Global Delivery Lead, Digital Transformation

Cognizant; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Australia in Sydney seeks a Delivery Lead for a Digital Transformation program. You will own end-to-end delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality and business outcomes, while guiding cross-functional and distributed teams.

You will manage governance, risks, and stakeholder expectations, partnering with clients and internal teams to drive performance, continuous improvement, and successful transitions to operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, IT, business, or related field.
• 20+ years of technology delivery experience with 10+ years leading large programs.
• PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, Scrum or equivalent certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated delivery plans, milestones, dependencies and release schedules.
• Lead delivery teams, remove impediments and promote high performance.
• Maintain governance via reviews, dashboards and KPIs.
• Manage client relationships and transparent progress updates.
• Control budgets, forecasts, staffing, and vendor performance.
• Ensure architecture, security, regulatory and operational readiness.

Skills

Momentum Model

Scaled Agile

Global delivery

Australian Insurance

Data migration

Redshift

Databricks

ADLC

STTM validation

Project governance

SDLC

DevOps

Executive communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering / IT / Business

Master’s degree or MBA advantageous

Tools

Redshift

Databricks

Protect

Duck Creek

ADLC

Job description

Cognizant Australia in Sydney seeks a Delivery Lead for a Digital Transformation program. You will own end-to-end delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality and business outcomes, while guiding cross-functional and distributed teams.

You will manage governance, risks, and stakeholder expectations, partnering with clients and internal teams to drive performance, continuous improvement, and successful transitions to operations.