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Cognizant Consulting Manager, Retail & Consumer Goods in Toronto, Ontario
Consulting Manager, Retail & Consumer Goods
Retail consulting
Toronto, ON
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, is ranked 195 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 www.cognizant.com .
COGNIZANT CONSULTING
Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we’re growing!
The Role
Cognizant is looking for strong Product Managers with experience in Retail and Consumer Good projects . We’re looking for someone who possess extensive knowledge and experience in handling various payment rails, including Wire, Swift ACH, RTP, FedNow, and Zelle. This role requires a deep understanding of payment regulations, middle and back-office functions, fraud prevention, ISO standards, and payment modernization practices. The candidate will possess extensive experience in payment messaging, payment processing, validation, and reporting. This role requires a deep understanding of payment APIs and the ability to map messages effectively. Additionally, experience in mergers will be considered a valuable asset.
We’re looking for a professional who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Senior Consultant, this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders, colleagues to clarify requirements and support delivery of effective solutions; applying technical and domain expertise to solve core client business challenges or inefficiencies; developing and strengthening domain knowledge and maintaining an accurate understanding of Cognizant’s industry propositions and consulting capabilities; supporting business development activities of senior leaders; contributing to the development of practice initiatives or new service offerings (e.g., Strategic Control Points, development of consulting assets); and being an inspiring colleague, promoting team motivation, partnership, and ownership for projects. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.
Our solutions are in demand and we’re passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!
Responsibilities
Product Owner for eCommerce.
Lead various projects and/or be an acting Product Owner for capabilities in eCommerce.
Define and write the requirements for the product(s) roadmap(s) and work with the technology teams and technology providers in an Agile workflow.
Owning or supporting the end-to-end product delivery process, including concepting and strategy, design, development, QA, and post-launch growth.
Support change management across impacted teams as new capabilities are rolled out.
Managing and organizing roadmaps and estimates for each project, assessing projects from a creative, business, and technological viewpoint throughout the design and development phase.
Be at the frontline of support for any operational issues that arise with a product.
Perform ongoing market research to identify new content technology opportunities and work with our channel owners to test and learn new opportunities, with the goal of ensuring stronger content for the customer
Qualifications
Strong Product Manager/Owner experience in Agile projects
Experience in retail eCommerce or digital customer experiences.
Experience owning roadmap strategy and definition
Strong experience rolling out technology programs impacting cross-functional teams
Proficiency in writing requirements following SAFe methodologies.
SAFe Certification or any related Agile certification is a strong asset.
Ability to think strategically and act tactically
A genuine ability to learn quickly and explore unfamiliar challenges.
Strong presentation, communication, and writing skills are required.
Workig Agreements
- We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2-3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto. Regardless of your working arrangements, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
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.