IT Project Manager – Agile & AI Tools - Hybrid

Cognizant; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + 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 an IT Project Manager with Agile and AI tools experience to lead hybrid delivery teams in Johns Creek, GA. You will drive Scrum events, refine backlogs, and translate business priorities into actionable delivery plans that align with enterprise roadmaps.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, budgeting, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration across merchandising and related domains.

Qualifications

• Team/People Management is required.
• Agile – Scrum experience is required.
• Exposure to AI Tools like Gemini Code Assist, Copilot, Claude is required.
• Stakeholder Management is required.
• Jira – Dashboard/report experience is required.
• Budgeting experience is preferred.
• Project Planning experience is required.
• Project Execution experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead agile delivery teams using structured scrum practices to ensure predictable delivery of high quality product increments that align with organizational strategy and generate measurable business value for stakeholders and communities across supported markets.
• Oversee planning and execution of sprint cycles including backlog refinement sprint planning daily standups reviews and retrospectives to maintain strong team rhythm transparency and continuous improvement across hybrid work arrangements.
• Provide clear direction on product priorities by collaborating with product owners and business partners in merchandising and adjacent domains to refine user stories define acceptance criteria and balance technical feasibility with business outcomes.
• Guide cross functional teams in adopting and maturing agile frameworks by coaching on roles artifacts and ceremonies while promoting empirical process control and data driven decision making for sustainable performance.
• Drive alignment between technology teams and enterprise roadmap by translating strategic objectives into actionable agile delivery plans that support modernization initiatives operational efficiency and customer experience enhancements.
• Manage dependencies and risks across multiple scrum teams by facilitating effective communication issue resolution and scenario planning to prevent delivery bottlenecks and protect committed sprint goals.
• Coordinate hybrid work practices by establishing clear collaboration norms digital tooling standards and outcome based performance measures that enable geographically distributed team members to deliver consistently during day shift operations.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering and delivery practices by analyzing metrics such as velocity quality indicators and cycle time to identify patterns and initiate targeted improvement experiments.
• Collaborate with governance and compliance functions to ensure agile delivery processes adhere to organizational policies regulatory expectations and secure handling of data while maintaining flexibility for innovation.
• Enable stakeholder engagement through structured demos and feedback sessions that showcase progress capture evolving needs and demonstrate how technology solutions contribute to responsible growth and positive societal impact.
• Optimize resource utilization and budgeting across assigned portfolios by monitoring capacity skill alignment and forecast accuracy to sustain delivery health and prevent team overcommitment or burnout.
• Champion inclusive communication and psychological safety within teams by encouraging open dialogue constructive feedback and respectful challenge so that diverse perspectives shape better product outcomes.
• Coordinate support transition and operational readiness activities by working with service management and business operations teams to ensure new features are stable well documented and seamlessly adopted in production environments.

Skills

Team/People Management

Agile – Scrum

AI Tools exposure

Stakeholder Management

Jira – Dashboard/report experience

Budgeting

Project Planning

Project Execution

Tools

Jira

Job description

Important Disclaimers**Please note: A few of our roles may require in-person interviews at Cognizant offices or client locations, depending on project or client needs.**

Important Disclaimers**Please note: A few of our roles may require in-person interviews at Cognizant offices or client locations, depending on project or client needs.**

IT Project Manager – Agile & AI Tools - Hybrid

In This Role, You Will

• Lead agile delivery teams using structured scrum practices to ensure predictable delivery of high quality product increments that align with organizational strategy and generate measurable business value for stakeholders and communities across supported markets.
• Oversee planning and execution of sprint cycles including backlog refinement sprint planning daily standups reviews and retrospectives to maintain strong team rhythm transparency and continuous improvement across hybrid work arrangements.
• Provide clear direction on product priorities by collaborating with product owners and business partners in merchandising and adjacent domains to refine user stories define acceptance criteria and balance technical feasibility with business outcomes.
• Guide cross functional teams in adopting and maturing agile frameworks by coaching on roles artifacts and ceremonies while promoting empirical process control and data driven decision making for sustainable performance.
• Drive alignment between technology teams and enterprise roadmap by translating strategic objectives into actionable agile delivery plans that support modernization initiatives operational efficiency and customer experience enhancements.
• Manage dependencies and risks across multiple scrum teams by facilitating effective communication issue resolution and scenario planning to prevent delivery bottlenecks and protect committed sprint goals.
• Coordinate hybrid work practices by establishing clear collaboration norms digital tooling standards and outcome based performance measures that enable geographically distributed team members to deliver consistently during day shift operations.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering and delivery practices by analyzing metrics such as velocity quality indicators and cycle time to identify patterns and initiate targeted improvement experiments.
• Collaborate with governance and compliance functions to ensure agile delivery processes adhere to organizational policies regulatory expectations and secure handling of data while maintaining flexibility for innovation.
• Enable stakeholder engagement through structured demos and feedback sessions that showcase progress capture evolving needs and demonstrate how technology solutions contribute to responsible growth and positive societal impact.
• Optimize resource utilization and budgeting across assigned portfolios by monitoring capacity skill alignment and forecast accuracy to sustain delivery health and prevent team overcommitment or burnout.
• Champion inclusive communication and psychological safety within teams by encouraging open dialogue constructive feedback and respectful challenge so that diverse perspectives shape better product outcomes.
• Coordinate support transition and operational readiness activities by working with service management and business operations teams to ensure new features are stable well documented and seamlessly adopted in production environments.

Locations

Johns Creek, GA

Work model

Hybrid

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Johns Creek, GA. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered (Required)

• Team/People Management
• Agile – Scrum
• Exposure to AI Tools like Gemini Code Assist, Copilot, Claude
• Stakeholder Management
• Jira – Dashboard/report experience
• Budgeting
• Project Planning
• Project Execution

Salary And Other Compensation

Applications will be accepted until 11/20/2026. 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.