Senior Payer Consulting Lead — Remote & Impact

Cognizant; Baton Rouge (LA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Employee assistance program

10 paid holidays plus PTO

Parental leave

Learning and development

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Sr. Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and grow Cognizant's consulting practice. You will guide cross-functional teams, collaborate with clients, and report to senior stakeholders.

The role is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States, with emphasis on strategic growth and governance across projects. Bring 10+ years of experience and a transformational mindset to the table.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of consulting and client-facing experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field.
• Experience leading consultant teams and onsite/offshore delivery.
• Proficiency in business/financial data modeling.
• Familiarity with consulting frameworks and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Engagement Lead, managing teams of consultants for commercial projects to ensure effective negotiations, solution delivery, governance, profitability, and client satisfaction.
• Assess proposed solutions for opportunity expansion and strategic growth, including partner and alliance involvement.
• Drive collaborative solutioning across cross-functional teams, aligning interests, building shared goals, and enforcing governance.
• Oversee daily activities of project staff, including consulting and non-consulting team members.
• Review project deliverables for quality assurance, requirements alignment, and solution integration.
• Lead project post-mortems to extract lessons learned and identify intellectual property for repurposing.
• Apply strategic thinking and a transformational mindset to ensure value-add opportunities for clients.
• Drive issue resolution and elevate engagement challenges to appropriate decision-makers.

Skills

Client-facing

Consulting experience

Digital strategy

Transformation programs

Onsite/offshore

Financial data modeling

Stakeholder management

C-suite reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Master’s or MBA

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Sr. Consulting Manager- Payer BA to lead client engagements, drive solution delivery, and grow Cognizant's consulting practice. You will guide cross-functional teams, collaborate with clients, and report to senior stakeholders.

The role is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States, with emphasis on strategic growth and governance across projects. Bring 10+ years of experience and a transformational mindset to the table.