Remote Consulting Manager: Healthcare Payer Strategy & Delivery

Cognizant; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 81,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Employee assistance program

10 paid holidays plus PTO

Paid parental leave

Learning and development programs

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting in the United States is seeking a Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and grow Cognizant’s consulting practice. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, clients, and senior stakeholders to deliver transformational outcomes.

The role emphasizes engagement leadership, governance, and value creation across payer, PBM, and life sciences projects, with a focus on remote delivery from the US.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of consulting/digital strategy/advisory work with client-facing experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or equivalent.
• Experience leading consultant teams in planning, analysis, and delivery.
• Experience managing onsite/offshore teams.
• Proficiency in business/financial data modeling and analysis.
• Familiarity with consulting frameworks, processes, and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Engagement Lead, managing teams for projects to ensure governance, profitability and client satisfaction.
• Assess proposed solutions for opportunity expansion and strategic growth.
• Drive collaborative solutioning across cross-functional teams and governance.
• Oversee daily activities of project staff, including consulting and non-consulting members.
• Review deliverables for quality, requirements alignment and integration.
• Lead post-mortems to extract lessons and identify IP for reuse.
• Apply strategic thinking to ensure value-add opportunities for clients.
• Drive issue resolution and escalate engagement challenges to decision-makers.

Skills

Client-facing experience

Digital strategy

Advisory services

Transformation programs

Consulting leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Job description

Cognizant Consulting in the United States is seeking a Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and grow Cognizant’s consulting practice. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, clients, and senior stakeholders to deliver transformational outcomes.

The role emphasizes engagement leadership, governance, and value creation across payer, PBM, and life sciences projects, with a focus on remote delivery from the US.