Remote Consulting Manager - Payer Transformation Lead

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); 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

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Learning and development

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and enable strategic growth. You will manage cross-functional teams, engage with senior stakeholders, and oversee governance and profitability on commercial projects.

The role is remote within the United States, offering flexibility and a focus on delivering value-add solutions for Cognizant’s payer and health services clients.

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

Engagement leadership

Client-facing experience

Strategic thinking

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or equivalent

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and enable strategic growth. You will manage cross-functional teams, engage with senior stakeholders, and oversee governance and profitability on commercial projects.

The role is remote within the United States, offering flexibility and a focus on delivering value-add solutions for Cognizant’s payer and health services clients.