AI-Driven Delivery Lead, Banking & Cloud Transformation

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 103,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced technology delivery leader to own end-to-end delivery of strategic Banking, Payments, Wealth & Retirement programs. You will build executive client relationships, guide modernization, cloud adoption, and AI-enabled transformation while leading cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and operational excellence with a focus on time-to-market and scalable frameworks.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in technology delivery, consulting, program management, or engineering leadership roles.
• Experience managing large technology portfolios and strategic client relationships within Banking and Financial Services.
• Strong domain expertise in Banking, Payments, Wealth Management, and Retirement Services.
• Demonstrated success leading application development, modernization, cloud, data, integration, and quality engineering programs.
• Hands-on experience driving AI-enabled engineering transformation and Generative AI adoption across the SDLC.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, digital transformation, cloud-native platforms, APIs, and modernization strategies.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of strategic technology programs with governance and business outcomes.
• Build and manage executive-level client relationships as trusted advisor for strategy and modernization.
• Lead large-scale digital transformation programs including modernization and cloud adoption.
• Drive AI-led engineering transformation with GenAI-enabled SDLC practices and automation accelerators.
• Provide technology leadership across solution architecture, delivery planning, and risk management.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams of delivery managers, architects, engineers, and program managers.
• Support account growth through consulting-led engagements, solutioning, and executive presentations.
• Establish delivery best practices, reusable frameworks, governance models and productivity metrics.

Skills

Tech delivery leadership

Client relationship mgmt

Banking/FS domain

AI-enabled transformation

Enterprise architecture

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced technology delivery leader to own end-to-end delivery of strategic Banking, Payments, Wealth & Retirement programs. You will build executive client relationships, guide modernization, cloud adoption, and AI-enabled transformation while leading cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and operational excellence with a focus on time-to-market and scalable frameworks.