Frontier Principal: AI Strategy & Enterprise Transformation

Cognizant; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Principal to lead AI-augmented delivery and frontier operating models at the highest level. You will craft strategic direction, co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite clients, and govern AI safety and risk while owning the Frontier practice P&L.

The role emphasizes external authority and cross-ISL influence. Expected to drive end-to-end AI-native system delivery within a Frontier pod, with emphasis on outcomes and customer value.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of enterprise AI leadership experience.
• Earn Frontier Principal designation through sustained leadership and external authority.
• Experience leading AI delivery or AI-era operations.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery or the AI-era operating model across the enterprise.
• Co-design AI transformation strategies with C-suite client stakeholders; produce transformation blueprints.
• Define evaluation frameworks for frontier-model deployment, including red-team protocols and safety benchmarks.
• Govern adversarial-AI risk and AI safety policy; lead incident-response strategy at the enterprise perimeter.
• Own the direction and P&L of a Frontier practice; structure outcome-based commercial models.
• Maintain the Frontier learning community, methodologies and gold standards (the CoE mandate).

Skills

AI transformation strategy

Frontier-model evaluation

Red-team governance

Multi-agent coordination

Adversarial-ML & AI safety

C-suite engagement

P&L leadership

Talent development

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Principal to lead AI-augmented delivery and frontier operating models at the highest level. You will craft strategic direction, co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite clients, and govern AI safety and risk while owning the Frontier practice P&L.

The role emphasizes external authority and cross-ISL influence. Expected to drive end-to-end AI-native system delivery within a Frontier pod, with emphasis on outcomes and customer value.