Senior Consulting Manager, BA Healthcare

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant's consulting practice-we're a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we're looking for our next colleague who'll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

About the Role

As a Senior Manager, Healthcare Business Analyst/ Product Owner, you will make an impact by leading discovery, requirements analysis, scope definition, and development-ready user story creation for healthcare transformation initiatives. You will be a valued member of the Healthcare Consulting team and work collaboratively with business stakeholders, system integration teams, configuration teams, quality assurance teams, implementation partners, and clients.

In this role, you will:

• Lead discovery workshops with business stakeholders to identify business, system integration, configuration, and testing requirements.
• Facilitate scope discovery sessions, document business needs, and drive alignment to establish a clearly defined and approved implementation scope before development begins.
• Review approved Business Requirements Documents and translate requirements into development-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Partner with business, system integration, configuration, quality assurance, and delivery teams to review, refine, validate, and align requirements.
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability, manage requirement changes, and support delivery through clear documentation, stakeholder communication, and requirements governance.

Work model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

What you must have to be considered

• 12+ years of business analysis or Product management experience, preferably within healthcare payer/provider, healthcare technology, or consulting environments.
• Product Owner for payer domain responsible for translating healthcare business needs into prioritized product requirements and delivery outcomes
• Own and prioritize payer product backlog epics and user stories
• Experience leading discovery workshops, requirements elicitation, scope definition, and stakeholder alignment activities.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into development-ready user stories with detailed acceptance criteria.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including business, development, testing, configuration, implementation, and system integration partners.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, documentation, and requirements governance skills.

These will help you succeed

• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Healthcare Payer/Provider experience, including exposure to claims, membership, provider, benefits, care management, or related payer business functions.
• Experience supporting large-scale healthcare platform implementations, modernization programs, or system integration initiatives.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, drive clarity, and influence stakeholders across business and technology teams.
• Strong consulting mindset with the ability to connect business needs to practical delivery outcomes.

Compensation

$134,500-$158,500

This position is eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Employee assistance program
• 10 paid holidays plus PTO
• Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
• Learning and development certifications and programs

About Cognizant:

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

Additional employment information

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 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.

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