COE Program Manager
Drives cross-functional alignment across multiple stakeholders, projects, and partner teams to achieve shared goals and deliver outcomes. Orchestrates planning and execution : partners with COE stakeholders, key partners, and project members to drive prioritization, planning, and structured solution adoption. Integrates business and data needs : anticipates COE requirements to ensure seamless integration for strategic insights and decision-making. Leads through complexity : creates clarity across dynamic environments and multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment and momentum. Enables executional excellence : develops high-impact artifacts, streamlines efficiency, and supports the production of key COE team assets. Intake and prioritization : develop and manage intake processes to ensure projects are evaluated, prioritized, and aligned with strategic goals. Create transparent and efficient prioritization frameworks. Framework development : create and implement comprehensive frameworks for engagement, project intake, and prioritization, ensuring they are scalable, adaptable, and aligned with organizational objectives. Stakeholder influence : influence and manage stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Orchestration and coordination : orchestrate and coordinate complex projects / programs and initiatives, managing dependencies, aligning resources, and ensuring cohesive execution across teams. Community building : build and nurture a community of practice within the organization, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engagement among team members and stakeholders.
Salary and other compensation : the annual salary for this position is between $140,000 $160,000 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, and 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. Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future. Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Program Manager • Bismarck, ND, US