Senior Project Manager

Cognizant

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Katy, TX
Salary
$130,000–$140,000 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 330 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $100,000–$135,000 across 211 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Project Manager

The SR Project Manager with Retail Domain experience will join the team to drive robust incident management practices within a hybrid work model. This role focuses on maximizing operational stability for retail and merchandising environments by ensuring business continuity and service reliability. The manager will lead end-to-end incident processes, including detection, classification, and resolution of service disruptions. Key responsibilities include designing ITIL V4 workflows, managing major incidents, and coordinating between technology teams and business stakeholders. The candidate must utilize ITIL V4 principles, advanced analytical skills, and stakeholder management to interpret incident metrics and propose improvements. The work involves aligning incident management with merchandising business cycles, promotional events, and inventory strategies to protect revenue and ensure customer satisfaction across critical applications and services.

What you'll do

  • Lead end-to-end incident management processes to ensure timely detection, classification, and resolution of service disruptions.
  • Oversee coordination between technology teams and business stakeholders to facilitate clear communication during active incidents.
  • Design and refine incident workflows and guidelines to drive adoption of ITIL V4 practices.
  • Manage major incidents by activating escalation paths and orchestrating technical and functional resources.
  • Implement structured post-incident review processes to capture lessons learned and track corrective actions.
  • Guide continuous improvement initiatives using incident data to optimize processes and enhance service resilience.
  • Coordinate with service owners and application teams to ensure smooth incident response in a hybrid work environment.
  • Maintain accurate incident records to ensure compliance with enterprise risk and audit requirements.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrate extensive experience leading complex incident management functions in large-scale environments.
  • Possess strong practical knowledge of ITIL V4 principles and practices.
  • Bring a deep understanding of hybrid work models to coordinate distributed teams.
  • Leverage familiarity with merchandising or retail domain contexts.
  • Apply advanced analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret incident metrics and identify systemic weaknesses.
  • Communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical stakeholders to translate incident details into business-oriented impact statements.
  • Utilize strong stakeholder management capabilities to align expectations and build trust with business leaders.
  • Exhibit experience working in structured service management environments with integrated ticketing, monitoring, and reporting tools.
  • ITIL V4 certification or equivalent service management credential (preferred).

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