Overview
Client Relationship Managers (CRM) are key contributors to the commercial side of Cognizant’s IT and Consulting Business, acting as business owners for assigned accounts, managing the day-to-day activities and P&L.
With the ability to speak confidently about industry trends, solutions and challenges facing the c-suite of today’s Telco and Tech organisations CRM’s proactively identify new and expansion opportunities within accounts, planning for and closing the extension of existing agreements. The CRM works with delivery teams to maximize backlog, optimizing the resource mix and navigating scope changes to ensure client expectations are met, working towards establishing a positive client experience through delivery excellence.
Some of your tasks may include:
- Building trusted relationships with client stakeholders
- Understanding the clients environment, issues, and priorities
- Working with clients to define their problems and co-create solutions
- Driving RFPs / proactive bids with regards to renewals, extensions and expansion
- Keeping track of industry trends relevant to client business and bring forth proactive ideas and solutions
- Serving as the day-to-day point of contact for the clients
- Responsibility for backlog growth including renewals and extensions of current engagements
- Leading the onsite project teams and ensure they understand the client environment
Measures
- A CRM's shared measures are margin, revenue, client satisfaction, and employee retention. CRM role-specific measures are TCV, revenue and margin
Your experience
- Extensive experience in a client facing role in a consulting firm or an account/engagement management role in the IT professional services offshore/outsourcing industry
- Experience managing and growing a multi-million-dollar client P&L including reporting and metric assessment for the account
- A proven ability to contribute to new business development efforts and to lead and manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment
- Must be detail oriented and able to manage and maintain all facets of complex assignments
- Demonstrable problem-solving abilities with the aptitude to identify strategic solutions to business problems with enterprise-wide implications
- Demonstrate the flexibility to work among diverse corporate environments, industries and technical and non-technical audiences
- In depth understanding of one of (or more) the following sectors: Telco or Technology
Additional employment information
Compensation 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.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Applicants for US based positions must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The company is unable to provide employment-based immigration sponsorship for US based positions.
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About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
