Cognizant is always looking for top talent. We are searching for candidates to fill future needs within the business. This job posting represents potential future employment opportunities with Cognizant. Although the position is not currently available, we want to provide you with the opportunity to express your interest in future employment opportunities with Cognizant. If a job opportunity that you may be qualified for becomes available in the future, we will notify you. At that time you can determine whether you would like to apply for the specific open position. Thank you for your interest in Cognizant career opportunities.

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 is increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we’re growing!

• Responsibilities

  • Serve as the Engagement Lead and manage teams of Consultants, Senior Consultants, and Managers for one or more commercial projects to ensure effective negotiations, well-aligned solution-delivery-to-plan, clear engagement governance accountabilities, profitability, and overall client satisfaction

  · Lead client workshops and support business analysis interviews

  · Monitor and supervise the daily activities of project staff, including consulting and non-consulting team members

  · Enrich client partnering and anticipate client needs based on a solid understanding of emerging industry requirements and/or technological breakthroughs in Travel & Hospitality industry

  • Ensure the appropriate alignment and collaboration of consulting teams and individuals with the larger Cognizant and client ecosystems

  · Support business development activities within an account or region, including pricing the consulting component of engagements, resource planning, and supporting project estimates.

  · Provide business development guidance to Consultants, Senior Consultants, and Consulting Managers (including accurate delivery estimates, storylines, proposal coordination and development, client presentations).

  · Assess proposed solutions from an expansion and strategic growth perspective, including partner / alliance involvement

  • Advocate for and establish appropriate recognition for Consulting within projects, and negotiate applicable consultant rates in project sizing that correspond to the value Consultants contribute to engagements
  • Serve as a people leader, supporting the recruitment, onboarding, upskilling, and mentorship of your colleagues in Consulting; participate in people development and community-building activities
  • Guide development, provide feedback, and conduct performance reviews
  • Recruit, hire, develop, and manage consulting talent
  • Mentors and supports the career development of promising candidates and interns
  • Acts as a resource for team members and colleagues, based on extensive consulting and management experience, and industry expertise
  • Develop and manage the capture, communication, and sharing of intellectual property (IP) and project artifacts for a focus area, domain area, or practice management area
  • Exercise leadership in the development of Consulting service offerings
  • Leverage collegial networks across Cognizant (e.g., sales, service line community, offshore delivery) and external partners to innovate solutioning or resolve issues
  • Support and contribute to the establishment of thought leadership to promote Cognizant’s brand and to drive additional opportunities for Cognizant

  Qualifications

  • 10 years of consulting, professional services, digital strategy development, advisory, or transformation programs serving Hotel clients in a client-facing capacity; serving and leading external client engagements, including experience implementing large scale PMS solutions, especially related to Oracle Opera Cloud, Agilisys Stay, or HotelKey solutions.
  • A proven track record of program delivery leadership in a client-facing role, with at least 2 of these (though ideally more) in leading digital technology teams

  · Experience in successfully developing and leading consultant teams in planning, task structuring, analysis, and solution delivery

  · Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business or technical discipline; MBA or Master’s or advanced business degree preferred

  • Travel Required: Up to 50%

  · Onsite Requirements: Hybrid, including work from Cognizant and client locations

  Work Authorization

  · Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (US Citizenship, H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

  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.