Consulting Manager
 Cognizant North America | |
life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)
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 United States, Texas, Plano | |
 Mar 28, 2025 | |
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Consulting Manager - Banking & Financial Services, Cognizant Consulting Banking & Financial Services Plano, TX 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 banking and financial services group is looking for a Consulting Manager, Banking & Financial Services to join our journey. We're looking for someone who excels in project management in the banking and financial services domain. We're looking for Consulting Managers who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Senior Consultant, this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders, and colleagues. 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 * Based on experience, support or own and manage one or more project workstream(s), including deliverables, while adhering to budget, timelines, and client engagement guidelines; * Partner with clients and project stakeholders and apply technical and domain expertise to solve core client business challenges or inefficiencies; this may include leading and managing small solutioning teams to accomplish the above * Collaborate with Product Owner (PO) and Tech Owners (TO) to support the creation of Product Vision, Roadmap, and Backlogs * Partner with PO and TO on monthly progress updates * Plan, facilitate and summarize new Product Increment planning events (done each quarter) * Help manage risks and dependencies across workstreams * Escalate and track impediments across workstreams * Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks * Provide Dashboard reporting on project status, issues and risks * Will be required to drive developing business requirements, process flows, use cases, test plans and other work streams related activities and artifacts. * Leads and manages all aspects of project planning within and across related projects including scope, budget, financial forecasting, and scheduling. * Monitors project and/or program execution and escalates project risks and issues early. * Facilitates adoption of business process changes and leads project team and stakeholders through effective change management * Develops detailed training, communication and rollout plans and manages business process changes * Leads integration of multiple upstream and downstream data interfaces * Manages time bound regulatory compliance projects impacting critical business functions * Develop practice capabilities and brand recognition by exercising thought leadership, establishing a consultative presence within Cognizant and the wider consulting community, and participating in professional organizations; Qualifications
* Onsite Requirements: 3 days onsite at client location in Plano, TX * Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes * The embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way. 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.) Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary for this position is between $110,000 - $149,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans. Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
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