Delivery Manager

Cognizant; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 103,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead strategic technology delivery for a major Banking and Financial Services client in the United States. You will drive modernization, AI-enabled engineering transformation, cloud adoption, and platform engineering to achieve business outcomes.

You will own end-to-end programs, build executive relationships, mentor cross-functional teams, and contribute to growth through consulting-led engagements and proposal development.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of technology delivery, consulting, program management, or engineering leadership.
• Strong Banking and Financial Services domain experience.
• Experience in application modernization, cloud adoption, APIs, and data integration.
• Proven ability to lead large portfolios and executive client relationships.
• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled SDLC and GenAI adoption.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of Banking, Payments, Wealth & Retirement programs, ensuring governance and outcomes.
• Build executive-level client relationships as trusted advisor for technology strategy.
• Lead large-scale digital transformations including modernization and cloud adoption.
• Drive AI-led engineering transformation with GenAI-enabled practices and automation.
• Provide technology leadership across architecture, delivery planning, risk, and operations.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams of delivery managers, architects, engineers, and PMs.
• Support account growth through proposals, solutioning, and executive presentations.
• Establish best practices, reusable frameworks, governance, and metrics.

Skills

Technology delivery

Executive relationships

Banking domain expertise

Digital transformation

AI-enabled transformation

Cloud adoption

Program management

Leadership

Tools

GenAI tooling

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead strategic technology delivery, client engagement, digital transformation, and portfolio growth initiatives for a major Banking and Financial Services client. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, driving business outcomes through technology modernization, AI-led engineering transformation, cloud adoption, and operational excellence. This role requires strong expertise in banking, payments, wealth management, and retirement services domains, combined with proven experience managing large-scale technology portfolios and consulting-led engagements. Inspired by industry-leading Banking & Financial Services transformation and modernization initiatives.

In this role, you will:

• Own end-to-end delivery of strategic Banking, Payments, Wealth & Retirement technology programs, ensuring successful execution, governance, quality, and business outcomes.
• Build and manage executive-level client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor for technology strategy, modernization, and transformation initiatives.
• Lead large-scale digital transformation programs including application modernization, cloud adoption, platform engineering, integrations, and quality engineering.
• Drive AI-led engineering transformation by implementing GenAI-enabled SDLC practices, developer copilots, intelligent testing, and automation accelerators.
• Provide technology leadership across solution architecture, delivery planning, engineering execution, risk management, and operational excellence.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams comprising delivery managers, architects, engineers, consultants, and program managers.
• Support account growth through consulting-led engagements, solutioning, proposal development, and executive presentations.
• Establish delivery best practices, reusable frameworks, governance models, and productivity metrics to improve efficiency and time-to-market.

Work model:

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

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 need to have to be considered

• 15+ years of experience in technology delivery, consulting, program management, or engineering leadership roles.
• Proven 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.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $ 102600 to $ 162500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. 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:

• 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

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.