Description - External
The Company
Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 340,000 employees as of January 2025. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.
About Cognizant Consulting
To be digital, companies today must have organizational velocity approaching speed of light while providing individualized offerings that result in fanatical levels of customer satisfaction—all with laser-focused cost control. And from applications to infrastructure, processes to operational models and interfaces to experiences—there are digital forces driving change in every part of our clients’ organization. At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game—across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our approach is built around elevating business understanding of the aspirations and unique abilities of customers and employees and by building these relationships based on trust and value.
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Domain - Health care
Join Cognizant's Healthcare Consulting team and help shape the future of healthcare through digital transformation and innovation. We are looking for professionals with experience in public sector healthcare organizations, digital maturity assessments, and large-scale transformation programme delivery. Collaborate with healthcare providers, payers, and government agencies to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency. Drive strategic initiatives that accelerate healthcare modernization and technology adoption.
Job Summary
As our Senior Manager in Public Sector Consulting you'll lead sales delivery and relationship management across our health care consulting team You'll be a front facing leader who can shape opportunities create practical proposals and then deliver programmes of work end-end supporting operational performance enhancement strategy and planning and digitally enabled healthcare and data driven transformation
Responsibilities
Business Development 25 Proactively defining opportunities for business transformation operational improvement cost reduction and service optimization
Strategic Planning 25 Developing strategic recommendations business plans and actionable solutions for client challenges
Client Management 25 Engaging with employees and stakeholders leading workshops and presenting findings to executivelevel staff
Implementation Support 25 Planning and overseeing the execution of new systems processes or structural changes
Essential Skills
Work with clients to understand their needs define and assess possible strategies and identify new project ideas
Conduct assessments with healthcare clients to identify and prioritize areas of business improvement
Lead programme teams to design and deliver business solutions that meet the clients business goals and can be successfully implemented within the unique client environment
Build business cases for clients to support investment into business transformation programmes
Work closely with technologists to the map business needs to technology investments and design effective technical solutions
Support the development of roadmaps that guide clients through business transformation
Develop and deliver work output to C level executives
Design new approaches to monitor the effectiveness of solutions and demonstrate tangible business value
Ensure excellent communication and alignment with clients on project programme execution
Support business development activities including proposal development tender responses and ongoing client engagement
Assist in the development of service offerings that reflect client needs and present compelling solutions to the market
Help to analyze key healthcare market trends forces and identify new opportunities for services to the healthcare provider market
Provide coaching to junior graduate consultants and help them refine their skills and domain knowledge
Assist in the development of thought leadership pieces that will enhance our brand in the market
Maintain good communication with practice leadership and support collaboration sharing of ideas and best practices
Other
Travel to client sites may be needed estimated 1 day per week
Ability to grow accounts and develop new client relationships
Ability to work in a wide variety of client settings
Ability to work independently
Ability to balance client work with business development support
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.
Additional employment information
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