What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.

At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for a Service Line Specialist to join our Software Platform & Engineering (SPE) service line.

Cognizant Software & Product Engineering Digital Engineering (SPE)

Cognizant’s Software Platform & Engineering (SPE) service line provides transformative modern engineering services at scale for our clients. Comprised of three practices – Digital Engineering (DE), Application Development & Management (ADM) and Quality Engineering & Assurance (QEA) – we provide end-to-end value to organizations looking to escape legacy constraints, modernize technical architecture and culture to be future fit, and produce greenfield products and services.

What we are looking for

We are looking for results driven, client focused and collaborative Digital expert who can craft, lead and present solutions that help our clients transform their digital engagement interaction and achieve disruptive benefits.

This is a role within a startup-like environment where agility and ability to cope with different mindsets and topics is crucial like the capability to transfer own experience to several industries and business contexts.

You will get a chance to

Forge relationships with Technology VP/CXO decision makers within client organization Map client organization, build extraordinary relationships with new business units, build a consultative sales strategy for developing new business opportunities. Lead (pre-)sales proposals, while influencing a large team or multiple teams to achieve their goals. Lead revenue generation by scoping, structuring, and leading digital engagements Envision and create new opportunities within existing and new businesses Achieve Contract value, annual revenue & profitability target Work in a matrix organization, responsible for prospecting and other sales management goals designed Stay up to date with state-of-the-art technology trends to propose new features and provide value and innovative solutions to our customer Participate in the software development community in some capacity: meetups, blogs, Stack Overflow, open source projects, etc.

Requirements

Many years of work experience in selling and delivering Custom Application based services Understanding of Application Portfolio Lifecycle across Build, Test and Run services Deep understanding and ability to talk convincingly through ideas centered around modern digital enterprises such as product centric org structures, POD-based delivery models, TDD/BDD, deep understanding of Agile and DevOps, microservices, containerization, hybrid hosting patterns, (Gen) AI & Automation High degree of comfort and ability to talk through approach to perform app portfolio analysis, identify candidates for cloud native journey: re-host, re-platform, re-architect etc. Proven results in generating opportunities at existing clients through consultative selling approach

What you can expect

Become part of a ‘flag ship’ success story - We go through enormous growth! Organization led by technology – We have a tremendous technology backbone Open, ‘can do’ team spirit Environment where you can make your own ideas reality Drive your own career Market conforms benefits

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world. We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen. We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right. We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

About us:
Cognizant 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 (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer: 
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.