Product Owner - Banking & Financial Consulting Services (Chicago, Onsite)

Product Owner (Wealth Management Data Product) - BANKING & Financial Services

Cognizant Consulting

Chicago, Illinois - On-Site

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 a number of Business/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

The Capital Markets Practice of our Banking and Financial Services Consulting Group is looking for a Senior Consultant to join our journey. We're looking for someone who.

The position holder will work closely with one of the consulting clients, which is a Global Banking and Financial Services Organization that provides Wealth Management Services. They are embarking on a journey of migrating Wealth Management Data to Cloud and building data products which may be accessed by Client facing applications.

We're looking for Senior Consultants who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Senior Consultant, this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders to clarify requirements and support delivery of effective solutions; applying technical and domain expertise to solve core client business challenges or inefficiencies; developing and strengthening domain knowledge and maintaining an accurate understanding of Cognizant's industry propositions and consulting capabilities; supporting business development activities of senior leaders; contributing to the development of practice initiatives or new service offerings (e.g., Strategic Control Points, development of consulting assets); and being an inspiring colleague, promoting team motivation, partnership, and ownership for projects. 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

• As part of our Management Consulting practice, serve as a Senior Consultant on a large-scale project for an end-client; work directly with a banking client onsite in the Chicago office

• Define the vision and the roadmap for the Wealth Data product

• Maintain and refine the feature and story backlog

• Make prioritization decisions

• Take part in the scrum events

• Coordinate with clients, project sponsors, architects and the technology development teams

• Work with the development teams to deliver the product

• Understand the consuming application needs and track if the product is meeting them

• Incorporate user feedback into refining the features/stories and the Data product

• Analyze the data and define the data quality

• Collaborate with other analysts, product owners, technology specialists in a multi-vendor environment to work towards issue resolution

• Leverage data to understand user behavior and assist in product roadmap revision

• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationship with all stakeholders

Qualifications

• 7+ years of business analysis experience in Capital Markets, withing banking and financial services industry

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience, with additional certifications preferred, but not mandatory

• Agile Product Owner/Business Analysis experience in the Wealth Management Domain, specifically Wealth Management Data is required for this role

• Basic understanding of SQL and data analysis is required

• Experience of having collaborated with development and QA teams as a PO/BA

• Experience with bringing together cross functional teams and leading execution in an agile delivery model.

• Ability to handle ambiguity and white space

• The ability to work on-site in the client office in Chicago for the duration of the project

• Ability to travel when needed for a project

• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes

• The embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way.

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.)

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.

The Cognizant community:

We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 345,000 associates around the world.

• We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen.

• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right.

• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

About us:

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, helping organizations modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they stay ahead in a fast-changing world.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:

Compensation 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.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.