Remote HR Deal Lead — Associate Director

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Paid parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant invites an Associate Director, HR Deal Lead to drive the people workstream across strategic bids and employee transitions, from early design to handover. You will partner with Sales, Solutioning, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Delivery, and regional HR teams across the Americas and beyond.

This role requires independent leadership, strong employment-law knowledge, and the ability to manage complex workstreams with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an HR deal workstream.
• Experience in transformation or workforce transition.
• Strong knowledge of employment law.
• Experience in client-facing delivery and cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Commercial acumen with a solution-focused approach.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders and sound judgment.
• Clear written and verbal communication and negotiation confidence.
• Strong program management in ambiguity and deadlines.
• Collaborative, resilient, cross-cultural teamwork.
• Embodiment of Cognizant’s values.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR input into people solution design for outsourcing pursuits, partnering with Sales, Solutioning, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Delivery, and regional HR teams.
• Assess regional sensitivities and transfer implications; define transfer, rebadge, rehire, restructuring, and integration approaches.
• Lead people due diligence and translate data into risks, assumptions, dependencies, liabilities, and mitigation actions; develop HR cost inputs for deal pricing and approvals.
• Review people-related provisions in master services agreements and related documents; present the people solution to senior stakeholders and influence decisions.
• Establish strong customer engagement and lead client-facing activities, including oral presentations, due diligence, town halls, and end-to-end employee transitions.

Skills

HR deal lead

outsourcing bids

employment law

stakeholder management

client-facing

program management

cross-cultural

negotiation

risk assessment

solution design

Job description

Cognizant invites an Associate Director, HR Deal Lead to drive the people workstream across strategic bids and employee transitions, from early design to handover. You will partner with Sales, Solutioning, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Delivery, and regional HR teams across the Americas and beyond.

This role requires independent leadership, strong employment-law knowledge, and the ability to manage complex workstreams with senior stakeholders.