Technical Product Owner (Onsite)

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, redefining 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. We help our clients modernize technology, reinvent processes and transform experiences, so they can stay ahead in our constantly evolving world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

A Technical Product Owner works together with a project team to deliver all the infrastructure and its supporting elements in a timely and efficient manner to ensure the best project outcomes. TPOs' work closely with Architects and customers to identify the low-level details needed to facilitate the implementation, and work together with Domain Authorities across the many infrastructure teams (Middleware, DBAs, SAs, Network, Load Balancing, Storage, Access Management, etc.) to ensure the successful builds. Familiarity with all the infrastructure types listed above, and how they all interact with each other, is required. Good interpersonal and technical skills are required, as is the desire and ability to constantly learn new things.

Location: New Jersey, NJ; St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN or Austin, TX.

The Role: Individual Contributor External Facing Role

• Should be well versed in writing stories in JIRA, handling refinement/backlog grooming sessions, effective in planning/driving PIs and developing the team capacity & backlogs.
• Should be Capable of having a vision, track and handle road maps.
• Should have phenomenal communication skills and capable of effective collaborator management (Business, product, tech teams or any)
• Should be able to quickly learn/understand system architecture and relate upstream/downstream of the application/process allocation.
• Should be able to understand technologies and well versed in Java services/API based platforms.
• Expert Product owner with at least 5-8 years, with solution building or past development experience in technologies like Java/APIs.
• Preferred, if has past project experience in healthcare and/or PBM domains, especially claims and/or specialty.
• Preferred if a certified CSPO or POPM or ACSPO

Applicants will be accepted till 2/16/2025

The annual salary for this position will depend on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits 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.

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. A diverse set of backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, creativity, productivity, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are content with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

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