Remote Delivery Manager, Healthcare Payer Transformation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Holidays & PTO

401(k)

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Delivery Manager for Healthcare Payer to lead complex transformation programs. You will guide platform implementations, modernization, migrations, and enhancements, collaborating with product owners, architects, QA, and client leadership to ensure successful outcomes.

You will drive Agile execution across multiple streams, manage risks, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams for production releases, all while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience leading large-scale technology delivery programs, with healthcare payer focus.
• Proven experience managing platform implementations, modernization, migrations or digital transformations.
• Strong experience with Agile delivery methodologies, including Scrum and release planning.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, and vendor functions.
• Experience managing executive stakeholders and distributed delivery teams.
• Understanding of healthcare payer operations and core admin platforms.
• Proven track record of driving delivery excellence through risk and dependency management.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Executive communication

Delivery governance

Education

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

Tools

Jira governance

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Delivery Manager for Healthcare Payer to lead complex transformation programs. You will guide platform implementations, modernization, migrations, and enhancements, collaborating with product owners, architects, QA, and client leadership to ensure successful outcomes.

You will drive Agile execution across multiple streams, manage risks, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams for production releases, all while maintaining strong