Job Description

Chief Architect Qualification: Science / Engineering graduate Responsibility: 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

• AWS

• Microservices

• Portfolio & Project mgmt (PPM)

• Enterprise Architect

Employee Status : Full Time Employee Shift : Day Job Travel : No Job Posting : Aug 25 2022
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