Senior Remote Facets Benefits Architect

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 93,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid holidays

401(k)

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Product & Benefits Senior Analyst to design, configure, and optimize healthcare products and benefit plans within the Facets platform. This remote US role collaborates with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver compliant benefit solutions supporting efficient administration and claims adjudication.

The candidate will analyze requirements, design configurations, validate tests, and ensure quality across membership, pricing, and eligibility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years in healthcare payer space with Facets configuration/implementation experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business, operational, and regulatory requirements and translate them into Facets Product & Benefits configuration solutions.
• Design and configure healthcare products, benefit plans, accumulators, coverage tiers, cost-sharing structures, limits, exclusions, and network-based rules.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, solution design sessions, and configuration reviews while identifying gaps, dependencies, risks, and implementation considerations.
• Validate benefit configurations through unit, system, integration, regression, and UAT testing to ensure accurate claims outcomes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess impacts across membership, provider networks, pricing, claims processing, eligibility, and downstream systems.
• Troubleshoot configuration issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Support implementation, release readiness, production validation, benefit renewals, product launches, and post-production stabilization activities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Agile experience

Problem solving

Healthcare payer domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field

Tools

Facets

SQL

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Product & Benefits Senior Analyst to design, configure, and optimize healthcare products and benefit plans within the Facets platform. This remote US role collaborates with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver compliant benefit solutions supporting efficient administration and claims adjudication.

The candidate will analyze requirements, design configurations, validate tests, and ensure quality across membership, pricing, and eligibility