Facets Configuration Manager

Cognizant; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Configuration Manager to lead configuration delivery across large-scale healthcare payer transformation programs. Remote role in the United States, with collaboration across business, configuration, testing, and implementation partners to ensure high-quality solutions.

You will develop project plans, manage milestones and release schedules, coordinate cross-functional teams, and provide executive status reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of project, program, or delivery management experience.
• 5+ years leading large-scale implementation, migration, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end configuration workstreams across large-scale Facets implementation, migration, and transformation programs.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, release schedules, and delivery roadmaps to ensure successful program execution.
• Coordinate activities across configuration, business analysis, testing, migration, and deployment teams.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation activities while driving timely resolution.
• Partner with business, operations, technology, and client stakeholders to align project objectives and delivery outcomes.
• Oversee release planning, implementation readiness, and production deployment activities.
• Deliver executive-level status reporting, governance updates, and stakeholder communications.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams while promoting accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Project delivery management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Risk and issue management

Offshore and onsite delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Facets Configuration

Job description

About The Role

As a Facets Configuration Manager, you will make an impact by leading configuration delivery and implementation workstreams that support complex healthcare payer transformation and migration initiatives. You will be a valued member of the Healthcare Delivery & Transformation team and work collaboratively with business stakeholders, configuration teams, testing teams, and implementation partners to ensure successful delivery of high-quality solutions.

Location

Remote

Employment Type

Full-Time

Job ID

00070194811

In This Role, You Will

• Lead end-to-end configuration workstreams across large-scale Facets implementation, migration, and transformation programs.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, release schedules, and delivery roadmaps to ensure successful program execution.
• Coordinate activities across configuration, business analysis, testing, migration, and deployment teams.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation activities while driving timely resolution.
• Partner with business, operations, technology, and client stakeholders to align project objectives and delivery outcomes.
• Oversee release planning, implementation readiness, and production deployment activities.
• Deliver executive-level status reporting, governance updates, and stakeholder communications.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams while promoting accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

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 the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on project, business, or client requirements. We will always be clear about role expectations.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of project, program, or delivery management experience.
• 5+ years leading large-scale implementation, migration, or transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams across business and technology organizations.
• Strong experience with project planning, stakeholder management, governance, RAID management, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex programs with multiple dependencies and competing priorities.
• Experience managing offshore and onsite delivery teams.
• Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

These will help you stand out

• Experience with Facets Configuration and healthcare payer platforms.
• Knowledge of enrollment, benefits, provider configuration, and claims administration processes.
• Experience supporting Medicare, Medicaid, or Commercial lines of business.
• Experience leading healthcare platform migration or modernization programs.
• PMP, Agile, SAFe, Scrum, or related project management certifications.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and complex delivery ecosystems.

Salary And Other Compensation

Applicants will be accepted till 9/03/2026

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

• Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

The annual salary for this position will be in the range of $130,000 - $150,000 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.

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, creativity, productivity, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are content with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!