DirecciónProgram Manager (Hybrid)
Cognizant’s Digital Engineering
Our practice is seeking a highly qualified Program Manager. Our Developers 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 developers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we’re doing wrong, so we can fix it, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.
Location: Plano, TX
Responsibilities
· Accountable for initiative level planning and alignment, data based forecasting, reporting, and identifying and resolving program level risks, dependencies, impediments and blockers.
· Responsible for end-to-end delivery quality, managing the flow of work across several delivery squads, the impact of dependencies, and progress towards key deliveries within and across squads
· Enable continuous improvement and high quality outcomes through the application of Agile methodologies, as well as analyzing and improving the squads by acting on metrics
· Support Principle Delivery Leads in the successful project delivery, collaborating with multiple teams.
· Communicate to a wide range of stakeholders and client teams, aligning them to the delivery strategy and ensuring shared understanding of reporting and desired outcomes
· Influence Squads to adopt Lean/Agile practices and improve ways of working with pragmatism
· Become a trusted advisor the technical and product lead collaborating with them to deliver business and user value
Qualifications
· BS/BA degree or equivalent experience 10+ years of IT experience
· Delivered a range of digital products to customers using Lean/Agile methodologies, including with Kanban
· Led and supported multidisciplinary teams that have included designers, testers, developers and product managers
· Bring a history of championing Lean/Agile ways of working, adapting to delivery frameworks and recommending improvements without being dogmatic
· Managed and worked within budgets and time-pressured environments
· Used delivery data to forecast key deliverables and communicate a project’s status clearly with senior clients and stakeholders
· Proactively spotted risks to delivery and helped teams mitigate them
· Great facilitation, diplomacy and negotiation skills
· Ideally experience of the Atlassian toolset Jira and Confluence
Why Choose Cognizant?
Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry recognized, award winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your abilities fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
If you became comfortable with ambiguity, delight by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. We consider all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital and family status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status or any other classification protected by state, federal or local law.
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Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : Feb 02 2024
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) 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 is ranked 185 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 or follow us @USJobsCognizant.Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.
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.
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