Sr. Consulting Manager - Sr. Product Owner, Fixed Income- Banking & Finance Consulting

Cognizant; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Consulting Manager - Senior Product Owner to guide product strategy, roadmaps, and execution for transfer agency and fixed income processing platforms. You will collaborate with business and technology stakeholders across regulated capital markets environments.

The role emphasizes backlog prioritization, agile planning, API-enabled integration, and governance within a hybrid work model across New York, New Jersey, and Minneapolis areas.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in financial technology or capital markets environments.
• Minimum 5 years of Agile Product Ownership or equivalent leadership.
• Experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, and prioritizing among stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of transfer agency operations and shareholder recordkeeping.
• Experience with fixed income processing, corporate actions, and workflows.
• Experience with API-enabled platforms and cloud-hosted SaaS solutions.
• Strong Agile product management, release, and stakeholder management.
• Experience in highly regulated environments.
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog for transfer agency and fixed income processing.
• Partner with executives, clients, and technology leaders to set priorities.
• Represent customer and business voice while balancing strategic, operational, and delivery goals.
• Own backlog across transfer agency, shareholder servicing, ownership changes, income distribution, and fixed income processing.
• Lead product strategy for cloud-hosted SaaS and digital services.
• Drive API-enabled platform evolution and enterprise integration.
• Translate requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, security, compliance, and DevSecOps teams.
• Facilitate Agile planning, backlog refinement, and release readiness.
• Apply securities servicing and capital markets expertise to strategy and execution.

Skills

Agile product ownership

Stakeholder management

Product strategy

Roadmap development

Backlog prioritization

Cloud/SaaS

API integration

Regulatory controls

Education

Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering or related field

Job description

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is a global community of consulting professionals helping clients transform business and technology capabilities across industries.

About the role

As a Senior Consulting Manager - Senior Product Owner, you will lead product strategy, roadmap development, and execution for transfer agency and fixed income securities processing platforms while partnering with business, technology, and client stakeholders.

In this role, you will:

• Define and drive the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritized backlog for transfer agency and fixed income securities processing capabilities.
• Partner with executive stakeholders, clients, financial institutions, government organizations, and technology leaders to drive product strategy and priorities.
• Serve as the voice of the customer and business while balancing strategic, operational, and delivery objectives.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog across transfer agency, shareholder servicing, ownership changes, income distribution, and fixed income processing.
• Lead product strategy supporting cloud-hosted SaaS and digital service capabilities.
• Drive API-enabled platform evolution and enterprise integration capabilities.
• Translate business, regulatory, and operational requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and release priorities.
• Partner with architecture, engineering, security, compliance, and DevSecOps teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Facilitate Agile planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and readiness activities.
• Apply deep securities servicing, transfer agency, and fixed income expertise to product strategy and execution.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward. This position requires 3-4 days per week in a Cognizant or client office in New York, New Jersey or Minneapolis, MN.

What you must have to be considered

• 12+ years of experience in financial technology, capital markets, securities servicing, transfer agency, trust, custody, or banking technology environments.
• Minimum 5 years of Agile Product Ownership or equivalent product leadership experience.
• Experience defining product strategy, managing roadmaps, and prioritizing across stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of registered transfer agency operations, shareholder recordkeeping, ownership changes, and income distribution processing.
• Experience with fixed income securities processing, lifecycle events, corporate actions, and operational workflows.
• Experience with API-enabled enterprise platforms and cloud-hosted SaaS solutions.
• Strong Agile product management, release management, and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience within highly regulated environments.
• U.S. Citizenship required with ability to obtain a Public Trust or equivalent clearance.
• Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering or related field.

These will help you succeed

• Experience supporting U.S. registered transfer agents, broker-dealers, trust organizations, financial institutions, or government clients.
• Experience partnering with architecture, engineering, security, and DevSecOps teams.
• Strong understanding of regulatory controls, governance, and operational risk management.
• Deep understanding of securities servicing, transfer agency, fixed income, shareholder servicing, and capital markets operations.
• MBA, advanced business degree, or equivalent professional experience preferred.

Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between USD $120,000 and $150,000, depending on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for Cognizant's comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement, paid time off, wellbeing, and professional development programs.

Post closing date

Applications will be accepted until November 7, 2026.