Sr. Consulting Manager, Cognizant Consulting
Manufacturing, Logistics, Energy & Utilities Consulting
Florida (Miami and Juno Beach), New Jersey, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
ABOUT US
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming 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, is ranked 195 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.
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 Manufacturing, logistics, Energy and utilities group is looking for a Sr. Consulting Manager to join our journey. We’re looking for someone who is strong IT consultant in the power generation (Utilities- Water/ Electricity) domain.
We’re looking for Senior Consulting Managers who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Sr. Consulting Manager (Senior Manager level position) this means leading a team of Consultants through a client-facing engagement, managing escalations, and serving as a the owner of a workstream; maintaining expertise in your domain; meaningfully contributing to the sales process through a mix of RPI development, client presentations, financial modeling, pricing strategy, and flawless delivery; creating service offerings and/or client partner training materials; and contributing to People Care initiatives, recruiting, and mentoring. 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!
Responsibilities
- Work with clients to establish a clear connection between business goals/strategies to capability development, and implementation to achieving desired business value.
- Define product / platform strategies and solutions focused in Utilities domain
- Understand the scope and define business requirements with the business stakeholders
- Map business processes to identify improvement in Utilities back-office operations
- Prepare functional use cases, detailed user stories
- Review test plans prepared by QA Team, Support UAT
- Assist in resolving scope and requirements related queries
- Manage change requests / enhancements / features
- Work with cross-functional teams with different time zones
- Advanced problem-solving skills
- Ability to articulate requirements (good communication)
- Create and maintain long-term working relationships with technology teams, functional counterparts, vendors, and business partners.
Qualifications
- The track record and experience to achieve the above, which includes ideally 8+ years of management consulting experience in the Utilities (Electric or water) domain, where at least 2 of those (though ideally 4+) have been technology (business or technical consultative) team lead experience
- Has worked as an IT Analyst, IT Project Manager, IT Program Manager, IT Business Analysis or Product Management in the Utilities domain
- Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think strategically.
- Exhibit excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.
- Show proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.
- Have a proven track record of delivering successful consulting projects.
- Display a deep understanding of the Energy/ Utility sector including market trends and challenges.
- Be adept at using data analytics to drive decision-making and strategy development.
- Be capable of working effectively in a hybrid work model balancing remote and in-office responsibilities.
- Show a commitment to continuous improvement and staying current with industry advancements.
- Exhibit strong leadership qualities with the ability to mentor and develop junior team members.
- Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes; the embodiment of Cognizant’s Core Values of: Work as one, Raise the bar, dare to innovate, Do the right thing, Own it
- Ability to travel if needed for business requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience, with additional certifications preferred, but not mandatory
Note: The candidate can be in any of the above-mentioned (Florida (Miami and Juno Beach), New Jersey, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA), locations, we are currently hiring at multiple location.
Work Authorization
- Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)
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.
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- Nous favorisons un environnement innovant où vous pouvez construire le plan de carrière qui vous convient.
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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