Program Manager

Description

Program Manager

Qualification:

MBAorMasters degree is strongly preferred. Bachelor's degree required

Responsibility:

Program Governance

• Establishes, executes, and oversees program governance ie, stakeholder management, communication ceremonies, benefits management, change management, scope management, etc.

• Execution Excellence.

• Establishes, executes, and oversees delivery estimation and planning team resources and timelines across Cognizant organization pursuit through sprints/PIs.

• Metrics and Reporting.

• Ensures tracking/measurement and progress against established measures and metrics, e.g., bid vs. did, SLA, and other operational or contractual measures.

• Operational Excellence Provides insights into improvements while ensuring adherence to operational best practices.

• Drive for Results.

• Drives optimal business value through scope management, change management, communication ceremonies, etc.

• Grow the Business.

• Supports pursuits and runs them as a program as required.

• Collaborates with the Commercial/Account Team to grow the business by identifying and defining business value opportunities for the client.

• Client Relationship Management.

• Establishes and builds relationships with clients and other stakeholders for the program.

• Community Development.

• Leads and personally contributes to the continuous improvement of the program management guild and community best practices, networking, standards, training, tools, etc.

• Compliance.

• Owns the activation or instanciation for the MSA and SOW by knowing and monitoring compliance and adherence to these terms and their intent.

Must-Have Skills

• Portfolio & Project mgmt (PPM)

• SingleView Application

Good To Have Skills

• Core Java

• Shell scripting

• PL/SQL

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Qualifications

Technical Skills

SNo

Primary Skill

Proficiency Level *

Rqrd./Dsrd.

1

Portfolio & Project mgmt (PPM)

PL3

Required

2

SingleView Application

PL3

Required

3

Core Java

PL3

Desired

4

Shell scripting

PL3

Desired

5

PL/SQL

PL3

Desired

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level

Generic Reference

PL1

The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.

PL2

The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.

PL3

The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.

PL4

The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.