Strategic Transition PMO Leader - IT Infra & Cloud

Cognizant; Wayzata (MN); On-site; USD 117,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental Leave

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Transition PMO professional to establish and operate the Transition Management Office for large-scale IT infrastructure transitions in Minnesota. You will provide governance reporting, financial tracking, risk management, milestone oversight, and executive-level visibility across multiple transition workstreams.

You will partner with Transition Directors, Managers, and Client Stakeholders to ensure timely completion of transition deliverables across Service Desk,

Qualifications

• Experience in Program and Transition Management.
• Knowledge of PMO governance and milestone management.
• Ability to produce executive reporting and dashboards.
• Experience coordinating across multiple infrastructure towers.

Responsibilities

• Set up and run the Transition Management Office (TMO).
• Define governance, reporting schedules, and review meetings.
• Organize executive reviews, steering committee, and transition status meetings.
• Ensure compliance with transition methodology and quality standards.
• Maintain transition documents and knowledge records.
• Create and manage integrated transition plans and milestones.
• Track progress, risks, and dependencies across all towers.
• Coordinate activities across infrastructure towers.
• Publish daily, weekly, and monthly status reports.
• Develop executive dashboards and KPIs for leadership visibility.
• Consolidate updates from all towers and report progress to leadership.

Skills

Program & Transition Management

Transition Management Office (TMO)

Program Governance

PMO Leadership

Milestone Management

Risk & Issue Management

Executive Reporting

Change Control

Resource Tracking

Tools

Service Desk

Digital Workplace

Datacenter

Cloud AWS/Azure

Network Services

Security Operations

Collaboration Services

Backup/Storage

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Transition PMO professional to establish and operate the Transition Management Office for large-scale IT infrastructure transitions in Minnesota. You will provide governance reporting, financial tracking, risk management, milestone oversight, and executive-level visibility across multiple transition workstreams.

You will partner with Transition Directors, Managers, and Client Stakeholders to ensure timely completion of transition deliverables across Service Desk,