Agentic AI – Now Assist Lead

Cognizant; New York (NY); On-site; USD 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks an Agentic AI – Now Assist Lead to guide Cognizant’s Agentic AI and Now Assist capabilities across ITSM, CSM, HRSD and beyond. You will work as a technical peer and enablement partner with senior Capability Leaders across product lines.

You will lead Now Assist and AI Agent implementations, own the roadmap, build accelerators, and steer RFP architecture with governance for responsible AI. The role splits 60/40 between billable delivery and CoE duties.

Qualifications

• Current Now Assist and/or AI Agents credential.
• Ability to work as a technical peer and enablement partner to senior Capability Leaders across product lines.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex Now Assist and AI Agent implementations, providing architecture-level support for agent orchestration failures, prompt and skill tuning, and downstream workflow integrations.
• Own the Agentic AI and Now Assist roadmap and the CoE’s AI-vector mapping for roadmap planning and RFP discussions.
• Build reusable accelerators for ITSM and AI Agent triage and deflection in Q4 FY26, and for Now Assist and AI Agents agentic workflows in Q1 FY27.
• Lead RFP architecture where Agentic AI differentiates the solution, and establish responsible AI and AI governance delivery standards for the CoE.
• Partner with the Academy to co-deliver Agentic AI upskilling through dedicated cohorts and modules embedded in other capability streams’ training.

Skills

Technical leadership

Now Assist credential

Enablement partner

Prompt engineering

Stakeholder leadership

Job description

Agentic AI – Now Assist Lead

About the role

As an Agentic AI – Now Assist Lead, you will make an impact by leading Cognizant’s Agentic AI and Now Assist capability and bringing AI-powered triage, deflection, and orchestration to workflows across IT Service Management (ITSM), Customer Service Management (CSM), HR Service Delivery (HRSD), and beyond. You will be a valued member of the Center of Excellence (CoE), working collaboratively with senior Capability Leaders as a technical peer and enablement partner across product lines.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex Now Assist and AI Agent implementations, providing architecture-level support for agent orchestration failures, prompt and skill tuning, and downstream workflow integrations; serve as on-call technical escalation support when issues across other capability streams have an agentic AI root cause.
• Own the Agentic AI and Now Assist roadmap and the CoE’s AI-vector mapping for roadmap planning and request for proposal (RFP) discussions.
• Build reusable accelerators for ITSM and AI Agent triage and deflection in Q4 FY26, and for Now Assist and AI Agents agentic workflows in Q1 FY27.
• Lead RFP architecture where Agentic AI differentiates the solution, and establish responsible AI and AI governance delivery standards for the CoE.
• Partner with the Academy to co-deliver Agentic AI upskilling through dedicated cohorts and modules embedded in other capability streams’ training.

Your capacity will be split between billable delivery (at least 60%) and core CoE responsibilities (no more than 40%).

What you need to have to be considered

• A current Now Assist and/or AI Agents credential.
• Ability to work as a technical peer and enablement partner to senior Capability Leaders across product lines.

These will help you stand out

• Experience with Predictive Intelligence and/or Virtual Agent.
• Working knowledge of prompt engineering and AI governance practices.

Salary and other compensation

Applications will be accepted through November 30, 2026.

The annual salary for this position is $119,000–$139,500, depending on the successful candidate’s experience and other qualifications.

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

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