Chief Architect

Innovation and Thought Leadership:

• Incubate new product assets/ tools/ concepts to improve non linear revenue • Create, publish/ review white papers / technical papers.
• Present the papers in national/ international publications & conferences.
• Foster a innovative culture within the team( eg, Encourage teams to identify solutions from other industries / verticals / partners and apply to problem context).
• Identify newer opportunities for contribution / newer ways of leveraging technology for solving customer problems.
• Understand the clients requirements, pain points and arrive at a customized solution by rightly positioning Cognizant assets.
• Collaborate with technology groups and other alliances to bring best practices on various technologies and tools.

Technology Consulting:

• Understand the customer problem / engagement objectives.
• Develop custom solution by leveraging assets / services from the global market place Provide recommendations to the client on tools, technologies for deployment on the basis of features, cost, performance etc.
• Build relationships and credibility with customers.
• Identify the appropriate quality model/ standard/ measure to be adopted in the project in conjunction with the customer requirements.
• Influence the customer to adopt the appropriate point of view on the solution aspects ( eg, quality standard, solution option, technology option etc).

COE / Practice Roadmap - Business Planning and Development:

• Understand trends in technology landscape, customer buying patterns, market place shifts(eg, M&A, product expiry etc) & identify newer opportunities for contribution.
• Understand pain points from a customer/vertical perspective for developing specific solutions.
• Develop business case for the new service offering.
• Identify the customer segment to position the new offering.
• Develop the high level build and launch plan/priority for the offerings in alignment with Cognizant focus areas.
• Develop the skills plan & budget requirements to support the new / current offerings.
• Develop business case for the initiatives.

New Solution Development:

• Identify objectives and define the planning process.
• Develop solution blueprint – involving partner capabilities, inhouse capabilities and new build.
• Create inhouse capabilities to support delivery in these new offerings.
• Develop business case , joint GTM plan with the partner and collaterals.
• Create artifacts from perspective of technology, product, domain and infrastructure as applicable.

Alliance Management:

• Collaborate with alliances to bring best practices on various technologies and tools.

Knowledge Management & Capability Development:

• Identify technical skill gaps / capability gaps in comparison with the applicable business plan for the team.
• Arrive at roadmap to close the skills/ capability gap in collaboration with internal and external partners as appropriate.
• Support talent acquisition activities.
• Develop / Review collaterals from current/past engagements.

Project Control and Review:

• Provide technical SME support in reviewing large transformational / complex technical solutions / data models in terms of compliance to requirements, efficiency of solution or implementation.
• Act as the final escalation support for the respective technology areas.

IP Building and Management:

• Identify patentable components in the solution and follow up on IP filing with the necessary teams.

People Management:

• Understand aspirations of associates, identify programs and certifications, growth areas for associates based on aspirations, project requirements.
• Mentor and coach associates.
• Monitor and manage the team member performance.

Asset Development and Governance:

• As part of innovation / solution development, arrive at the asset development plan and business case.
• Provide the technical leadership, support and governance to build the assets.
• Propagate the appropriate consumers – both internal and external.
• Monitor the effectiveness of assets developed.

Sales Support and Project Estimation:

• Develop (for large deals) / Review technical solution proposed.
• Develop (for large deals) / Review estimates for proposed solution.
• Validate/Propose leverage of accelerators.

Must Have Skills

• PPM Enterprise Architect

Good To Have Skills

• Bill Inquiry Handling

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 350,000 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.