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Job description
Title: Consulting Manager (w/ Healthcare – Product Owner exp.)
(Healthcare Global Consulting Practice)
Level: Manager/ Location: Norfolk, Virginia
About Cognizant
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Learn more at
About Cognizant Consulting
Cognizant Consulting is a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With 6,000+ consultants worldwide, we drive technology-enabled business transformation, improve operational productivity, and increase shareholder value across Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Process Transformation, and Domain Solutions.
Purpose
The Vendor shall provide personnel possessing the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to successfully perform the services described below. The Vendor is responsible for ensuring that assigned resources have the appropriate qualifications.
Required Responsibilities, Services & Skills
Resources assigned to the engagement should demonstrate proficiency, as applicable to their assigned role, in the following areas:
Participates in developing and/or modifying requirements, business design specifications, user training and documentation
Tests and documents solutions
Serves as liaison between users of the software and technical staff
Conducts assessments of current processes, reports and procedures
Collects data and performs quantitative analysis to substantiate assumptions
Performs any necessary ad hoc reporting
Measures outcomes of quality improvements using metrics and benchmarking criteria
Health care claims experience that includes work flow design, data analysis, and/or systems automation and testing
Perform any necessary configuration changes supporting claim hold
Generate or gather needed test data
Performs necessary validation in test and production environments according to business requirements
Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
Written and verbal communication skills are sufficient to interact effectively with business and technical stakeholders
Collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
Role-Based Competencies
The Vendor shall identify the specific skills, certifications, experience levels, and responsibilities associated with each proposed resource. At a minimum, the Vendor should describe:
Preferred experience in claims, provider, and pricing services
Preferred Safe Agile certifications or 3+ years of experience as Product Owner
Preferred experience in Fusion and/or Streamline
Experience in QTest, JIRA
Experience in mainframe and PEGA systems
Experience supporting comparable projects or organizations
Resource Qualifications
Vendor personnel shall possess qualifications commensurate with the complexity of the work being performed. The Customer reserves the right to review proposed resource qualifications and request replacement of personnel who do not meet the agreed-upon skill requirements or whose performance does not satisfy the expectations of the engagement.
Knowledge Transfer and Continuity
The Vendor shall maintain appropriate documentation and knowledge transfer practices to ensure continuity of services and minimize disruption resulting from personnel changes. Replacement resources shall possess qualifications substantially equivalent to those of the individual being replaced.
Ongoing Skill Maintenance
The Vendor is responsible for maintaining the professional competency of assigned personnel throughout the engagement and ensuring that resources remain current with technologies, industry practices, and regulatory requirements applicable to the services provided.
Travel: willingness to travel extensively as client needs require.
Required Education & Work Authorization:
Education
Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or master’s strongly preferred.
Work Authorization
Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Salary & Compensation:
Salary: Applications will be accepted until August 25th, 2026. The annual salary for this position is between $81,450.00 – $126,500.00 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Incentives: Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, subject to applicable plan terms.
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Paid Holidays plus PTO, 401(k) with company contributions, Short-term/Long-term Disability, Paid Parental Leave, Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Disclaimer: Salary, other compensation, and benefits are accurate as of the date of this posting and may be modified at any time, subject to applicable law.
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Worksite address
norfolk, VA, 23500, US
Who can apply
Review the original listing for work authorization, qualifications and employer requirements.