Consulting Manager - IT Governance

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant's consulting practice—we're a global community of 6,000+ 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 Consulting Manager - IT Governance, you will make an impact by establishing, operationalizing, and continuously improving governance frameworks, policies, standards, decision management processes, and governance oversight practices that enable our client's Digital teams to deliver value while maintaining alignment, accountability, and responsible risk management. You will be a valued member of the IT Governance / Enterprise Governance team and work collaboratively with the Manager of Enterprise Governance, Digital leaders, the Portfolio and Program Management Organization, the Governance Tool Lead, and clients.

In this role, you will:

• Governance Framework & Policy Management (40%) — Maintain governance frameworks, policies, standards, and governance artifacts. Coordinate governance reviews, approvals, publication, and communications. Maintain governance repositories and inventories. Facilitate governance forums, review boards, and decision-making bodies. Manage governance decision logs and action follow-up activities. Develop governance playbooks, templates, and operating procedures. Monitor governance maturity and adoption across Digital, support all delivery methodologies through practical governance processes, and monitor policy and standard lifecycle compliance and review effectiveness.
• Governance Adoption, Training & Continuous Improvement (25%) — Develop governance onboarding materials and training content. Support stakeholder awareness and governance adoption initiatives. Conduct governance workshops and awareness sessions. Gather stakeholder feedback and continuously improve governance processes. Drive simplification initiatives that improve usability without reducing accountability. Develop and maintain governance intake, review, approval, and escalation workflows.
• AI & Emerging Technology Governance (25%) — Coordinate intake and governance review processes for AI and emerging technology initiatives. Facilitate governance reviews and stakeholder participation. Maintain governance decisions, review records, inventories, and approval documentation. Support emerging technology governance reviews. Monitor adherence to governance requirements, approval conditions, and decision frameworks for approved initiatives. Develop governance reporting and decision support materials related to AI and emerging technology initiatives.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Governance Coordination (10%) — Build partnerships across the PMO and Digital stakeholders. Coordinate governance activities across multiple stakeholders and time zones. Support Enterprise Governance reporting and governance leadership reviews.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring a few days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, or Querétaro. 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

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, along with 5+ years of experience in governance, PMO, enterprise architecture, business operations, digital transformation, portfolio governance, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting governance frameworks, policy management, standards management, or technology governance processes.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional stakeholder discussions and governance reviews.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate governance requirements into operational processes and documentation.
• Understanding of Agile and traditional delivery methodologies.

These will help you succeed

• Manufacturing or global enterprise experience.
• AI governance experience.
• ITIL, COBIT, PMP, PSM, or equivalent certifications.
• Experience with ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, or similar governance tools.

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Over Cognizant  
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is een bouwer van AI-oplossingen en een leverancier van technologiediensten. Wij slaan de brug tussen AI-investeringen en ondernemingswaarde door het bouwen van full-stack AI-oplossingen voor onze klanten. Onze diepgaande kennis van sectoren, processen en engineering stelt ons in staat om de unieke context van een organisatie te verankeren in technologische systemen. Deze systemen versterken het menselijk potentieel, realiseren tastbare resultaten en geven wereldwijde ondernemingen een voorsprong in een snel veranderende wereld. Ontdek hoe op cognizant.ai of @cognizant.

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