Technical Program Manager – Test Environments & Delivery

Cognizant; Teaneck Township (NJ); On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Training & education

Wellness & compensation

Job summary

Cognizant Australia is seeking a Project Manager to lead the delivery of technology testing environments within a high-profile program. You will coordinate with Program Managers and senior stakeholders to maintain delivery stability while enabling agility and ensuring governance across multiple application layers.

The role requires proven experience in managing complex technical projects, strong governance and stakeholder skills, and the ability to translate between business and IT needs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Project Manager delivering complex technical projects within large enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of project governance, delivery lifecycles, stakeholder engagement, and vendor management.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation such as architecture diagrams and system flows.
• Experience uplifting and deploying Infrastructure, onboarding applications, integrating with existing services and service operalization.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of technical project streams within a complex program, focusing on test environment uplift.
• Own and drive project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and execution in coordination with key stakeholders.
• Manage cross-functional teams including internal SMEs, external vendors, business analysts and solution engineers.
• Ensure scope, timelines, and delivery risks are proactively identified, communicated, and mitigated.
• Collaborate with program managers, project managers, solution architects, infrastructure leads, QA/test teams, and vendors to align delivery objectives.
• Provide structured high-quality reporting to Program Managers on project health, risks, and outcomes.
• Identify and track dependencies across multiple streams and external dependencies.
• Adapt delivery to shifting priorities and business needs in a high-pressure environment.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor management

Risk reporting

Reading architecture diagrams

Team leadership

Communication

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Cognizant Australia is seeking a Project Manager to lead the delivery of technology testing environments within a high-profile program. You will coordinate with Program Managers and senior stakeholders to maintain delivery stability while enabling agility and ensuring governance across multiple application layers.

The role requires proven experience in managing complex technical projects, strong governance and stakeholder skills, and the ability to translate between business and IT needs.