Cognizant Hiring for Engagement Delivery Lead at Foster City, CA Full Time

We continuously seek exceptional associates when recruiting new employees. We pride ourselves on having extensive experience working with clients in all major markets. Cognizant’s delivery model is infused with a distinct culture of high customer satisfaction. We consistently deliver positive relationships, cost reductions and business results. At Cognizant, we believe those who challenge the way they work today will own the way tomorrow.

Engagement Delivery Lead

Requirement:

• Should have 18-23 years of experience in Data and Analytics field and atleast 5 years of experience as engagement lead
• Should have worked as developer, technical lead, project manager in datawarehousing projects 10 15 years
• Should have managed projects that are either completely built in cloud platform (AWS or Azure) 3 4 years
• Should have knowledge in reviewing effort estimations, technical solutions, delivery governance
• Should have handled atleast one large account with annual revenue of 25M-35M per year and one or more smaller accounts with annual revenue ~1M to ~3M
• Should have worked in Life Sciences Commercial, R&D, Regulatory affairs, medical affairs, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate functions line of businesses

Preferred Capabilities/Skills/Years of Experience

Should have gone through training or certification in either one of the cloud areas (AWS or Azure)

Negotiation skills 4-5 years

Estimation Skills 4-5 years

Key Responsibilities

• • Understand client organization, their products, key programs
  • Work with customer to understand project & program needs, interfaces with sales and offshore delivery team in India to create techno-functional solution, effort estimation, delivery models
  • Work with offshore delivery team to create statement of work for client confirmed projects / programs
  • Identify project team members, ensures right team composition and ensures quality delivery on time
  • Manage client on scope creep and change requests
  • Responsible to ensure projects are governed
  • Run periodic account level governance meetings and social events
  • Identify risks, proactively mitigate the risks
  • Coach customers and team on the ground
  • Provide solutions to problems as opposed to highlight problems
  • Ensure account has right program managers, solution architects (data / cloud architects), BI leads and SMEs
  • Ensure no delivery escalations
  • Handle multi-vendor (SI partners) discussions / scenarios
  • Work with hyperscaler and non-hyperscaler partners as required for project and engagement
  • Work with multiple client IT stakeholders and business stakeholders
  • Mine the account for new and expansion opportunities
  • Ensure associates are upskilled, rotated, motivated and well managed
  • Ensure junior talents are infused in the account
  • Proactively manage controllable attritions
  • Ensure engagement is running at healthy margin

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.)

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