Roles & Responsibilities

• Business analysis, experience with Public Sector clients desirable.
• Engaging stakeholders across varied functions and understand key business processes and requirements to shape technology led outcomes.
• Collaboration with technology teams to translate functional requirements to technical backlog items, and overseeing the development lifecycle to ensure key business outcomes are met.
• Delivering project milestones in an Agile/Scrum delivery model and knowledge of key agile ceremonies.
• Assess and drive alignment with business objectives and compliance standards.
• Prepare and deliver presentations, reports, and documentation for senior stakeholders.
• Stay informed on emerging trends in the Public Sector and technology trends which would help solve business problems.
• Ability to support proactive and reactive solution designs for growing the presence of the Consulting team, and establishing themselves as a trusted partner.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Proven experience in business analysis, stakeholder management and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and support business cases for clients.
• Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum tools and managing/refining backlogs.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation capabilities.
• Being a self-starter and ability to navigate complexity to help clients define the right problem statements.
• Ability to contribute to the growth of the Cognizant Consulting brand, beyond client deliverables by participating in and leading various initiatives.
• Good to Have Skills
• Familiarity with project lifecycles, stage gates and associated governance in a Public Sector context.
• Exposure to geospatial data and business use cases.
• Experience in large-scale transformation programs.

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 2025) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. 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 characteristic protected 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.

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Cognizant is an IT and business process services company providing digital strategy, consulting, enterprise modernization, cloud and more for clients globally.