Remote Consulting Manager, Payer Strategy & Delivery

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 81,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and foster strategic growth for Cognizant’s consulting practice. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, clients, and senior stakeholders to shape transformational programs.

You will manage onsite/offshore teams, ensure quality delivery, and pursue opportunities for expansion while maintaining governance and profitability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of strong industry experience in consulting, digital strategy development, advisory services, or transformation programs, with extensive client-facing experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology (IT) or equivalent in a relevant business or technical discipline.
• Proven experience developing and leading consultant teams in planning, task structuring, analysis, and solution delivery.
• Experience managing teams using an onsite/offshore model.
• Proficiency in business/financial data modeling and analysis.
• Familiarity with various consulting frameworks, processes, and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Engagement Lead, managing teams of consultants for commercial projects to ensure effective negotiations, solution delivery, governance, profitability, and client satisfaction.
• Assess proposed solutions for opportunity expansion and strategic growth, including partner and alliance involvement.
• Drive collaborative solutioning across cross-functional teams, aligning interests, building shared goals, and enforcing governance.
• Oversee daily activities of project staff, including consulting and non-consulting team members.
• Review project deliverables for quality assurance, requirements alignment, and solution integration.
• Lead project post-mortems to extract lessons learned and identify intellectual property for repurposing.
• Apply strategic thinking and a transformational mindset to ensure value-add opportunities for clients.
• Drive issue resolution and esarlasct engagement challenges to appropriate decision-makers.

Skills

Client-facing experience

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Onsite/offshore management

Financial data modeling

Consulting frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and foster strategic growth for Cognizant’s consulting practice. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, clients, and senior stakeholders to shape transformational programs.

You will manage onsite/offshore teams, ensure quality delivery, and pursue opportunities for expansion while maintaining governance and profitability.