PROJECT MANAGER Irving, US-TX, USA

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Cognizant Technology Solutions is seeking for “Senior Project Manager” who could join in our team of IT professionals in a permanent role. If you meet our background requirements and skills and looking for an opportunity to be rewarded for your skills and expertise, here is the ideal opportunity for you!

 

Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization, or lawful permanent residence (otherwise known as a “Green Card”) for this role.

 

Job title: Senior Project Manager

Job Location: Irving, TX

Duration: Fulltime with Cognizant

Senior Project Manager

Qualification:

Science or Engineering or other relevant graduate degree or Agile certification

Responsibility:

Operational Excellence

• Establishes executes and oversees project's operations (ie Budget forecasting margin metrics billing/invoicing purchase orders MSA/ SOW/ SLA compliance etc).

• Metrics and Reporting.

• Manage the tracking/measurment and progress against established measures and metrics (eg bid vs did SLA and any other operational or contractual measures).

• Program Governance.

• Establish execute and oversee a project's governance (ie stakeholder management communication ceremonies benefits management change management scope management team work enviorment on boarding etc.

• Estimation and Planning.

• Establishes executes and oversees project delivery estimation and planning (team resource and timeline) across Cognizant organization (pursuit through sprints/PIs)\ nGrow the Business.

• Supports pursuits (and running them as a project) as required.

• Collaborates with Commercial/Account Team to grow the business by identifying and defining business value opprtunities for the client.

• Drive for Results.

• Drives optimal business value though scope management change management communication ceremonies acceptance criteria negotiation etc.

• Execution Excelllence.

• Lead the the setup and then the daily running of a project (ie task assignment and optimization resource schedules planning logistics tracking issues/risk management running meetings organizing events status reporting adhoc reporting sign offs etc).

• Client Relationship Management.

• Establishes and builds relationships with client and other stakeholders for the project.

• Managing Teams.

• Leads team by supporting and driving career growth personal/ team development well being diversity and inclusion.

• provides input to HCM supervisors on performance of all direct reports on a program irrespective of the business unit of the direct report.

• Community Development.

• Lead and personally contributes to the continous improvement of the program & project management guild and community (best practices networking standards training tools etc).

• Compliance.

• Responsible for Project Management tool and process compliance (ie Delivery Governance Dashboard).

 

Must Have Skills

• Core Java

Good To Have Skills

• Microservices

• Spring MVC

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: 

·       Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

·       Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

·       401(k) plan and contributions

·       Long-term/Short-term Disability

·       Paid Parental Leave

·       Employee Stock Purchase Plan