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Cognizant

Product Owner - Aviation MRO experience required

Cognizant, Stamford, Connecticut, United States, 06925


ABOUT USCognizant 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 CONSULTINGWithin 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 RoleOur Travel & Hospitality consulting practice is looking for an experienced

Product Owner with Aviation MRO experience

to join our journey. We’re looking for someone who is experienced in consulting to airline and aviation clients in operations areas including maintenance, system, flight, and crew management. As a member of our team, you will be responsible for supporting engagements with clients to define leading operations practices and operating models, including operations process, organizational roles and responsibilities, and technology product ownership.Cognizant Consulting’s T&H practice works with the world’s leading airlines to improve their operations and performance through transformational programs that improve our client’s competitiveness across process, organizational, and technical areas in functions that include Operations, Commercial, Back Office & Human Resource Management.We’re looking for a Senior

Consultant

who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a

Consultant, Consulting

this means leading a team of Consultants through a client-facing engagement, managing escalations, and serving as the owner of a workstream; maintaining expertise in your domain; meaningfully contributing to the sales process through a mix of RPI development, client presentations, financial modeling, pricing strategy, and flawless delivery; creating service offerings and/or client partner training materials; and contributing to People Care initiatives, recruiting, and mentoring. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.ResponsibilitiesConsult directly with our Aviation clients and provide advisory services designed to help them solve their most complex business and technology challenges.Manage and direct a small-to-medium team of Consultants through client engagement, analysis, business case development, and the development of focused and contextual solutions.Lead communications with project stakeholders, including status reporting, priority setting, and timely issue resolution.Contribute to the thought leadership of your practice and contribute to one or more practice initiatives or service offerings.Maintain expertise in the Aviation and Travel industry.Encourage and facilitate the business development activities of project teams through activities such as opportunity validation, strategy approval, RFI support, storyline, proposals, & client presentations.Engage with client contacts to generate leads and identify new opportunities for consulting services.Serve as a people leader within Consulting, supporting professional development of the team.Conduct recruitment activities, support onboarding, contribute or conduct performance reviews, lead career growth discussions with Business Analysts, Consultants, and Senior Consultants.QualificationsThe track record and experience to achieve the above, which includes ideally 6 to 8+ years of management consulting and industry experience in business analysis and operations.Relevant Aviation industry experience in one or more areas of Maintenance, Flight, and Systems Operations.Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Information Technology, Business, Communications, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Engineering, or equivalent.The ability to set and manage multiple project plans for a single client; a command of project management principles and a track record of applying them to drive transformation successfully.Experience leading technical and non-technical initiatives; previous experience coordinating workstreams in multi-team projects, ideally using an onsite/offshore model.Leadership skills that bring out the best in others; the ability to oversee multiple Consultants and non-consultants who are working toward a common goal – the best possible outcome for a client.A desire to work with enterprise-level clients and the ability to manage through complexity.Experience with program quality frameworks, methods, and tools (e.g., Six Sigma).MBA degree preferred.Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes; the embodiment of Cognizant’s Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way.Work AuthorizationCognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.).Salary and Other Compensation :The annual salary for this position is between $120,000 – $130,000 depending 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 InsurancePaid holidays plus Paid Time Off401(k) plan and contributionsLong-term/Short-term DisabilityPaid Parental LeaveEmployee Stock Purchase PlanDisclaimer:

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.

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