Project Manager - Foster City, United States - Cognizant Technology Solutions

Description

Not Applicable

Qualification:

Science or Engineering or other relevant graduate degree or Agile certification

Responsibility:

Operational Excellence

• Establishes, executes, and oversees project's operations (ie Budget, forecasting, margin, metrics billing/invoicing, purchase orders, MSA/ SOW/ SLA compliance, etc).
• Metrics and Reporting.
• Manage the tracking/measurment and progress against established measures and metrics (eg bid vs did, SLA, and any other operational or contractual measures).
• Program Governance.
• Establish, execute and oversee a project's governance (ie stakeholder management, communication ceremonies, benefits management, change management, scope management, team work enviorment, onboarding, etc.
• Estimation and Planning.
• Establishes, executes, and oversees project delivery estimation and planning (team resource and timeline) across Cognizant organization (pursuit through sprints/PIs)\ nGrow the Business.
• Supports pursuits (and running them as a project) as required.
• Collaborates with Commercial/Account Team to grow the business by identifying and defining business value opprtunities for the client.
• Drive for Results.
• Drives optimal business value though scope management, change management, communication ceremonies, acceptance criteria, negotiation, etc.
• Execution Excelllence.
• Lead the the setup and then the daily running of a project (ie task assignment and optimization, resource schedules, planning, logistics, tracking,issues/risk management, running meetings, organizing events, status reporting, adhoc reporting, signoffs, etc).
• Client Relationship Management.
• Establishes and builds relationships with client and other stakeholders for the project.
• Managing Teams.
• Leads team by supporting and driving career growth, personal/ team development, well being, diversity and inclusion.
• provides input to HCM supervisors on performance of all direct reports on a program, irrespective of the business unit of the direct report.
• Community Development.
• Lead and personally contributes to the continous improvement of the program & project management guild and community (best practices, networking, standards, training, tools, etc).
• Compliance.
• Responsible for Project Management tool and process compliance (ie Delivery Governance Dashboard).

Must Have Skills

• Any LIMS
• Labware any LIMS

Good To Have Skills

• Biovia ELN

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Apr

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at or follow us @USJobsCognizant.

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