Product Manager, ECommerce Consulting Principal

Product Manager, Consulting Principal
ECommerce
Remote

ABOUT US
Cognizant 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. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

COGNIZANT CONSULTING
Within 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 several Business and 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 ROLE
We're looking for a Product Manager, ECommerce Consulting Principal 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 Consulting Manager (which is an Manager level position) this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders, colleagues. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Within the Consulting group is our Post-Merger Integration Advisory practice, which assists the Fortune 2000 in developing a competitive advantage for their organizations by strategically aligning IT with business objectives and emerging industry needs. We are seeking people who are passionate about transformation, want to make an impact, and love working together to deliver flawless results for an end-client. Specifically, we are looking for a Manager to join us in a leadership role on our team.

As Product Manager, ECommerce Consulting Principal, this means overseeing advisory consulting engagements, being a trusted advisor to clients, establishing oneself as a thought leader in your field, solving complex problems, consultatively working with a client to achieve business goals, driving contributions to offerings and innovations, and serving as a people leader, guiding multiple teams as they work to transform a client and the world. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Our solutions are in demand and we're passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!

RESPONSIBILITIES
* Product Design and Build for an Enteprise B2B Commerce platform tailored to client specific requirements.
* Facilitate the Product Strategy and Roadmap discussion with business team and leadership team.
* Gather business requirements, translate them into functional, integration & technical specifications, and develop use cases/stories.
* Configure and customize Salesforce B2B Commerce or similar SaaS vendor platform, including product catalog, price books, and user roles.
* Integrate Industry leading B2B Commerce vendor platforms with any CMS platforms, other Salesforce products, SAP ERP systems, and external 3rd Party applications
* Provide expert guidance on Salesforce B2B Commerce or similar SaaS Commerce platform best practices and industry trends
* Review and execute test plans to ensure the quality of implemented solutions adhere to the user stories developed.
* Provide functional or technical SME guidance to the development team to resolve complex issues.

QUALIFICATIONS
* 10+ years of consulting, professional services, digital strategy development, advisory, or transformation programs operating in a client-facing capacity, serving and leading external client engagements.
* A proven track record in a client-facing role, with at least 2 years (ideally more) leading digital technology teams.
* Extensive experience in one of the leading B2B Commerce SaaS vendor platforms (such as Salesforce, Kibo, Adobe, SAP, BigCommerce, etc.).
* Exposure to B2B Data Models and OOTB domain capabilities within industry-leading commerce platforms.
* Familiarity with Salesforce, SAP, HCL Commerce, Adobe B2B Commerce, or similar SaaS commerce platform APIs and third-party integrations.
* Good understanding of leading CMS platforms and their integration with B2B commerce solutions.
* Knowledge of SAP ERP, Salesforce CRM, Sales Cloud, and Service Cloud is a plus.
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
* Experience in successfully developing and leading consultant teams in planning, task structuring, analysis, and solution delivery.
* Works with Cognizant account stakeholders (e.g., CPs, CRMs), technology partners (e.g., Amazon), and other business allies to identify consulting opportunities or develop winning proposals.
* Contingent on experience and expertise, demystifies emerging technologies and translates innovations (e.g., AI, Machine Learning, hybrid cloud) into business-impact benefits clients can understand.
* Regularly contributes to the practice by developing initiatives, researching industry trends, and building knowledge repositories; develops reusable consultative strategies and solution approaches to support business development and expansion activities.

WORK AUTHORIZATION
Cognizant 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 COMPENSATION
The annual salary for this position is between $122,400 - $194,000 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 Insurance
* Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
* 401(k) plan and contributions
* Long-term/Short-term Disability
* Paid Parental Leave
* Employee Stock Purchase Plan

DISCLAIMER
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.