Cognizant is looking for a Project Manager / Business System Analyst to lead the initial planning and architecture definition for major technology implementations. In this role, you will drive stakeholder engagement, scope definition, and delivery oversight to establish a successful implementation roadmap.
What You'll Do
- Lead project kickoff, planning activities, scheduling, and deliverable management.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand scope, business processes, and requirements, ensuring alignment across teams.
- Conduct workshops and gap-fit assessments, producing detailed readouts and documentation.
- Define and document solution architecture, including high-level design, deployment diagrams, data migration analysis, and cloud considerations.
- Coordinate across internal teams, client teams, and external vendors to ensure timely and quality deliverables.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience leading complex IT projects, including scheduling, scope management, deliverables, and risk mitigation.
- Strong background in conducting workshops, requirements gathering, business process analysis, and gap-fit assessments.
- Experience drafting functional and user requirement specifications, validation plans, test strategies, and test scenarios.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with architecture, security, network, and service design teams to gather input and ensure compliance.
- Experience defining high-level solution architectures and preparing implementation plans, cost estimates, and effort models.
Nice to Have
- Experience with cloud architecture and deployment planning.
- Prior work coordinating across large, matrixed organizations and vendor-managed projects.
- Familiarity with ARB/architecture review processes and pre-approval procedures.
- Ability to translate business drivers into actionable IT strategies and communicate them to stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills for data migration analysis, testing effort estimation, and architecture documentation.
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance coverage.
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off.
- Compensation range: $113,000 - $130,000.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer.
