Program Director (Hybrid)

Program Director (Hybrid)

Cognizant's Digital Engineering

Our practice is seeking a highly qualified Program Director with experience in developing and building impactful, scalable, enterprise applications.

Our Developers have a passion for high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users.

Location: Irving - TX / Alpharetta, GA / Tampa - FL / Basking Ridge, NJ - (Hybrid)

**Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States**

Responsibilities:

• Defining project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business objectives in collaboration with the senior leadership team and internal stakeholders
• Establishing effective and appropriate project governance for a project
• Producing and maintaining a project plan while conducting the project within constraints of the framework used by different delivery teams
• Developing full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
• Planning and scheduling project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Estimating the resources and participants required to achieve project goals
• Ensuring proper financial management of the project
• Ensuring proper risk management by documenting all risks and employing an effective mitigation strategy
• Excellent organization and presentation skills
• Firm knowledge of project management methodologies and tools
• Ability to implement and support complex enterprise software systems
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent vendor management and negotiation skills
• Ability to influence and foster an environment of shared accountability
• Ability to collaborate with people, processes, and systems
• Ability to be flexible and highly adaptive in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications:

• 12 + years in strategy, operations, process consulting, stakeholder management, project/ program delivery within legacy modernization or digital transformations
• Project/Program training and certifications (PMI/SAFe 5.0/Prince II)
• Experience in delivering at least 3 or more complex programs involving teams across multiple geographies
• Experience in senior stakeholder management, communication, and relationship
• Experience being part of deal solutioning and identifying relevant risks
• Can present solutions from the Program Management standpoint
• Experience in managing client stakeholders across IT, VMO, and business
• Adept with multicultural; multi-geo working teams and stakeholders
• Experience in contract management
• Program delivery experience involving 3 or more service lines
• Experience in delivering Transformational commitment, productivity goals, offshoring commitment
• Experience in delivering domain capability services or niche technology capabilities or new technologies to the market
• Experience in leading/managing structured deals, takeover/acquisition, or divesture programs
• Required Education: MBA or Master's degree strongly preferred; Bachelor's degree required
  
  

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.

Travel: 0-5%

Why Choose Cognizant?

Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry recognized, award winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your abilities fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.

If you became comfortable with ambiguity, delight by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. We consider all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital and family status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status or any other classification protected by state, federal or local law.

About Cognizant:

Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant leverages a highly flexible business model, a flawless global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of world-class companies that are leaders in their own space.

www.cognizant.com

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