Senior Program Manager (Hybrid)

Senior Program Manager (Hybrid)

Cognizant's Digital Engineering

Our practice is seeking a highly qualified Senior Program Manager 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.

Our developers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we're doing wrong, so we can fix it, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.

Location: Irving TX, Tampa FL, Basking Bridge NJ, Alpharetta GA.

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted until February 22nd, 2025.

The annual salary for this position is between $102,000 - $160,000 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.

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

Responsibilities

• Define and refine finance models and governance for key portfolios, including budget/resource management and cost optimization.
• Facilitate headcount and budget finalization, change control, budget reduction, and expense reduction exercises.
• Execute strategic workforce strategies to achieve portfolio objectives.
• Manage vendor governance, including contingent labor ramp-up, invoicing, contract extensions, and collaboration with finance teams.
• Track and analyze key insights from vendor meetings and provide feedback to stakeholders.
• Drive employee enablement and engagement initiatives to enhance overall employee experience.
• Program manage executive reviews and internal engagement events.
• Facilitate branding and communication efforts to instill pride and loyalty in employees.
• Promote innovation culture and support events like hackathons.
• Provide executive summaries with portfolio data analysis and insights for continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Program management/ITIL certifications.
• Expertise in portfolio budget and finance management and tracking.
• Knowledge of project management techniques and methods.
• Proficiency in productivity and program management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Clarity, G Suite, Slack).
• Strong change champion and culture catalyst.
• Strong relationship management skills with internal IT leaders, business leaders, and external vendors.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Verizon experience is a must.

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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