Job Description

Manager +

Qualification :

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or other relevant field (Required)
+ Advanced Degree in Business (Preferred) Tier 1 MBA (Strongly Preferred).

Responsibility :

Problem and Scope Definition :

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+ Provide primary support for formulation of problem statement and definition of scope for her/his assigned area(s).
• - Work independently and bring thought leadership to bear in order to identify root cause of the issue.
• - Work with engagement management to define scope of work in context of larger project.
• - Construct problem statement to include problem description, those affected and benefits of solving the problem, and implications of not doing so.
• - Support the identification of project risks and mitigation.

Requirements Gathering :


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• - Demonstrate exceptional requirement gathering techniques with minimal direction from engagement management.
• - Design, conduct and facilitate requirements sessions.
• - Organize and sequence requirements into a user requirements document.
• - Write wellformed, validated requirements and manage changes.
• - Use appropriate tools to record, track and manage requirements.

Business Analysis :


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+ Review and analyze relevant documentation to ensure the understanding of an organizations function and capabilities.
+ Lead relevant research to increase understanding in support of developing comprehensive solutions.
+ Serve as liaison between stakeholders--demonstrate understanding of client's structure, policies, and operations.
+ Logically structure recommendations and supporting data to formulate a solid, logical and understandable business case.
• Utilize appropriate business modeling techniques to represent and graphically depict various activities, processes and data These could include :
• - Business process modeling.
• - Process flow modeling.
• - Data flow modeling.

Engagement Delivery :


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+ Deliver exceptional engagement delivery support.
+ Develop and managing project plan(s) as needed.
+ Identify and manage engagement risks for area of responsibility.
+ Independent of close supervision, develop high quality deliverables that are "clientready" the first time.
+ Proactively share ongoing point of view and perspectives based on experience/expertise.
+ Display strong listening and communication skills when interacting with client and team.

Engagement Governance :


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+ Develop governance and communication plans that facilitate smooth delivery of project.
+ Provide engagement lead with consistent and frequent updates through written and verbal communications.
+ Effectively track and/or escalate project risks and issues.

Thought Leadership :


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+ Independently research industry trends and support to shape innovative ideas and opinions for practice thought leaders.
+ Actively contribute to research, development and authoring of consulting mindshare ie articles, whitepapers, and other collaterals via traditional and social media channels.

Business Development :


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+ Support RFI/RFP responses and other business development opportunities as needed.

Customer Relationship Management :


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+ Build and maintain trusted relationships with client stakeholder(s).
+ Be seen as a "go to" resource that client wants to bring back for future engagements.

Practice Development :


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+ Draw conclusions from market/industry trends and client experiences to support in the design and build of new go to market service offerings.
+ Support service line development and case study support through the gathering of industry best practices.

Revenue Management :


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+ Ensure personal utilization targets are achieved by working standard hours and actively seeking new opportunities well before current engagement ends (if possible).

Knowledge Management :


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+ Assist in creating client and/ or practice related materials (deliverables, solutions, industry best practices, standards and other knowledge artifacts) to Cognizant's knowledge management repository.

People Management :


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+ Actively support recruitment for campus candidates through preplacement discussions.
+ Help to onboard and mentor junior associates.
• actively support their ongoing development.
• be known as a leader among peers.
Must Have Skills


• Annuities Claim Mgmt