aligning with business needs.
We’re looking for Consultants who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Consultant, this means creating high-quality client deliverables and taking ownership (with supervision) of producing client content and meeting client expectations; developing an expertise in your functional area, including obtaining certifications; contributing to Client Satisfaction and/or RFPs; supporting leadership and contributing to content development for service offerings; and participating in PeopleCare initiatives and exhibiting personal leadership at all times. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.
Our solutions are in demand and we’re passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!
Key Responsibilities
- Programme Oversight: Lead and manage the JDE upgrade and consolidation programme, ensuring successful implementation
- Testing & Validation: Oversee System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring system functionality and user readiness.
- Training & Change Management: Develop and execute a training strategy to support user adoption and manage business change effectively.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Work cross-functionally with regional and global teams, ensuring alignment across different business units.
- Communication & Engagement: Drive clear and effective communication strategies to keep stakeholders / end users informed and engaged.
- Governance & Reporting: Deliver project control frameworks and governance decks, providing regular updates to senior leadership.
- Risk & Issue Management: Identify, mitigate, and manage risks to ensure programme success within scope, budget, and timeline.
- Dependency Management: Identify, track, and manage critical dependencies between workstreams, ensuring seamless integration across teams and markets.
- Vendor & Resource Management: Coordinate internal teams and external vendors, ensuring efficient project execution
Key Responsibilities
- Proven experience managing large-scale ERP implementations, ideally JD Edwards or similar platforms.
- Strong expertise in programme governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience in leading SIT, UAT, training, and change management initiatives.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Spanish (preferred).
- Ability to work across multiple markets and align cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to drive strategic decision-making.
- Tools: MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint, Smartsheets, Tableau
Work model
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.
Post closing date:
Applications will be accepted until 07/18/2025
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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.
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