Healthcare Pega Program Lead (Remote)

Cognizant; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan with contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Pega Project Manager to lead complex Healthcare programs from strategy through execution. You will collaborate with clients, executives, product owners, IT teams, and Agile delivery teams to drive outcomes and business value realization.

In This Role, You Will lead cross-workstream delivery, define strategies and milestones, manage scope, schedule and budget, and drive governance and executive reporting for successful increments and go-lives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Agile program delivery across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Strong expertise in Agile methodologies and Scrum delivery practices.
• Strong program planning and risk management experience.
• Experience managing program scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and dependencies.
• Experience establishing governance processes and executive reporting mechanisms.
• Proven ability to build relationships with business leaders, product owners, IT teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience facilitating steering committee meetings and executive governance reviews.
• Ability to track program metrics including velocity, quality, productivity, and business value realization.
• Experience identifying risks, developing mitigation plans, and supporting audit readiness and quality assurance activities.
• Healthcare domain experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Healthcare programs across multiple workstreams.
• Define program strategy, roadmaps, milestones, and delivery plans aligned with business objectives.
• Oversee project execution and ensure scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk management objectives are achieved.
• Establish governance processes and program reporting mechanisms while driving successful program increments, releases, and go-live activities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and executive stakeholders, facilitating governance reviews and effectively communicating program status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.

Skills

Agile program delivery

Agile methodologies

Program planning

Risk management

Governance & reporting

Stakeholder relationship building

Steering committee facilitation

Program metrics tracking

Risk mitigation & audit readiness

Healthcare domain experience

Education

PMP

Pega Certified Senior System Architect

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Pega Project Manager to lead complex Healthcare programs from strategy through execution. You will collaborate with clients, executives, product owners, IT teams, and Agile delivery teams to drive outcomes and business value realization.

In This Role, You Will lead cross-workstream delivery, define strategies and milestones, manage scope, schedule and budget, and drive governance and executive reporting for successful increments and go-lives.