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**_Goal:_**

Guide the process of planning and designing the required IT capabilities of an enterprise to meet desired organizational objectives. In addition, **play multiple roles**, respectively those of **techno-functional consultant, program / delivery lead and a liaison to the customer** to ensure business requirements are seamlessly mapped to a functioning enterprise solution, ensure end-to-end delivery, execution, and client satisfaction. This technical side of the role is associated with **expansive consultation on architecting, building, and delivering various content management and digital collaboration solutions** on platforms including Microsoft 365 (SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Search, etc.). The functional side of the role requires **vast experience in delivering large, global programs**; expertise of various pharma and life science specific processes, including **GxP relevant processes** for development, manufacturing, and commercial areas; knowledge of corporate processes especially in the area of patient safety, regulatory, corporate finance & technical operations. Capability to **drive portfolio growth** with **strong governance**.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Manage and **deliver large engagements** by acting as the face of Cognizant for the customer
- Engage with senior IT and business stakeholders to understand their needs and **consult on enterprise-wide solutions**:

- Own and design the end-to-end architecture of large, global systems
- Leverage technical and domain **thought leadership to drive transformational conversation**s with customers
- **Actively look for opportunities and leads** and pursue them to increase growth of the year-on-year portfolio
- Liaise with other 3rd party vendors to evaluate their offerings and own on-boarding of their products into the customer’s IT landscape
- Solicit client feedback through ongoing informal conversations and **regular engagement reviews**

**Main Tasks / Activities**:

- Solutioning & Consulting
- Lead the effort, with senior IT stakeholders from the customer, to **technically design robust IT systems** based on Microsoft 365 and Azure stack
- Identify and **integrate different touchpoints** between the enterprise solution and other internal systems
- When **liaising with other 3**rd** party product vendors**, interact with their architecture teams to gain an understanding of how their products are designed and developed, practices they are following and details of the underlying architecture. Be the first point of contact for any technical questions the vendor has about the customer infrastructure and technology landscape
- **Align with architecture, internal security, platform and data privacy teams** on technical approach and implications in their areas
- Leverage **DevOps to improve efficiency of collaboration** between team and release processes
- **Support sales teams** in estimating, reviewing, and creating solution designs for RFPs from customers
- Capable of **self-learning and up to date on new technology trends**. Opting for certifications to boost technical know-how
- Techno-functional Consultant
- Deeply understand the business requirements and **translate it to working functional flows**:

- Facilitate **design thinking workshops** to create feasible and user-focused solutions
- Estimate overall effort, number of resources required, indicative timelines and cost
- Present a **compelling proposal detailing out the end-to-end delivery process**, along with the timelines and cost
- Provide technical consultation during all phases of the software development lifecycle -implementation, integration and user acceptance tests, go-live and post launch
- Be a **liaison between offshore delivery teams and customer SPoC**:

- Facilitate user acceptance test sessions and ensure timely sign offs
- Support by providing required knowledge transitions to customer support teams and provide white-glove support for hyper care phases
- Program Management & Delivery
- **Manage multiple engagements, as large as $2-4M** combined, as a program lead
- Support offshore delivery teams by removing roadblocks, reviewing customer deliverables, and ensuring quality of the delivered solution
- Act as a **single point of contact for any escalations** from the customer
- Business Development
- Identify **positive leads and growth opportunities** and proactively act on them with the vertical leads
- Participate in the **development of proposals**, providing the required inputs for new opportunities

**Requirements**:

- Deep understanding of the functioning of **Microsoft cloud offerings**:

- Expertise in the technology landscape and services provided by **Microsoft 365 and Azure platforms**:

- Skilled in overseeing technological, architecture and design decisions and recommending corrective actions, as needed
- Experience in designing and architecting large-scale solutions using **SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams and Azure services**:

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