Projects Manager (Wynsure) Job in Kolkata at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Cognizant Technology Solutions is hiring for the role of Projects Manager (Wynsure)!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Participate in the pre-sales stage (eg preparation of marketing materials and collaterals, client calls, demos) proposals and business development activities to ensure technical feasibility.
• Create solutions based on customer needs and review estimates to prepare for RFIs and RFPs.
• Seek opportunities in mining the relationship to provide lasting value to the customer and share the same with the account team.
• Work with the client technical team, and understand the ecosystem.
• Analyze customer requirements, and challenges from an IT and business process perspective by interacting with the customer architects / SMEs and reviewing documentation.
• Provide recommendations (eg product implementation, platform identification, architecture suitability, gap analysis, customization/bolt-on development and integration, product maintenance) to address the same.
• Create the solution architecture.
• Present the benefits of the solution.
• Lead Proof of Concept for the business problem.
• Provide inputs on technical robustness and scalability of the product to the LPC.
• Interact with customers to identify customer expectations and ensure all customer issues are resolved appropriately.
• Prepare estimation guidelines.
• Review estimates and impact analysis, etc. prepared by the Senior Product Specialist.
• Understand the complexity of the projects, and identify and involve the right mix of resources.
• Identify the tracks/modules and allocate the same to Senior Product Specialists.
• Identify the various stakeholders.
• Identify the dependencies and manage the same.
• Oversee offshore onsite coordination to ensure the transition of information (handshake) and query resolution related to project execution and report updates.
• Prepare and track project plans.
• Perform key project management activities like planning, work allocation and tracking, end-to-end delivery, day-to-day interaction with onsite, status reporting, performance reporting, quality assurance activities, etc.
• Maintain documentation (eg defect prevention checklist, metrics etc).
• Collate status reports and present the same to the customer.
• Work with the various track leads to ensure delivery.
  discuss and resolve feasibility issues with the customer.
• Coordinate with the SQAG (quality team) to meet project/process compliance.
• Review out-of-scope requirements concerning development and clients as brought up through internal project review sessions.
• Review all change requests to ensure that processes are adhered to.
  Identify the impact of the same.
• Share and negotiate with the customer on effort, timelines and cost.
• Review billing data and raise invoices.

Requirements:

• Must-Have Skills: Assembler
• Good To Have Skills: Life COTS
• Qualification: Science/Engineering graduate