Cognizant

Lifecycle Management Project Manager

Cognizant • $110K — $130K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in lifecycle management within a plant environment
  • Proficiency with Windows Servers and Windows 10/11
  • Strong knowledge of VMware ESXi and vCenter, as well as Nutanix
  • Experience with storage backup technologies
  • Familiarity with SCCM and patch management processes
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals
  • Linux administration skills
  • Expertise in asset lifecycle management
  • Background in manufacturing plant support
  • Vendor coordination experience

Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end infrastructure lifecycle planning
  • Lead hardware refresh and migration activities across locations
  • Maintain accurate asset and configuration management records
  • Coordinate infrastructure support with business and technical teams
  • Drive compliance and improvement initiatives for security and documentation
  • Engage stakeholders across various functions to troubleshoot issues
  • Establish asset lifecycle governance standards
  • Oversee vendor and budget management activities
  • Develop executive dashboards and identify process improvements

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Long-term/Short-term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
Full Job Description
Location: Atlanta, GA

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship. Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.

Lifecycle Management (LCM) Project Manager will lead end-to-end planning governance execution and reporting of global hardware refresh deployment asset lifecycle warranty management and disposal initiatives. This role acts as the primary liaison between business stakeholders IT Infrastructure teams vendors procurement logistics providers and regional deployment teams to ensure successful delivery of LCM programs.

What you'll do in the role:
  • Manage infrastructure lifecycle planning by identifying End-of-Life (EOL) and End-of-Support (EOS) assets, maintaining refresh roadmaps, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and coordinating hardware replacement programmes across plant locations.
  • Lead infrastructure refresh and migration activities, including server, workstation, storage, and network upgrades, while ensuring minimal disruption to plant operations.
  • Maintain asset and configuration management by keeping CMDB records, tracking inventory and warranties, and managing asset onboarding, relocation, and decommissioning activities.
  • Provide plant infrastructure support by coordinating with business users, vendors, and technical teams, administering Windows, Linux, VMware, and Nutanix environments, and ensuring infrastructure availability and stability.
  • Drive security, compliance, and continuous improvement through patching, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery readiness, stakeholder management, and accurate infrastructure documentation.
  • Manage stakeholder engagement by collaborating with business leaders, IT teams, vendors, procurement, and logistics teams to ensure smooth project execution and timely issue resolution.
  • Drive asset lifecycle governance by establishing standards for procurement, deployment, refresh, redeployment, and disposal while ensuring compliance with security and asset management policies.
  • Oversee vendor and financial management activities, including budget tracking, forecasting, cost optimization, supplier coordination, and vendor performance reviews.
  • Develop executive dashboards and performance reports, identify automation and process improvement opportunities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and lifecycle maturity.

What you'll need to succeed:
  • Over 15 years of experience with Lifecycle management in a plant setting
  • Windows Server Windows 10/11
  • VMware ESXi vCenter Nutanix
  • Storage Backup Technologies
  • SCCM / Patch Management
  • Networking Fundamentals
  • Linux Administration
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Manufacturing Plant Support
  • Vendor Coordination
  • Majot Incident reduction

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

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.



About Cognizant

TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management. With technology solutions touching more than half the U.S. population today, TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of core benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. TriZetto provides premier information technology solutions that enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers.

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340,400 employees
Market Cap
$28.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$16.6 billion
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