Cognizant

Transition PMO

Cognizant$117K — $135K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in program and transition management roles
  • Hands-on experience setting up and managing a Transition Management Office (TMO)
  • Demonstrated ability in program governance and PMO leadership
  • Expertise in milestone and risk management
  • Strong skills in executive reporting and change control
  • Familiarity with infrastructure services like cloud, security, and data management.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and oversee Transition Management Office (TMO) processes
  • Define governance structures and reporting schedules
  • Facilitate executive and steering committee meetings
  • Ensure compliance with project methodologies and quality standards
  • Maintain critical transition documents and knowledge repositories
  • Develop integrated transition plans and manage schedules
  • Track progress, dependencies, and risks across all transition streams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Generous paid holidays and Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions
  • Long and short-term disability insurance
  • Paid parental leave
Full Job Description
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.

The Transition Project Management Office is responsible for establishing and operating the Transition Management Office (TMO) for large-scale IT Infrastructure and Managed Services transitions. The role provides governance reporting financial tracking risk management milestone oversight and executive-level visibility across multiple transition workstreams. The Senior Transition PMO partners closely with the Transition Director Transition Managers Tower Leads Service Delivery Managers Solution Architects and Client Stakeholders to ensure successful execution of transition programs involving Service Desk Digital Workplace Hosting Cloud Network Security Backup & Storage and Infrastructure Operations services.

What you'll do in the role:
  • Set up and manage the Transition Management Office (TMO) processes.
  • Define governance, reporting schedules, and review meetings.
  • Organize executive reviews, steering committee meetings, and transition status meetings.
  • Ensure compliance with transition methodology, quality standards, and project requirements.
  • Maintain transition documents, repositories, and knowledge records.
  • Create and manage integrated transition plans, schedules, and milestones.
  • Track progress, dependencies, risks, and critical activities across all transition workstreams.
  • Coordinate activities across multiple infrastructure towers.
  • Monitor phase-gate and toll-gate completion requirements.
  • Drive ownership and timely completion of transition deliverables.
  • Prepare and publish daily, weekly, and monthly status reports.
  • Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, and progress scorecards.
  • Consolidate updates from all towers and provide leadership visibility on transition progress

Required Skills
  • Program & Transition Management
  • Transition Management Office (TMO)
  • Program Governance
  • PMO Leadership
  • Milestone Management
  • Risk & Issue Management
  • Executive Reporting
  • Change Control
  • Resource Tracking

Infrastructure Knowledge
  • Service Desk
  • Digital Workplace / EUC
  • Datacenter & Hosting
  • Cloud (AWS/Azure)
  • Network Services
  • Security Operations
  • Collaboration Services
  • Backup & Storage

Cognizant is offering between $117,000-$135,000 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
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$28.7 billion
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Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$16.6 billion
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