Senior Facets Product & Benefits Config Analyst (Remote)

Cognizant

Honolulu (HI)

Remote

USD 93,000 - 109,000

Full time

8 days ago

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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 seeking a Facets Product & Benefits Senior Analyst to design, configure, and optimize healthcare benefit plans within the Facets platform, remotely across the US. You will collaborate with business stakeholders to deliver accurate benefit solutions that support efficient adjudication.

The role requires a Bachelor's in IT/Business/Healthcare Administration, 6+ years in healthcare payer domains, and hands-on Facets configuration.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
6+ years of healthcare payer experience with 4+ years in Facets Product & Benefits configuration.
Strong knowledge of healthcare benefit design including copays, coinsurance, deductibles, and network variations.
Experience designing and configuring healthcare products within the Facets platform.
Understanding of the relationship between benefit configuration and claims adjudication, pricing, and eligibility.
Experience supporting requirements analysis, solution design, configuration validation, testing, and defect resolution.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience with Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, or other payer lines.

Responsibilities

Analyze business, operational, and regulatory requirements and translate them into Facets configuration solutions.
Design and configure healthcare products, benefit plans, accumulators, and cost-sharing structures.
Facilitate requirements gathering, solution design sessions, and reviews; identify gaps and risks.
Validate configurations through unit, system, integration, and UAT testing.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess impacts across membership, pricing, and eligibility.
Troubleshoot configuration issues and perform root cause analysis to reduce defects.
Support implementation, release readiness, production validation, and post-production stabilization.