
Associate - Projects
Cognizant
Description
Functional Lead
Qualification:
Masters Of Business Administration
Responsibility:
Sales Support:
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▪ Understand specific client requirements and analyze them.
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▪ Conduct detailed costing based on time and effort estimation if required.
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▪ Provide inputs for client demos/presentations/collaterals (such as capability deck and case study), communication & pitch.
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▪ Provide support to onsite employees during deal making process.
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▪ Participate in geographic specific event / seminars if required.
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▪ Provide input for creating response to RFPs/RFIs.
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▪ Provide support during proposal development.
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▪ Conduct research on industry specific solutions and new platforms required.
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▪ Participate in seminars /conferences.
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▪ Prepare collaterals, publications, technology papers etc for distribution under guidance from team lead.
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New Solution Development.
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▪ Conduct market research to identify new solution area.
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▪ Create business case for new solution.
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▪ Share business case with Senior Consultant / Team Lead for inputs.
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▪ Detail out new solutions as required map solution developed to client space.
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▪ Provide support for project execution involving new solution if required.
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▪ Followup to closure in order to implement change and escalate to supervisor if required.
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Knowledge Management.
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▪ Update knowledge articles in the knowledge management repository.
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▪ Create knowledge articles on the problem workaround solutions.
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▪ Maintain knowledge management database.
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▪ Prepare collaterals, publications, technology papers etc for distribution and submit to supervisor for review.
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Solution Engineering.
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▪ Conduct gap analysis to analyze the asis and wouldbe state of the business.
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▪ Provide guidance in creating solutions for the gaps.
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▪ Confirm technical feasibility of solution.
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▪ Design end to end solution for the client and plan for integration.
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▪ Provide work around as needed where standard solution is not required.
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▪ Map solution/ deliverables to service level agreement (SLA) for delivery.
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▪ Understand context of different clients to suitably structure solution implementation.
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▪ Detail out customization requirements/ configuration changes required.
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▪ Obtain approval and validation on solution developed.
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Implementation and Testing.
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▪ Configure the system based on the requirements.
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▪ Carry out testing before handover to the users.
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▪ Test development objects and give feedback to the technical team.
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▪ Conduct pilot for solution developed.
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▪ Review and obtain signoff deliverables.
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▪ Manage deadlines for functional deliverables.
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▪ Create data migration and cutover plan.
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▪ Conduct workshops to get a buy in on recommendations.
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▪ Guide users in uploading data into the system.
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▪ Support analysis of data issues and route for resolution.
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▪ Create test cases based on the knowledge of the domain/product.
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▪ Conduct test workshops.
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▪ Plan for and conduct system testing based on the scenarios using various testing tools as required.
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Project Support & Functional Change Management.
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▪ Configure/change configuration based on the ticket.
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▪ Carry out testing before handing over to the users, test development objects and give feedback to the technical team.
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▪ Meet project SLAs, give ticket resolution feedback to the customer.
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▪ Support creation of business case for an IT initiative.
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▪ Provide inputs for calculation of the project TCO and KPIs such as ROI.
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▪ Provide input towards determination of project risks and recommendations on product and platform.
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▪ Understand stakeholders' pain points, business objectives and organization culture.
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▪ Draft communication plan to be circulated to the various interest groups within the organization and get it reviewed from the supervisor.
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▪ Based on requirement study and gap analysis, analyze process/framework anomalies and deficiencies and make recommendations.
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▪ Redesign processes/framework based on recommendations.
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▪ Keep track of timelines and deliverables with respect to the functional area.
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▪ Communicate with client and project team when necessary.
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▪ Contribute towards driving functional change management in engagements as needed convince/guide the customer to move from an existing solution to a new solution.
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▪ Support organizational change management processes for respective work streams.
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Client Management/Relationship Management.
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▪ Manage client relationships from start to execution.
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▪ Follow through on commitments, achieve timely resolution of issues.
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▪ Conduct initiatives to meet client expectations.
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▪ Approach client proactively to better understand issues and needs.
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▪ Work to expand professional network in the client organization.
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▪ Share business value of services to win engagement.
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People Management.
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▪ Create training courses and supporting artefacts on the training server such as demo, presentation.
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▪ Configure the system for training.
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▪ Assist in selection of representative employee groups for training.
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▪ Plan the training calendar.
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▪ Conduct training with the help of academy.
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▪ Mentor consultants with respect to product and domain skills on projects ▪ Coordinate with the project/program manager in understanding how the employee can better contribute to the project, seek feedback and address concerns.
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▪ Organize team initiatives on a periodic basis.
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▪ Provide guidance to new members in the team.
Must Have Skills
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Spring Boot
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Microservices
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world.
