Telecom Program Director

Cognizant Technology Solutions is currently seeking a Telecom Program Director who will be responsible to manage the P&L for the portfolio and ensure the operational metrics are managed within the targets.

Are you ready to be a change-maker? At Cognizant, we believe those who challenge the way they work today will lead the way tomorrow! Ability to work independently and remotely, with willingness travel for client engagements as needed.

Responsibilities:

* Design and develop a suite of repeatable and scalable offerings that address critical client business outcomes.

* Drive the engineering excellence with automation and GenAI to improve the productivity and deliver savings to customer/internal

* Define thought leadership & portfolio strategy, publish, work with the market team to support delivery led growth

* Drive delivery for the Telecom portfolio working closely with all Service Lines

* Track and report delivery metrics to customer and internally

* Build strong pool of SME and Architect for the portfolio

* Align the delivery priorities of the portfolio customer VP with Cognizant delivery

* Conduct MBR with Customer VP and direct reports to present the delivery updates

* Work closely with Verizon Business teams on strategic initiatives

* Drive innovation for the domain and help improve the business metrics for the customer

Required qualifications and experience:

* 18+ years in Strategy, operations, process consulting, stakeholder management, project/ program delivery within legacy modernization or digital transformations in the Telecom Industry.

* Experience in delivering Transformational commitment, productivity goals, offshoring commitment

* Experience in delivering domain capability services or niche technology capabilities or new technologies to the market

* Experience in delivering at least 3 or more complex programs involving teams across multiple geographies

* Experience in senior stakeholder management, communication, and relationship

* Experience being part of deal solutioning and identifying relevant risks

* Can present solutions from the Program Management standpoint

* Experience in managing client stakeholders across IT, VMO, and business

* Adept with multicultural; multi-geo working teams and stakeholders

* Experience in contract management

* Program delivery experience involving 3 or more service lines

Preferred Skills:

* Experience in leading/managing structured deals,

* Good to have Project/Program training and certifications (PMI/SAFe 5.0/Prince II)

Home office setup (network, phone, etc.) Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you.

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