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Role: Project Manager with EPMO frameworks
Location: Remote
Duration: Long Term
Job Description:
Please maintain the compliance as per the Cognizant team. While share the profiles for review let me know the markup % of the vendor to the candidate if any C2C cases are there.
Role Overview:
The Project Manager will support the Enterprise PMO (EPMO) in driving delivery across strategic technology and transformation initiatives, with an immediate focus on stabilization, integration planning, and execution.
The role requires strong leadership across applications, integration platforms, and AWS-based environments, with the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, multi‑stakeholder environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end‑to‑end delivery ownership of complex, cross‑functional initiatives across applications, integration, and cloud platforms
- Act as a single point of accountability for delivery outcomes, ensuring alignment across scope, timelines, and business objectives
- Drive EPMO governance and discipline, including structured reporting, SteerCo materials, risk and issue tracking, and decision management
- Partner closely with business and technology leadership (Directors / VPs) to align on priorities, manage expectations, and drive outcomes
- Orchestrate delivery across multiple workstreams and teams, ensuring dependencies, sequencing, and integration points are well managed
- Support post‑merger integration efforts, including consolidation, alignment of platforms, and execution of integration roadmaps
- Establish and maintain proactive communication cadence, ensuring transparency and early identification of risks or bottlenecks
- Drive financial oversight, including budgeting, forecasting, effort tracking, and variance management
- Identify and mitigate delivery, operational, and integration risks, with clear mitigation plans and escalation paths
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners/vendors to ensure delivery consistency and accountability
- Facilitate decision‑making forums by providing clear, data‑driven insights and recommendations
- Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, compliance, and audit requirements
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve delivery efficiency, governance, and execution rigor
Experience & Profile Expectations
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, large‑scale technology or transformation initiatives within enterprise environments
- Proven ability to operate in high‑visibility roles, engaging effectively with senior stakeholders (Director/VP level and above)
- Strong exposure to structured governance models (EPMO frameworks) and delivery in regulated environments
- Experience working across applications, integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft), and cloud ecosystems (AWS preferred)
- Background in Banking / Financial Services / Credit Union environments is strongly preferred
- Experience in post‑merger integration, transformation programs, or multi‑workstream delivery is highly valuable
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution and delivery ownership
Key Capabilities:
- Strong leadership presence and accountability for outcomes
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and evolving priorities while maintaining execution discipline
- Strong financial and operational acumen
- Proactive, structured, and solutions‑oriented mindset