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Manager Consulting, Cognizant Consulting
Healthcare Consulting Practice
About Us
Cognizant 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, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 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.
COGNIZANT CONSULTING
Cognizant Consulting is a global consulting organization positioned within Cognizant delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business and IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is growing! Expanding a high performing organization that is continually broadening our client base and recognized by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner.
The Role
Our Healthcare consulting practice is looking for a Manager to join our journey. We’re looking for someone who is experienced with pharmacy (retail/mail/specialty) and PBM operations, familiar with data exchange standards (e.g., NCPDP, HL7 FHIR, X12), and related regulatory activity. As a member of our team, you will be responsible for building the pharmacy and PBM consulting practice, coordinating with others in the firm to support client needs. This includes developing proposals, leading project/program workstreams, providing status reports and coaching others to success.
Cognizant’s Health Sciences Consulting practice works with large payers, providers, pharmacies and PBMs across the U.S.. Our engagements include efforts around consumer engagement, process improvement, strategic initiatives and regulatory compliance. We are looking for candidates who are strong communicators, self-motivated, well-versed in industry activity and ready to take the next step in their careers.
We’re looking for Consulting Managers who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Manager, Consulting (which is a Senior Manager level position) this means leading a team of Consultants through a client-facing engagement, managing escalations, and serving as a the owner of a workstream; maintaining expertise in your domain; meaningfully contributing to the sales process through a mix of RFP development, client presentations, financial modeling, pricing strategy, and flawless delivery; creating service offerings and/or client partner training materials; and contributing to PeopleCare initiatives, recruiting, and mentoring. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.
Our solutions are in demand and we’re passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!
Responsibilities

• Consult directly with our clients and provide advisory services designed to help them solve their most complex business and technology challenges
• Recognize, capture, store, and promote the sharing of engagement collateral and IP (e.g., blogs, white papers, case-studies, articles)
• Conduct recruitment activities, support onboarding, contribute or conduct performance reviews, lead career growth discussions with Business Analysts, Consultants, and Senior Consultants.
• Maintain expertise in your industry or capability group: Healthcare; Life Sciences; and our Capability practices of Enterprise Process [Finance Transformation, Human Capital Management, Supply Chain Transformation, & Customer Engagement]; Technology Modernization [DevOps, Agile, Data, Architecture], and Transformation Management [Organizational Change Management, Program Direction and Enablement, & Mergers & Acquisitions].
• Supports the implementation of one or more practice initiatives or service offerings (e.g., Strategic Control Points (SCP), consulting assets, solutions)
• Encourage and facilitate the business development activities of project teams through activities such as opportunity validation, strategy approval, RFI/RFP support, storyline, proposals, & client presentations
• Serve as a people leader within Consulting, supporting professional development of the team
• Engage with client contacts to generate leads and identify new opportunities for consulting services
• Manage and direct a small-to-medium team of Consultants through client engagement, analysis, business case development, and the development of focused and contextual solutions
• Lead communications with project stakeholders, including status reporting, priority setting, and timely issue resolution
• Contribute to the thought leadership of your practice and contribute to one or more practice initiatives or service offerings (e.g., Strategic Consulting Points (SCPs), the building of consulting assets or solutions)

Qualifications

• Experience with program quality frameworks, methods, and tools (e.g., Six Sigma)
• Experience leading technical and non-technical initiatives; previous experience coordinating workstreams in multi-team projects, ideally using an onsite / offshore model
• The ability to set and manage multiple project plans for a single client; a command of project management principles and a track record of applying them to drive transformation successfully
• Relevant domain, industry, or product certifications, depending on your industry/capability majors and minors (Healthcare, Life Sciences, Tech Modernization, Enterprise Process, etc.)
• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes; the embodiment of Cognizant’s Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way.
• The track record and experience to achieve the above, which includes ideally 8-10+ years of management consulting experience, where at least some of those have been PBM or pharmacy (business or technical consultative) team lead experience
• A desire to work with enterprise-level clients and the ability to manage through complexity
• Leadership skills that bring out the best in others; the ability to oversee multiple Consultants and non-consultants who are working toward a common goal – the best possible outcome for a client
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Information Technology, Business, Communications, Finance, Marketing, Engineering, or equivalent

Work Authorization

• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

Salary And Other Compensation
The annual salary for this position is between $[97,000 – 159,000] depending on 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.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 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.
Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : Aug 10 2023
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.
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