Senior Payer Consulting Lead & Product Owner

Cognizant; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 99,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with company contributions

Stock awards

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Consulting Manager to lead payer initiatives within Healthcare Global Consulting. The role focuses on leading business analysis, elicitation, and end-to-end traceability, while guiding junior analysts as a SME.

Travel will be extensive as client needs dictate. The position requires strong payer knowledge, 10+ years in BA/healthcare consulting, and familiarity with regulatory frameworks and core admin platforms.

Qualifications

• Payer knowledge in at least 3 core areas such as claims, enrollment, provider data, or member services.
• 10+ years in business analysis, process design, or healthcare consulting with lead-analyst experience.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and elicit requirements from technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation, traceability, and delivery Methodology knowledge (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid).
• Preferred: familiarity with payer regulatory frameworks (CMS, ACA, HIPAA) and core admin platforms (Facets, QNXT, HealthEdge).

Responsibilities

• Lead business analyst on payer initiatives, owning requirements quality and end-to-end traceability from intake to delivery.
• Facilitate elicitation workshops with SMEs and delivery teams to define features and requirements.
• Act as SME for business analysis and process design; peer-review work by junior analysts.
• Collaborate with PM, Initiative Owner, and Enterprise Business Architect to validate scope and manage multiple initiatives.
• Produce deliverables like Impact Assessments, Epics/Features/User Stories, BRD, RAID Log, and traceability artifacts.

Skills

Payer knowledge

Workshop facilitation

Requirements elicitation

Traceability & documentation

Hybrid/waterfall knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or Master’s degree

Experience: 10+ years in BA/Healthcare consulting

Tools

Jira

ADO

ALM

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Consulting Manager to lead payer initiatives within Healthcare Global Consulting. The role focuses on leading business analysis, elicitation, and end-to-end traceability, while guiding junior analysts as a SME.

Travel will be extensive as client needs dictate. The position requires strong payer knowledge, 10+ years in BA/healthcare consulting, and familiarity with regulatory frameworks and core admin platforms.