Senior Transition PMO Lead – IT Infrastructure Programs

Cognizant; Bismarck (ND); On-site; USD 117,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Transition Project Manager to lead the Transition Management Office for complex IT infrastructure and managed services transitions. You will govern, report, and oversee milestones across multiple towers, coordinating with the Transition Director, Managers, Solution Architects, and Client Stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant delivery.

The role emphasizes executive reporting, risk management, and governance across Service Desk, Digital Workplace, Hosting, Cloud,

Responsibilities

• Set up and manage the Transition Management Office (TMO) processes.
• Define governance, reporting schedules, and review meetings.
• Organize executive reviews, steering committee meetings, and transition status meetings.
• Ensure compliance with transition methodology, quality standards, and project requirements.
• Maintain transition documents, repositories, and knowledge records.
• Create and manage integrated transition plans, schedules, and milestones.
• Track progress, dependencies, risks, and critical activities across all transition workstreams.
• Coordinate activities across multiple infrastructure towers.
• Monitor phase-gate and toll-gate completion requirements.
• Drive ownership and timely completion of transition deliverables.
• Prepare and publish daily, weekly, and monthly status reports.
• Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, and progress scorecards.
• Consolidate updates from all towers and provide leadership visibility on transition progress

Skills

Program & Transition Management

Transition Management Office (TMO)

Program Governance

PMO Leadership

Milestone Management

Risk & Issue Management

Executive Reporting

Change Control

Resource Tracking

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Transition Project Manager to lead the Transition Management Office for complex IT infrastructure and managed services transitions. You will govern, report, and oversee milestones across multiple towers, coordinating with the Transition Director, Managers, Solution Architects, and Client Stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant delivery.

The role emphasizes executive reporting, risk management, and governance across Service Desk, Digital Workplace, Hosting, Cloud,