Sr. Project Manager (Hybrid)

Cognizant's Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Project Manager with experience in cost, schedule, risk and stakeholder management, developing and building hard-working, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our Project Managers have a passion for high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our Project Managers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we're doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we're doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.

Location: Chicago, IL, USA (Hybrid, 3 days at office).

"You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future."

Release Planning:

• Assist the Release Manager to develop comprehensive release strategy
• Assist with coordination across work streams, vendors, moratoriums and other priorities for input and assistance in the creation of the Release Calendar/Plan.

Release Assessment:

• Track lower-level deployment, facilitate release notes for all deployments.
• Assist with defect triage in lower-level environments.
• Facilitate resolution of release issues to keep the program on track.
• Coordinate LLE deployments and data set up needs as necessary.

Implementation Planning & Support:

• Creation of integrated cutover plans, CHGs and technical runbooks.
• Gather data for operational and business verification activities.
• Support creation of the Release runbook.
• Coordination with other LOBs for the implementation.
• Assist with identification and plan for cross-program dependencies during the release weekend.
• Ensure all posts go live support and processes are agreed and in place.
• Provide Release support coverage over the weekend (24X7).
• Facilitate dry runs.
• Assist Technology with facilitation and coordination with infrastructure and other teams.
• Facilitate issue resolution over the release weekend.
• Provide a platform for rollback decisions, if necessary (escalation process for major releases).
• Assist in command center and release triage as necessary.

Post Implementation Support:

• Facilitate post-implementation checkpoint meetings to review the status and implementation issues.
• Track incidents in issue tracker through closure or transition to future release (JIRA/ALM opened).
• Communicate status to teams and leadership until release closure.
• Maintains all release management artifacts in central SharePoint repository and manages all key release management artifacts.

• Possess a bachelor's degree in computer science information technology or a related field.
• 14+ years of experience.
• Should have strong project management work experience.
• Should be strong in all the project management processes under the Scope management, Cost management, Schedule management, Risk management and Stakeholder management.
• Should be good at communication and interpersonal skills and willing to operate in flexible timings.
• Should have experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

The annual salary for this position is between $102,600K - $162,500K depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Applications will be received by Jan 5th, 2025.

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.

Why Choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today's fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical training courses to keep your abilities fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications in the newest technologies.

Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion-for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It's the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing extraordinary software is vital to success in the digital economy-and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.

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Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant is a member of the S&P-500, Nasdaq-100, Fortune 200, and was recently ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing "All Star" by Fortune Magazine. Cognizant uses a highly flexible business model, a detailed global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of best-in-class companies that are leaders in their own space.

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to quality instilled in them through participation in military service.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. Cognizant considers all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, and marital status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law.

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