Sr. Product Manager

Cognizant; New York (NY); Remote; USD 81,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead product initiatives in a collaborative, agile environment. The role involves defining product vision, managing backlogs, and ensuring alignment with business goals. Candidates should have extensive experience in product management, particularly in cloud and healthcare sectors. This remote position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, emphasizing continuous learning and innovation.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Paid holidays and Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term and Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant product experience in a SAFe Agile environment.
• Experience with enterprise integration and cloud implementations.

Responsibilities

• Manage significant product initiatives with strong product management skills.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and technical teams for feature delivery.
• Define, groom, and prioritize user stories.

Skills

Agile

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

CSPO Certification

SAFe Agilist Certification

SAFe Product Owner Certification

Tools

Rally

Lucidchart

Visio

Job description

Senior Product Manager

Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Senior Product Manager. The ideal candidate enjoys working in a diverse, collaborative, and geographically distributed team. They are an expert team player who values teamwork and drives continuous improvement. You will be part of a digital software team working on high-demand applications, passionate about delivering high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. Collaboration with product managers, designers, and clients is essential for making joint decisions to deliver valuable software quickly. Our engineers are agile, retrospective, and committed to continuous improvement, judging success by team success and customer happiness.

About Cognizant Digital Engineering

If you’re like us, you have big ideas. We help industry-leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—connecting people with things, insights, and experiences. We design, engineer, and deliver digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models, offering comprehensive digital engineering expertise and a client-centric approach for sustainable innovation.

Location: REMOTE (within US)

Please note: You must be legally authorized to work in the USA without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Understand, articulate, and execute product vision and roadmap.
2. Manage significant product initiatives with strong product management skills and technical knowledge.
3. Actively manage the team backlog, implementation planning, and operational readiness.
4. Adapt in a fast-paced, Agile SAFe Scrum environment.
5. Elicit, analyze requirements, and manage multiple tasks concurrently.
6. Translate technical changes into business value and communicate with stakeholders.
7. Work independently to solve problems, prioritize work, and communicate effectively.
8. Coordinate with application users and stakeholders to understand business needs.
9. Collaborate with architects and SMEs to develop solutions meeting business requirements.
10. Define, groom, and prioritize user stories, maintaining high-quality artifacts using tools like Rally, Visio, Lucidchart.
11. Analyze data integration points and process workflows from end-to-end.
12. Manage and analyze business requirements, prioritize changes, and resolve conflicts.
13. Coordinate with stakeholders and technical teams for feature delivery.
14. Conduct impact analysis, design reviews, and test case reviews to ensure alignment with business goals.
15. Understand and discuss cloud technologies, preferably Google Cloud.

Required Qualifications:

1. At least 5 years of relevant product experience supporting Scrum teams in a SAFe Agile environment.
2. CSPO / SAFe Agilist / SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) certification.
3. Experience as a technical product owner.
4. Experience with enterprise integration and cloud implementations.
5. Experience with clinical healthcare/pharmacy data and clinical decision support systems.

Salary and Compensation:

The annual salary ranges from $81,337 to $141,500 USD, depending on experience and qualifications. The position is eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid holidays and Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term and Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: Salary, compensation, and benefits are accurate as of the posting date and subject to change.

Why Choose Cognizant?

We thrive in a fast-paced market, leading with innovative ideas and human-centric experiences. Our associates enjoy comprehensive benefits and continuous learning opportunities, including technical training and certifications. We value passion, autonomy, and adaptability—qualities we look for in our people.

About Cognizant Digital Engineering

We help clients develop software that transforms human insights into digital solutions, scale native cloud applications, and replace traditional strategies with engaging digital experiences. Our human-centric approach is vital to success in the digital economy.

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