Utilities Consulting Leader - Asset Management at Cognizant in Los Angeles, California

Job Description:

Utilities Consulting Leader – Asset Management

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH), headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 5,000 consultants worldwide, we offer 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/IT Consulting Services including: Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner.

About Cognizant E&U (Energy & Utilities)

Cognizant’s Energy and Utilities consulting practice serves Energy and Utilities companies with a wide array of strategic consulting and business process services solutions, supported by validated IT frameworks and accelerators. We have 300+ domain consultants across the E&U value chain. Key Utility Focus Areas include Asset and Work Management, Customer Solutions, Digital, Smart Grid and Energy Trading & Risk Management (ETRM).

Cognizant works with 4 of the top 10 global Oil and Gas firms and with leading investor owned utilities and retailers across the globe. We have a strong focus on ETRM area and are working on critical initiatives to implement ETRM solutions. This area is a high growth area for Cognizant and there is executive focus to continuously improve our offerings and capabilities.

Must Have Skills:

• Minimum 15 years of consulting and transformation experience in the North American Energy & Utility industry covering regulated and de-regulated markets.


• Must have experience in business development and growing a practice.


• Working experience in asset management, grid line modernization, reengineering and distributed energy.


• Proven experience in running sophisticated programs.


• Must possess a good understanding of the IT landscape including but not limited to power trading, digital, customer service.


• Versatile Techno-Functional consultant with a sound understanding of SDLC, Agile& Waterfall IT delivery models across Energy and Utility verticals.


• Strong experience in conducting client workshops and facilitating stakeholder meetings will be a plus.


• Solid experience in performing process re-engineering and gap analysis.


• Experience in reporting, documentation, presentation, and excel data management.


• Excellent communication & presentation skills (verbal and written).

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse group of 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 encouraged to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you’re comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

Cognizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network Assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and dedication to perfection instilled in them through participation in military service.

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

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