Manager - Program Management

About The Role

As a Manager, you will make an impact by leading and delivering complex consulting engagements for clients. You will be a valued member of the consulting team and work collaboratively with managers, primary teams, other stakeholders, and clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements and deliver high-impact solutions
• Drive project delivery and ensure client satisfaction
• Mentor and develop junior team members
• Build and maintain strong client relationships
• Support business development and thought leadership initiatives
• Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead, which means operating with Personal Leadership (building trust, collaboration, and inclusion), Organizational Leadership (driving vision and purpose, demonstrating a strategic and enterprise mindset, and creating and communicating a bold direction that inspires purpose), and Business Leadership (exemplifying client focus, managing ambiguity with accountability and results, and operating with financial acumen)

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a position requiring 4 days a week in a client office in Dallas, TX. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

What You Must Have To Be Considered

• 10+ years of consulting, professional services, digital strategy development, advisory, or transformation programs operating in a client-facing capacity serving and leading external client engagements
• Extensive experience working in the relevant industry segment
• Excellent customer-facing capabilities, and an established track record for selling & delivering consulting engagements
• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes
• The embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others, & Leading the Business
• The embodiment of Cognizant’s Core Values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do The Right Thing, & Own It
• MBA or Master’s or advanced business degree preferred

Compensation

$95,000-$120,000

This position is eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.