Senior Program Director, Healthcare Industry

Cognizant is seeking an inspiring leader within the Program & Project Management community. This key role is responsible for managing large-scale, complex programs in the healthcare industry, ensuring customer satisfaction, and developing strategies for program delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing strategy for the program team, including developing a robust risk mitigation plan
• Understanding how different projects interlink and overlap
• Working with the various service lines to identify resources for various projects
• Expanding program offering and enhancing the quality of existing programs
• Liaising with the marketing and communications team to increase awareness of programs
• Lead the proposal responses by engaging with various service lines
• Build and manage relationship with clients
• Coordinating and running events and workshops
• Gathering feedback and presenting insights
• Reporting on program performance to executive team and directors
• Identifying opportunities for continual improvement and delivery transformation
• Ensuring relevant standards, process and regulations are upheld
• Good understanding of agile processes
• Prior experience in managing programs in Healthcare domain

Requirements:

• 15+ years in strategy, operations, process consulting, stakeholder management, project/ program delivery within legacy modernization or digital transformations
• Project/Program training and certifications (PMI/SAFe 5.0/Prince II)
• Experience in delivering at least 3-4 or more complex programs involving teams across multiple geographies
• Experience in senior stakeholder management, communication, and relationship
• Experience being part of deal solutioning and identifying relevant risks
• Can present solutions from the Program Management standpoint
• Experience in managing client stakeholders across IT, VMO, and business
• Adept with multicultural; multi-geo working teams and stakeholders
• Experience in contract management
• Program delivery experience involving 4 or more service lines
• Experience in delivering Transformational commitment, productivity goals, offshoring commitment
• Experience in delivering domain capability services or niche technology capabilities or new technologies to the market
• Experience in leading/managing structured deals, takeover/acquisition, or divesture programs
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or Masters degree strongly preferred
• Must be legally authorized to work in US without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future