Technical Project/Program Manager

Cognizant

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Atlanta, GA
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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.

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TL;DR · Technical Project/Program Manager

As a Technical Project/Program Manager, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of complex custom software development initiatives for Java-based and cloud-native applications. You will manage a cross-functional team of approximately 20 resources within an onsite-offshore delivery model, overseeing scope, schedules, quality, risks, dependencies, and budgets. Your daily responsibilities include establishing Agile delivery and SDLC governance, tracking deliverables, and providing executive reporting to Senior Manager, Director, and Senior Director-level stakeholders. You will collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure alignment across Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps practices. The role focuses on solving technical delivery challenges by coordinating multiple workstreams, managing program reviews, and driving successful business outcomes through effective stakeholder management and proactive risk mitigation within a complex client-facing environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large custom application development programs.
  • Manage scope, schedules, quality, resources, risks, dependencies, and budgets for software initiatives.
  • Manage a cross-functional team of 20 resources within an onsite-offshore delivery model.
  • Establish and maintain Agile delivery and SDLC governance, including risk and issue management.
  • Provide executive reporting and visibility into program status to Senior Manager and Director-level stakeholders.
  • Coordinate between business and technical teams working with Java, cloud-native, SRE, and DevOps technologies.
  • Identify delivery risks early and drive mitigation and resolution across multiple technical workstreams.

What we're looking for

  • Strong experience leading technical project or program delivery for medium-to-large custom application development initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams in an onsite-offshore delivery model.
  • Strong experience with Agile delivery practices, SDLC governance, project planning, risk management, resource management, and budget management.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, executive reporting, and governance skills for Senior Manager through Senior Director-level stakeholders.
  • Working understanding of Java, cloud-native technologies, SRE, and DevOps concepts.
  • Strong leadership, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills to manage multiple priorities and dependencies.
  • Experience leading complex application modernization or cloud transformation initiatives (preferred).
  • Experience coordinating multiple technical workstreams and dependencies across distributed teams (preferred).

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