BFS Program Director

Cognizant•Jersey City, NJ

34d

About The Position

Cognizant Technology Solutions is currently seeking a highly skilled Delivery Leader – BFS who will be responsible for Shaping/Designing/Implementing Transformation agenda for the Cognizant engagements in ADM/Cloud/Digital Engineering/QEA, by closely working with our customers and the Cognizant execution teams. Location: Dallas, TX, NYC/Jersey City, NJ

Requirements

Minimum 20+ years in leading Digital Engineering and Production Support engagements
Minimum 15+ years of complex solutioning experience, with broad technical experience
Minimum 15+ years in in experience in assigned functional/technology area, with applicable market standard certifications

Nice To Haves

Senior leadership role in project & product management, experienced in managing large global teams. Domain expertise across Banking vertical. Track record of delivering complex programs, as well as leveraging organizational capabilities to support offers/solutions

Responsibilities

This role demands a minimum of 20+ years of robust experience in managing greenfield application development, application modernization, cloud transformation and Production support engagements.
The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of leading large, distributed teams and handling a portfolio size of approximately $30+ million.
It is crucial that the candidate possesses strong experience in comfortably interacting with Client Sr. Executives to drive discussions around Transformation and Strategy, ensuring the outcomes align with the customer's perspective. Hands-on experience in conducting Governance meetings with both Internal and External stakeholders is essential.
Partner closely with our markets, SLS and other service lines to lead RFPs in defining solutions focusing on delivering key outcomes for customers. Be comfortable in RFP presentations and customer walkthrough. Associate should be actively involved in client presentations and, upon successful award, be comfortable drafting the SOW and SLAs.
Proficiency in discussing and presenting on DevOps, SRE, Cloud, Microservices architecture, Productivity tools (such as GHCP, Codium, etc.), and GenAI is required.
Being a strong team player is important. The candidate must be able to keep emotions out of their work, focus on results and outcomes, and guide their teams in resolving conflicts, upskilling, and driving innovation at the grassroots level.
Responsible for working closely with EDL’s in detailing out our Backlog, ML and Upside revenue for the year
Encourage and collect all innovative ideas in our Bluebolt tool. Setup Hackathon events with our customers and co innovate
Experience in the Banking Domain is highly recommended, and certification in AWS/Microsoft Cloud Practitioner or Solution Architect would be a plus.
This role will focus on working key Cognizant initiatives such as Upskilling, AI driven Ops, GenAI adoption.