Remote Facets Design Architect for Healthcare Payers

Cognizant; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Design Specialist to advise, architect, and optimize Facets core applications for healthcare payer clients. You will drive configuration transformation, improve claims auto-adjudication performance, and support new business implementations across client teams and offshore delivery partners.

You will lead workshops, guide architecture discussions, and develop roadmaps to modernize Facets environments while collaborating with business leaders and technical teams to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Facets implementation, configuration, or consulting.
• Deep expertise in Facets core modules: Benefits, Providers, Enrollment, Claims.
• Experience leading requirements gathering and solution design.
• Strong understanding of healthcare payer operations and Facets practices.
• Experience developing roadmaps for modernization and optimization.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable architectures.
• Experience supporting product upgrades and large-scale implementations.
• Experience presenting to executives and technical teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; explain complex concepts clearly.
• Experience with onshore/offshore delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead Facets SME, guiding design and optimization.
• Lead requirements discovery, solution design, and configuration workshops.
• Assess current-state Facets environments and create future-state roadmaps.
• Provide architecture recommendations, gap analyses, and integration approaches.
• Lead proofs of concept, demonstrations, and design discussions.

Skills

Facets SME

Requirements gathering

Solution design

Configuration strategy

Architecture discussions

Healthcare payer operations

Roadmap development

Executive stakeholder communication

Onshore/offshore delivery

Clear written and verbal communication

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Design Specialist to advise, architect, and optimize Facets core applications for healthcare payer clients. You will drive configuration transformation, improve claims auto-adjudication performance, and support new business implementations across client teams and offshore delivery partners.

You will lead workshops, guide architecture discussions, and develop roadmaps to modernize Facets environments while collaborating with business leaders and technical teams to