Sr. Manager - Projects at Cognizant in Cheshire, Connecticut

Job Description:

Enables clients to succeed in their long-term IPA and RPA journey by providing guidance and expertise where needed to build, tune, and enhance their operations.  Undertakes projects on behalf of the client business where they lack the resources or expertise to succeed with excellence.  Drives a standards-based, repeatable, systematic practice within the client organization to build out and operate an IPA capability. 

 

This person brings a broad knowledge of the tools and techniques to create value with Intelligent Process Automation and helps identify, vet, and onboard new tools.  They are constantly looking for ways to cross pollinate our engagements with a variety of different ideas to improve operations.  They bring a healthy data discipline to every engagement so that tweaks and enhancements can be objectively evaluated.

Support client engagements to drive excellence within their automation programs 

Engage with current and potential customers to evaluate and communicate Cognizant IPA capabilities and their specific applicability to a given proposed project.

Work with clients to scale automation programs across the enterprise

Support a client in initial operating model set-up and provide ongoing support to continually elevate the program to achieve scale and optimal benefits

Mentor onsite leaders in IPA practices and help them to succeed.

Disseminate best practices in a structured, repeatable way.

Assist leadership and other Advisors in crafting our offerings and implementation systems.

Build, assess and improve customer IPA Centers of Excellence

Help establish best practices

Provide thought leadership through mindshare and social advocacy activities, i.e. publications, webinars, etc

Proven experience and knowledge with Automation technologies, vendors, and enablement technologies. Preferred experience with UiPath, Automation Anywhere, or Blue Prism. 

Ability and willingness to be hands-on with clients to develop, create and implement process, tools and methodologies

Strong program management skills, ability to manage a program through all stages of scaling

Proven ability to drive change management 

Demonstrable leadership capabilities

Effective presentation capability. Preferred executive level presentation experience

Ability to critically think through challenges to provide creative solutions

Strong communication skills, written and verbal

Team player who is able to work across all levels to deliver outcomes

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends