Consulting Manager, Digital Banking

Cognizant; Bay City (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting seeks a Consulting Manager, Digital Banking to lead strategic digital banking transformations. You will bridge business, product, and technology teams to ensure initiatives align with objectives, delivery commitments, and regulatory requirements.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, Technology Owners, and Portfolio Management to steer roadmaps, plan releases, and manage risks in a hybrid work environment, with 3–4 days per week in Plano, TX or the San Francisco Bay Area.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Project Management, Program Management, Product Delivery, or Transformation Management experience
• 5+ years of Digital Banking experience
• Strong understanding of Consumer, Commercial, or Business Banking products and operations
• Proven experience leading large-scale technology and business transformation initiatives within financial services
• Strong experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Experience managing product roadmaps, backlogs, PI planning activities, and release execution
• Demonstrated experience coordinating Product Owners, Technology Owners, Business Teams, and Portfolio Management stakeholders
• Experience managing enterprise system integrations and large-scale program delivery
• Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial management, risk management, and dependency tracking
• Experience developing business requirements, process flows, use cases, test plans, and business analysis deliverables
• Experience managing regulatory, compliance-driven, or risk-sensitive initiatives
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills
• Ability to operate independently and drive delivery with minimal supervision

Responsibilities

• Own product delivery execution, roadmap governance, backlog management, and prioritization across digital banking initiatives
• Partner with Product Owners and Technology Owners to drive planning, PI planning, quarterly planning events, and cross-functional alignment
• Manage program risks, dependencies, impediments, budgets, forecasts, and governance activities
• Develop and maintain business requirements, process flows, use cases, testing artifacts, and implementation documentation
• Lead executive reporting, stakeholder communications, system integration coordination, operational readiness activities, and regulatory program delivery

Skills

Project management

Digital Banking

Agile delivery

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Delivery independence

Tools

Jira

Hyperion forecasting

Job description

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

About the role

As a Consulting Manager, Digital Banking, you will make an impact by leading the delivery of strategic digital banking transformation initiatives across business and technology organizations. You will be a valued member of the Banking & Financial Services team and work collaboratively with Product Owners, Technology Owners, Portfolio Management teams, and business stakeholders to drive roadmap execution, program governance, and successful product delivery.

You will serve as the bridge between business, product, and technology teams, ensuring complex banking initiatives are delivered effectively from ideation through implementation while maintaining alignment with business objectives, delivery commitments, and regulatory requirements.

In this role, you will:

• Own product delivery execution, roadmap governance, backlog management, and prioritization activities across digital banking initiatives

• Partner with Product Owners and Technology Owners to drive execution planning, PI planning, quarterly planning events, and cross-functional delivery alignment

• Manage program risks, dependencies, impediments, budgets, forecasts, and governance activities to support successful delivery outcomes

• Develop and maintain business requirements, process flows, use cases, testing artifacts, and implementation documentation

• Lead executive reporting, stakeholder communications, system integration coordination, operational readiness activities, and regulatory program delivery

Work model – Hybrid

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3–4 days per week in a client or Cognizant office in Plano, Texas or the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you must have to be considered

• 7+ years of Project Management, Program Management, Product Delivery, or Transformation Management experience

• 5+ years of Digital Banking experience

• Strong understanding of Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, or Business Banking products and operations

• Proven experience leading large‑scale technology and business transformation initiatives within financial services

• Strong experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies

• Experience managing product roadmaps, backlogs, PI planning activities, and release execution

• Demonstrated experience coordinating Product Owners, Technology Owners, Business Teams, and Portfolio Management stakeholders

• Experience managing enterprise system integrations and large‑scale program delivery

• Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial management, risk management, and dependency tracking

• Experience developing business requirements, process flows, use cases, test plans, and business analysis deliverables

• Experience managing regulatory, compliance‑driven, or risk‑sensitive initiatives

• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills

• Ability to operate independently and drive delivery with minimal supervision

These will help you succeed

• 6+ years of Program Delivery, Product Delivery, or Transformation Leadership experience

• Experience working with large financial institutions and Tier‑1 banking organizations

• Strong expertise in Jira‑based product management, including roadmap management from Idea → Initiative → Epic → User Story

• Experience leading Product Increment (PI) Planning and large Agile delivery programs

• Experience preparing executive dashboards, leadership reporting, and portfolio governance artifacts

• Familiarity with Hyperion Forecasting and financial planning processes

• Experience working with cross‑functional technology, operations, and business teams in digital transformation initiatives

• Strong knowledge of banking operational processes, digital banking platforms, and enterprise integration architectures

• Experience driving change management and operational readiness activities within banking environments