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MANAGER - CONSULTING

Cognizant

Palo Alto, California, 94301

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Salary:

$121000 - $140000  Year

Job type:

Monday to Friday

Job Schedule:

Day shift

Job benefits:

Health insurance
Paid time off
Employee discount
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
401(k) matching
Flexible schedule
Parental Leave
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible spending account
Retirement plan
Others

Description:

Product Manager – Banking & Financial Services Consulting

Locations: Palo Alto, California, San Francisco, California, Plano, Texas, New York City, Jersey City, New Jersey



ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

COGNIZANT CONSULTING

Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program, and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we are growing!

The Role

Our Banking and Financial Services (BFS) Consulting practice is looking for Product Managers to join our team while we work on an exciting platform modernization engagement. This role is on-site at a client location.



Do you want to build best-in-class digital products for our most innovative clients? The Digital Commercial Bank team is responsible for defining and executing the digital strategy for the firm’s commercial bank clients. As a Product Manager, you will lead a product from zero to one, contributing to the strategy and driving execution. In this role you will work closely with Engineering, Design, Data, Controls, and many others to deliver value for our rapidly growing business.

We’re looking for a Senior Consultant who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a senior consultant, this means creating high-quality client deliverables and taking ownership (with supervision) of producing client content and meeting client expectations; developing an expertise in your functional area, including obtaining certifications; contributing to Client Satisfaction and/or RFPs; supporting leadership and contributing to content development for service offerings; and participating in People Care initiatives and exhibiting personal leadership at all times. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Our solutions are in demand and we’re passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you!

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Responsibilities

Clearly communicate business priorities to partners in tech, design, and controls
Develop and manage your product roadmap and drive prioritization of features while balancing customer and business impacts
Lead product development by working with Engineering and Design to drive team ceremonies, such as refinement, sprint planning, and product reviews
Leverage data to understand user behavior and shape your product roadmap.
Build and maintain strong collaborative relationship
Being on-site at the client location minimum 2 - 3 days / week for the duration of the project
Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience
Minimum 5 years of Product Management experience
Experience in commercial banking and insurance industry
Proficient in Agile methodologies
Experience in leading Agile teams and subsequent ceremonies
Strong technical background and the ability to dive into the technical details
Demonstrated experience problem solving and developing products from scratch
Minimum 3-5 years of relevant financial products/financial industry experience
Experience with bringing together cross functional teams and leading execution in an agile delivery model
Ability to translate product vision into vertically sliced stories to develop the product iteratively.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

Ability to handle ambiguity and white space
Demonstrated examples of building and launching products
Fintech or financial experience
Technical experience with microservices and/or API
The embodiment of Cognizant’s Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way
Ability to be on-site at the client location at least 2-3 days each week for the duration of the project
Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $121,000-$140,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

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
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Work Authorization

Skill:

Communication
Leadership
Teamwork
Interpersonal
Learning/adaptability
Self-management
Organizational
Computer
Problem solving
Open mindedness
Strong work ethic
technology
Others

Others Requirements:

Minimum 5 years of Product Management experience
Experience in commercial banking and insurance industry
Experience in leading Agile teams and subsequent ceremonies

Category:

Construction

Positions:

On going position

Location:

General Location, within a limited area