Senior Facets Design Lead — Remote Payer Solutions

Cognizant; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; 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 is hiring a Facets Design Specialist for a remote US role. You will serve as a trusted advisor and solution architect for Facets core applications, helping healthcare payer clients optimize configuration, improve claims auto-adjudication, and drive transformational initiatives.

You will collaborate with client business leaders, technical teams, and offshore delivery to deliver scalable Facets solutions and roadmap future-state configurations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years with TriZetto Facets in implementations, configuration, optimization, or consulting.
• Deep expertise in Facets core modules: Benefits, Providers, Enrollment, and Claims.
• Experience leading requirements gathering, solution design, configuration strategy.
• Strong understanding of healthcare payer operations and Facets best practices.
• Experience conducting configuration assessments and developing roadmaps for modernization and optimization.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable solution architectures.
• Experience supporting product upgrades, maintenance, enhancement initiatives, and large-scale projects.
• Strong knowledge of Facets data models and application architecture.
• Experience presenting recommendations to executives, leaders, and technical teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working in onshore/offshore delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead Facets SME, providing guidance on design, configuration strategy, and optimization opportunities.
• Lead requirements discovery, solution design, and configuration workshops to translate business needs into Facets solutions.
• Assess current-state Facets environments and develop future-state configuration roadmaps.
• Provide architecture recommendations, gap analyses, implementation strategies, and integration approaches.
• Lead proofs of concept, solution demonstrations, and design discussions with clients.

Skills

Facets SME

Requirements discovery

Solution design

Configuration workshops

Architecture discussions

Healthcare payer operations

Onshore/offshore delivery

Job description

Cognizant is hiring a Facets Design Specialist for a remote US role. You will serve as a trusted advisor and solution architect for Facets core applications, helping healthcare payer clients optimize configuration, improve claims auto-adjudication, and drive transformational initiatives.

You will collaborate with client business leaders, technical teams, and offshore delivery to deliver scalable Facets solutions and roadmap future-state configurations.