Remote Delivery Manager - Healthcare Payer Transformation

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Delivery Manager for Healthcare Payer to lead complex transformation programs in a remote US setting. You will drive end‑to‑end delivery, coordinate with product owners, architects, and client leadership, and ensure alignment with business objectives across multiple workstreams.

You will guide Agile practices, governance, risk management, and cross‑functional collaboration to achieve expected outcomes in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience leading large-scale technology delivery programs, especially in healthcare payer environments.
• Proven experience managing platform implementations, modernization programs, migrations, or digital transformations.
• Strong experience with Agile delivery methodologies, including Scrum, sprint planning, backlog management, release planning, and Jira governance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, QA, conversion, and integration.
• Experience managing executive stakeholders, client leadership teams, vendors, and distributed delivery organizations.
• Strong understanding of healthcare payer operations and related core platforms.
• Proven track record of delivery excellence through risk management and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of healthcare payer transformation initiatives aligned with business goals.
• Drive Agile execution across multiple workstreams including analysis, configuration, development, testing, migration, and release management.
• Establish and maintain delivery governance, sprint and release planning, dependency management, and stakeholder communications.
• Manage program risks, issues, and impediments with mitigation and resolution plans.
• Coordinate with client leadership, vendors, and internal teams for integrated planning and production releases.

Skills

Agile delivery

Scrum

Sprint planning

Backlog management

Jira governance

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Business/Healthcare

Tools

Jira

SAFe Agilist

PMP

Scrum Master

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Delivery Manager for Healthcare Payer to lead complex transformation programs in a remote US setting. You will drive end‑to‑end delivery, coordinate with product owners, architects, and client leadership, and ensure alignment with business objectives across multiple workstreams.

You will guide Agile practices, governance, risk management, and cross‑functional collaboration to achieve expected outcomes in a dynamic healthcare environment.