Remote Senior Healthcare Consulting Manager

Cognizant; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 159,000; 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 Senior Consulting Manager to drive client engagement, lead teams of consultants, and deliver contextual solutions for complex business challenges. You will guide the development of business cases, align industry expertise to engagements, and ensure resource-efficient project delivery.

This role emphasizes leadership, client management, and deep healthcare payer knowledge, including enrollment, billing, claims, and care management, with a flexible remote work model in the

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Digital technology (Business or Technical Consultative) team lead experience
• 6-8 years of consulting experience as a Payer SME
• Management Consulting experience, preferably with top consulting firms
• Strong background in Healthcare industry, including health plans, claims, and provider operations
• Project management and people management experience
• Excellent communication skills, including creating and presenting professional PowerPoint presentations to stakeholders
• Exposure to technology-driven projects and digital transformation initiatives
• Deep understanding of payer functions and Medicaid plan implementations, including enrollment, billing, claims, care management, member portal, shopper tools, etc.

Responsibilities

• Manages and directs a small-to-medium team of consultants through client engagement, analysis, business case development, and the development of focused and contextual solutions
• Aligns functional industry expertise to consulting engagement requirements
• Manages escalations, and balances responsiveness to clients with good use of resources
• Ensures the appropriate alignment of team activities to priorities, and the efficient application of time and resources to common goals
• Monitors and addresses team capability or experience gaps to ensure responsiveness to engagement opportunities
• When needed, actively participates in client workshops, support of business analysis interviews, and the development of compelling business cases
• Monitors and supervises the daily activities of project staff, including consulting and non-consulting team members
• Leads communications with project stakeholders, including status reporting, priority setting, and timely issue resolution
• Reviews project deliverables from the perspective of QA, and actively seeks out stakeholder feedback to identify areas for improvement
• Participates in project post-mortems to extract lessons learned and to identify potential intellectual property for repurposing
• Ensures client validation and documentation of project success as the basis both for enduring client relationships and repeat business.

Skills

Team leadership

Payer SME

Healthcare domain

Project management

Communication skills

PowerPoint presentations

Digital transformation

Client management

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Consulting Manager to drive client engagement, lead teams of consultants, and deliver contextual solutions for complex business challenges. You will guide the development of business cases, align industry expertise to engagements, and ensure resource-efficient project delivery.

This role emphasizes leadership, client management, and deep healthcare payer knowledge, including enrollment, billing, claims, and care management, with a flexible remote work model in the