Consulting Principal

Cognizant; Tambaram; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in India is seeking a senior IT consultant to drive high-impact engagements for global clients. You will shape strategies, optimize technology investments, and deliver measurable business value in a hybrid work model.

The role involves leading complex transformations across enterprise tech, developing reusable frameworks, and mentoring teams to ensure governance, risk management, and regulatory alignment while achieving client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Fifteen to seventeen years of progressive IT consulting experience leading complex transformation projects.
• Deep domain knowledge across applications, infrastructure, and data platforms with business language.
• Strong consulting skills in problem structuring, hypothesis-driven analysis, and storytelling with data.
• Experience coordinating distributed teams in hybrid work environments using collaboration tools.
• Advanced stakeholder management and negotiation to align diverse groups on shared outcomes.
• Knowledge of project and program management disciplines and standard consulting methodologies.
• Familiarity with regulations, security, and compliance relevant to enterprise IT.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT consulting engagements from inception to completion, aligning with client objectives and delivering measurable value.
• Oversee modernization opportunities across client tech landscapes to boost efficiency and reduce risk.
• Provide thought leadership and develop reusable frameworks for consistency and quality.
• Translate business challenges into practical tech solutions within budget constraints.
• Guide target operating models for technology and consulting functions emphasizing governance.
• Coordinate hybrid work delivery across onsite and remote teams with clear priorities.
• Influence senior stakeholders with clear recommendations on investments in apps and data.
• Develop roadmaps for cloud adoption and data-driven decision making aligned with regulation.
• Mentor consultants and contribute to knowledge assets and service offerings.
• Ensure engagement governance by monitoring risks and resources and applying corrective actions.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to turn strategies into executable programs with feedback loops.
• Champion ethical and sustainable technology recommendations benefiting society.
• Manage stakeholder expectations with transparent progress updates and milestone reviews.

Skills

IT consulting

Transformation leadership

Stakeholder management

Hybrid work coordination

Program management

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Job Summary

Drive high impact consulting engagements for global clients in the IT consulting domain using extensive experience to shape strategies optimize technology investments and enhance business value in a hybrid work model. Collaborate across diverse teams to deliver data driven insights sustainable outcomes and measurable improvements in client performance and societal advancement.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT consulting engagements from inception to completion ensuring that project scopes timelines and outcomes align with client strategic objectives and deliver measurable business value.
• Oversee end to end assessment of client technology landscapes identifying modernization opportunities that improve efficiency reduce operational risk and support long term digital transformation.
• Provide thought leadership on IT consulting best practices developing frameworks and methodologies that can be reused across engagements to drive consistency quality and innovation.
• Drive collaborative problem solving with cross functional client teams translating business challenges into practical technology solutions that are feasible sustainable and aligned with budget constraints.
• Guide the design of target operating models for technology and consulting functions focusing on governance processes and tools that enhance agility transparency and accountability.
• Coordinate hybrid work delivery across onsite and remote team members ensuring effective communication shared understanding of priorities and timely resolution of issues without requiring travel.
• Influence senior client stakeholders through clear presentations and well structured recommendations enabling informed decisions on investments in applications infrastructure and data capabilities.
• Develop roadmaps for cloud adoption application modernization and data driven decision making ensuring that implementation phases are pragmatic risk aware and aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Support practice growth by mentoring consultants contributing to knowledge assets and shaping service offerings that strengthen the firms market position in IT consulting and digital advisory.
• Ensure rigorous engagement governance by monitoring risks dependencies and resource utilization implementing corrective actions that safeguard quality standards and client satisfaction.
• Collaborate with delivery and operations teams to transition approved strategies into executable programs aligning delivery plans metrics and feedback loops to achieve promised outcomes.
• Champion ethical and sustainable technology recommendations promoting solutions that enhance accessibility reduce environmental impact and contribute positively to society through responsible innovation.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by setting realistic milestones communicating progress transparently and incorporating feedback that improves both client experience and internal ways of working.

Qualifications

• Possess fifteen to seventeen years of progressive experience in IT consulting demonstrating consistent success in leading complex transformation projects and delivering measurable business improvements.
• Bring deep domain knowledge across enterprise technology architectures including applications infrastructure and data platforms with the ability to explain technical concepts in accessible business language.
• Apply strong consulting skills in problem structuring hypothesis driven analysis and storytelling with data ensuring that recommendations are evidence based and practically implementable.
• Use proven experience in hybrid work environments to coordinate distributed teams leveraging collaboration tools and structured rituals that maintain productivity and alignment without travel.
• Demonstrate advanced competency in stakeholder management and negotiation enabling consensus among diverse business and technology groups while preserving focus on shared outcomes.
• Exhibit practical knowledge of project and program management disciplines including planning risk management and benefits tracking with hands on use of standard methodologies adapted to consulting contexts.
• Show familiarity with industry regulations security considerations and compliance requirements relevant to enterprise IT integrating these elements into strategic and architectural guidance for clients.