Hybrid Logistics Product Leader
Cognizant
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Job summary
Cognizant is seeking a Consulting Manager, Transportation & Logistics to blend domain expertise with hands-on product leadership across complex logistics environments. You will lead PLM initiatives, own product design strategies, and partner with QA, engineering, and stakeholders to deliver value.
Based in a hybrid role with 3–4 days in client offices in Jersey City, NJ or Atlanta, GA, you will drive backlog governance, define testing standards, and help elevate team capability through workshops
Qualifications
- 8+ years of PLM and product design experience.
- Backlog ownership and roadmap stewardship.
- Experience with product availability testing and reliability.
- Strong background in transportation & logistics (TMS/WMS, etc.).
- Data analytics for product performance (KPIs, dashboards).
Responsibilities
- Lead PLM initiatives to improve speed, quality and reliability.
- Own product design strategies aligned with business goals.
- Define and oversee product availability testing and test protocols.
- Manage backlog and translate strategy into sprintable work.
- Collaborate with engineering, operations and business teams.
- Translate market signals into requirements, features and tradeoffs.
- Run workshops to uplift product management and logistics capability.
- Establish compliance practices aligned to industry norms.
- Drive metrics to optimize PLM outcomes and report progress.
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Job description
Cognizant is seeking a Consulting Manager, Transportation & Logistics to blend domain expertise with hands-on product leadership across complex logistics environments. You will lead PLM initiatives, own product design strategies, and partner with QA, engineering, and stakeholders to deliver value.
Based in a hybrid role with 3–4 days in client offices in Jersey City, NJ or Atlanta, GA, you will drive backlog governance, define testing standards, and help elevate team capability through workshops
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